Adding space to php echo link

I am having trouble adding a space between two words in a php link.

here is my code:
<?php
if ( tep_session_is_registered('customer_id') ) {
echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF) . '" class="toplinks">'. $customer_first_name . HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF. '</a>';
}
else {
echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN) . '" class="toplinks">' . HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN. '</a>';
}
?>

So basically if the user with the first name Mike is logged in it displays MikeLogoff

what the ultimate goal is is to say Welcome Mike (logoff)

this should do the trick

instead of your echo try


echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF) . '" class="toplinks">'. $customer_first_name . HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF. '</a> ';


it might look the same to you but notice the space after </a>

this should do the trick

instead of your echo try


echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF) . '" class="toplinks">'. $customer_first_name . HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF. '</a> ';


it might look the same to you but notice the space after </a>

Wouldn't that just do the same thing? If your wanting to separate the words you can put another space in between the customers first name and the logoff message like this.


echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF) . '" class="toplinks">'. $customer_first_name . ' ' . HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF. '</a>';

Thanks karlosio. That worked perfectly. And makes sense.