Hiding the destination url, when using href in PHP?

Hi,

I have the following line in my PHP file.

echo"<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk' target='_top'>Royal
Lays</a>";

How can I change it, so that instead of displaying the web url in Internet
Explorers status bar (bottom left), it displays something more meaningful
like "Royal Lays (UK SITE)"?


Thanks, Mark

Mark wrote:
> I have the following line in my PHP file.
>
>  echo"<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
> target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";
>
> How can I change it, so that instead of displaying the web url in
> Internet Explorers status bar (bottom left), it displays something
> more meaningful like "Royal Lays (UK SITE)"?
>
>

By using a small bit of java script:

echo "<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
onmouseover='status=\"Royal Lays (UK SITE)\"; return true'
onmouseout='status=\"\"; return true'
target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";


JW

"Janwillem Borleffs" <jw@jwscripts.com> wrote in message
news:416d84d8$0$46396$cd19a363@news.euronet.nl...
> Mark wrote: 
>
> By using a small bit of java script:
>
> echo "<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
>          onmouseover='status=\"Royal Lays (UK SITE)\"; return true'
>          onmouseout='status=\"\"; return true'
>          target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";
>
>
> JW
>



That works a treat - thanks very much :-)


Thanks, Mark

What about Mozilla, and Netscape Browsers it seems to ignore the
status completely when using this example?

> Mark wrote: 
>
> By using a small bit of java script:
>
> echo "<a class='menu' href='http://www.royallays.co.uk'
>           onmouseover='status=\"Royal Lays (UK SITE)\"; return true'
>           onmouseout='status=\"\"; return true'
>           target='_top'>Royal Lays</a>";
>
>
> JW

Ron wrote:
> What about Mozilla, and Netscape Browsers it seems to ignore the
> status completely when using this example?
>

IE understands that with 'status', 'window.status' is implied. Gecko engine
based browsers do not, so 'window.status' should be used instead.


JW