php - Echo statement rendering html code in output

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This is such a basic question that I feel embarrassed asking it. Whenever I echo html tags, instead of rendering the tag, it just displays in the echo output. I have tried single and double quotes, but still no luck. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks

<a href="javascript:void(0)" title="<?php echo "Please select your boxes from the list. You can select a max of 20 boxes per submission.<br />You can select multiple boxes by holding the left ctrl on your keyboard and making your selection"; ?>">Help</a>

ff rendered output:

title="Please select your boxes from the list. You can select a max of 20 boxes per submission.<br />You can select multiple boxes by holding the left ctrl on your keyboard and making your selection"

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Answer

Solution:

Use this instead for your<a/> tag:

<a href="javascript:void(0)" title="<?php echo 'Please select your boxes from the list. You can select a max of 20 boxes per submission.<br />You can select multiple boxes by holding the left ctrl on your keyboard and making your selection';?>">Help</a>

Or alternatively:

<?php 
$titleText = 'Please select your boxes from the list. You can select a max of 20 boxes per submission.<br />You can select multiple boxes by holding the left ctrl on your keyboard and making your selection';
?>

<a href="javascript:void(0)" title="<?=$titleText;?>">Help</a>

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Answer

Solution:

HTML code can not be put inside a title tag as browser will not render titles as anything else than a pure text string.

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