newbie echoing help

[da9nlc]

The first part of my script is working fine searching database and retrieving data held within according to searchterm. The html part is working to showing the number of records I know are held in the database.

I am using phpdev's program using windows 95 and my files are kept in the www file as advised by their instruction.

The problem is when I echo, or print even tried printf functions I dont seem to be able veiw them in my browser. This is the way I have defined and written the echo statement below:

<?php

include_once("databasequery.php");

$id= $result["id"];

{
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result));
echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row["$id"])));
}

<?

I have written and tried a getdate() script which worked fine so im a little lost on this one as the script is being parsed and Im receiving no errors. As I itterated above I have tried echo, print and printf to no avail.


Thanks Dan

[Romantik]

You have mistakes:

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<?php
include_once("databasequery.php");

$id= $result["id"]; ??? What it?
 
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result));
{ #
echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row["$id"])));
}
# no use <?
?>

[da9nlc]

<?

$d = $result["id"];

//declaring variables I got fom a tutorial. In fact I kept getting an Undefined Variable Error in he echo part below before I put it in.


{
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result));
echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row["$id])));
}
?>

// the echo section was taken from Sam's PHP Mysql Web Development.

What should it be

<?php
echo ($row["id"]
?>

I thought that to addslashes which works ok in the script I had to therefore use the stripslashes function on return.

[da9nlc]

<?

$d = $result["id"];

//declaring variables I got fom a tutorial in tutorial. In fact I kept getting an Undefined Variable Error in he echo part below before I put it in.


{
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result));
echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row["$id])));
}
?>

// the echo section was taken from Sam's PHP Mysql Web Development.

What should it be

<?php
echo ($row["id"]
?>

I thought that to addslashes which works ok in the script I had to therefore use the stripslashes function on return.

[Romantik]

echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row["$id"])));

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