Make PHP echo <a href= link> [closed]

Question

I'm trying to make a value that is retrieved using $row hyperlinked to another page, but I can't figure out why it isn't working.

The area specifically is;

<td><?php echo $row["ID"]; ?></td>

Here is what I am using;

<td>
<?php 
 echo <a href='edit-dispatch-report.php?id=" . $row['ID'] . "' >" . $row['ID'] . "</a>; 
?>
</td>

How come that doesn't work?

Answer 1

<?php echo <a

You need to pass a string to echo. You can't just start writing HTML in the middle of PHP.

That said, it is generally easier to minimise the amount of HTML in PHP in HTML that you can.

<td>
    <a href='edit-dispatch-report.php?id=<?php echo $row['ID']; ?>'>
        <?php echo $row['ID']; ?>
    </a>
</td>