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Ben Sharvy

I can't get the following page to display the img, whose name is
passed in the URL. The variable, showme, is the name of a jpg file
(e.g., coolpict.jpg). It is being passed correctly, as verified by the
echo line (only there for testing purposes), but it doesn't get
translated in the img tag.

<html>

<head>
<title>Images</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {background:gray; text-align:center;}
img {margin:10%;}
</style>
</head>

<body>

<? echo $_GET['showme'] ?>

<img src= <? $_GET['showme'] ?> >

</body>
</html>

Chung Leong

"Ben Sharvy" <bs*****@mac.com> wrote in message
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I can't get the following page to display the img, whose name is
passed in the URL. The variable, showme, is the name of a jpg file
(e.g., coolpict.jpg). It is being passed correctly, as verified by the
echo line (only there for testing purposes), but it doesn't get
translated in the img tag.

<html>

<head>
<title>Images</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {background:gray; text-align:center;}
img {margin:10%;}
</style>
</head>

<body>

<? echo $_GET['showme'] ?>

<img src= <? $_GET['showme'] ?> >

</body>
</html>

The correct shortcut for outputting a variable is <?= $_GET['showme'] ?>.
You're missing the equal sign.

Slawomir Jasinski

Ben Sharvy wrote :

I can't get the following page to display the img, whose name is
passed in the URL. The variable, showme, is the name of a jpg file <? echo $_GET['showme'] ?>

<img src= <? $_GET['showme'] ?> >

Try <img src="<?php echo $_GET['showme']?>" alt="">

If you have in php.ini
short_open_tag = On

You can use

<img src="<?= $_GET['showme']?>" alt="">

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