PHP回显$ this-> item->链接在一个href不工作 - 显示JObject->链接

Question

quick question as I'm pulling my hear out!

In a PHP file I have different items pulled through such as contact details etc. I have pulled through $this->item->link which shows a URL which is perfect. I just want to make the url clickable, so I had the following code:

echo "<a href='$this->item->contactlink' target='new'>";
echo $this->item->contactlink;
echo '</a>';

This link doesn't work, stays within the site with a 404 and the URL looks like: http://domain.co.uk/JObject->contactlink

What can I do or have I missed to get the link clickable?

Kind regards Liam

Answer 1

Try:

 <a href="<?php echo $this->item->contactlink; ?>" target='_blank'>
    <?php echo $this->item->contactlink; ?>
 </a> 

Or shorter version:

 <a href="<?= $this->item->contactlink; ?>" target='_blank'>
    <?= $this->item->contactlink; ?>
 </a> 

Target='new' may be part of the issue - I believe target=_blank is standard. Not 100% on the issue, without seeing how you are building '$this'. Also pulling the php elements away from the html helps clear the link reference. Maybe there is an extra quotation for the link?