creating a ul from php submitted links

[brewthom]

I'm trying to make a ul from submitted websites. I've got the links to work, but can't figure out how to make them appear in a list. I'm writing this to a text file, not a database. Thanks and Happy New Year!




<?php
$text = (file("http://www.brewerthompson.com/classes/class/309/multiurl.txt"));
for($i = 0; $i < count($text); $i++)
{
$web = $text[$i];
}
?>

<li><a href="http://<?php echo $web;?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $web;?></a></li>

[ronverdonk]

I'm trying to make a ul from submitted websites. I've got the links to work, but can't figure out how to make them appear in a list. I'm writing this to a text file, not a database. Thanks and Happy New Year!

<?php
$text = (file("http://www.brewerthompson.com/classes/class/309/multiurl.txt"));
for($i = 0; $i < count($text); $i++)
{
$web = $text[$i];
}
?>

<li><a href="http://<?php echo $web;?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $web;?></a></li>

You must start a list with the <ul>, <ol> or <dl> definitions (and close them of course). See the next code:[php]<?php
$text = (file("http://www.brewerthompson.com/classes/class/309/multiurl.txt"));
echo '<ul>'; <==== START THE LIST
for($i = 0; $i < count($text); $i++) {
$web = $text[$i];
}
?>
<li><a href="http://<?php echo $web;?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $web;?></a></li>
</ul> <==== END THE LIST[/php]
Ronald :cool:

[brewthom]

Thanks Ronald. I've got the code working, but what it isn't doing is making a list. It's just replacing the preceeding item. (I have the file set to append) I'm new to php, so there is probably something very simple I'm missing. Would this be easier with a database? Seems like a simple enough idea. Here's the code:

----------------
<?php

$text = (file("http://www.brewerthompson.com/classes/class/309/multiurl.txt"));
echo '<ul>';

//start list


for($i = 0; $i < count($text); $i++)
{

$web = $text[$i];

}

?>


<li><a href="http://<?php echo $web;?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $web;?></a></li>
</ul>


</div><!--end left urls-->

You must start a list with the <ul>, <ol> or <dl> definitions (and close them of course). See the next code:[php]<?php
$text = (file("http://www.brewerthompson.com/classes/class/309/multiurl.txt"));
echo '<ul>'; <==== START THE LIST
for($i = 0; $i < count($text); $i++) {
$web = $text[$i];
}
?>
<li><a href="http://<?php echo $web;?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $web;?></a></li>
</ul> <==== END THE LIST[/php]
Ronald :cool:

[ronverdonk]

In order to concatenate all entries into the $web variable, you must specify

$web .= $text[$i]

If you want to make every $text[$i} item an <a>... link, you must NOT concatenate the $web variable, but place the current <a.. statement within the loop. SO if you want all extracted links in a clickable list of sites, you can use this code:
[php]<?php
$text = (file("http://www.brewerthompson.com/classes/class/309/multiurl.txt"));
echo '<ul>';
//start list
for($i = 0; $i < count($text); $i++) {
$name=trim($text[$i]); // remove newline chars and blanks
echo "<li><a href='http://".$name."' target='_blank'>".$name."</a></li>";
}
?>
</ul>
</div><!--end left urls-->[/php]

To be sure that it is an array you get back from your remote site, print out the $text array before you go into the loop. Like this

echo '<pre>'; print_r($text);

It will show you the exact content of that $text array (when it is not an array you will see that also).

Ronald :cool:

[brewthom]

Thanks Ronald! I've got it now. This is one of the most helpful forums I've found! Have a great New Years!



[quote=ronverdonk]In order to concatenate all entries into the $web variable, you must specify

$web .= $text[$i]

If you want to make every $text[$i} item an <a>... link, you must NOT concatenate the $web variable, but place the current <a.. statement within the loop. SO...

[ronverdonk]

Glad we could help. Hope to see you again.

Ronald :cool: