Crazy maker - Passing variable to variables with quotes

[marz]

I am trying to achieve something that appears simple but  I spent few hours in vain

 

 

 

$tag1 = '<a href="layout_m.php?k='.$k.'&name='.$name.'&type='.$type.'">';

 

if ($k=="1") {$history = ucfirst($name) . ' - ' . $tag1 . $k .'</a>'  ; }

else {$history = $history . ' - '. $tag1 . $k . '</a>' ;}

 

print $history;

 

This is part of a page which is involved in passing data by forms or/and URL (eg layout.php?k=1) and the display of the page depends on k.

 

 

At k=1,(first page)  things are ok [Joe -  <a href="layout_m.php?k=1&name=Joe&type=genus"> 1 </a>]

 

but on passing to the next page, the output is not as desired

 

part of the variable is escaped out on the browser and breaks the variable content

 

 

View source gives this:

Joe -  <a href= -  <a href="layout_m.php?k=3&name=Joe&type=genus"> 1 </a>

 

while I want:

 

Joe -  <a href="layout_m.php?k=1&name=Joe&type=genus"> 1 </a> -  <a href="layout_m.php?k=3&name=Joe&type=genus"\> 3 </a>

 

What I achieve to do is a simple history based on an accumulation of k

 

EG Joe - 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 8  Where each number (k) is linked and when pressed each go to the corresponding keypage.

 

 

[marz]

PS: $history is passed to the next page by hidden form input and use $_REQUEST to get data

PS2: Without the <a href tag, things works well! so it is something to do with > or " but I can't see the problem.