Help with links and textstrings

[theshadow]

This is from a thread on WoWAce i made:

If I set: Alchemy_text = [[ texthere [linkhere] texthere [linkhere] endoftext ]]; Do I need to break it up like in php: Alchemy_text = [[texthere ]].function getlink(linkdata).[[ more text ]] .getlink(linkdata).[[ endoftext ]]

How do i go about that even? Because I can't seem to do it like php. I hope I giving a good enough description... perhaps pictures are needed...
In the guide click link:

when link clicked get info like in chat:

[Sythalin]

Originally Posted by theshadow This is from a thread on WoWAce i made: How do i go about that even? Because I can't seem to do it like php. I hope I giving a good enough description... perhaps pictures are needed... In the guide click link: when link clicked get info like in chat:

Images aren't showing up in your post, nor do they show up when I copy/paste the links (they show up when you quote).

You'll have to pull the data before you assemble the string.

local function X_OnClick(linkdata)
    local link = getlink(linkdata)
    print("Blah blah blah ".. link.. " blah blah blah ".. link)
end

3 things to consider about this though:

1) Pseudo-code. I have doubts that copy/paste will actually work.
2) I know NOTHING about PHP, so can't really make a good cross-reference. This is just how I do it in my projects.
3) It's 1:40a here and I'm quite tired.