in cake you can also do e($theThingToEcho);  if you need a short hand.

http://api.cakephp.org/basics_8php.html  there are some other useful
things here as well

Sam D

On 3/29/07, Gonzalo Servat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On 3/29/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 30, 10:36 am, "savagekabbage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > > <?=$html->link($u['User']['username'],
> '/Users/edit/'.$u['User']
> > > > ['id'])?>
> > >
> > > I think you also
> > > need to place an echo before the link so it will actually show up
> > > (unless there's something I don't know about).
> >
> > Actually that's an old PHP shortcut which I use quite a lot
> >
> > <?=$value?> will echo $value to the page
> > Basically it's the same as <?php echo $value; ?> but much quicker to
> > type.
>
> I used to use it too, but since I often move code between web servers, I
> decided against using the shortcut way as you need to have short_open_tag
> enabled. Quoting www.php.net/echo:
>
> "echo() also has a shortcut syntax, where you can immediately follow the
> opening tag with an equals sign. This short syntax only works with the
> short_open_tag configuration setting enabled."
>
> Best regards,
> Gonzalo.
>
>  >
>


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- its a fine line between a real question and an idiot

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