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Answer 1

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print "<option value = \"$fileBase\">$fileBase</option>\n";

Should do it

Tjofras 2009-12-12 01:35:12

..as all attributes must be enclosed in (double) quotes according to the XHTML spec.

Tatu Ulmanen 2009-12-12 01:36:56

Wow that was fast, I was still editing, thank you.

Newb 2009-12-12 01:37:28

@Tatu Ulmanen: Can you point me to the XHTML spec document about double quotes? I was under the impression single quote is acceptable as well.

o.k.w 2009-12-12 01:50:06

o.k.w try this: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#h-4.4

Newb 2009-12-13 07:24:35

Answer 2

A:

print "<option value='$fileBase'>$fileBase</option>\n";

o.k.w 2009-12-12 01:36:19

Answer 3

A:

There are a few other options:

You could use printf:

printf('<option value="%s">%s</option>', $fileBase, $fileBase);

A here-doc:

echo <<<HTML
 <option value="$fileBase">$fileBase</option>
HTML;

You could drop out of PHP temporarily (generally a good technique, but not very pretty here):

<?
foreach ($testFiles as $myFile) {
 $fileBase = substr($myFile, 0, strlen($myFile) - 5);
 ?>
 <option value="<?= htmlentities($fileBase) ?>"><?= htmlentities($fileBase) ?></option>
 <?
}
?>

But really, what you should be doing is using one of the many templating systems out there, and not mixing HTML in with your code.

Ciarán Walsh 2009-12-12 01:48:04

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