links with session ids and htmlarea

[applelinks]

HI,

 

I might just have been looking at the code too long but i'm having 2 problems. First I'm trying to add links in the articles to other articles and products with the session id in the URL.

 

in the article Content field i'm adding the following code to generate a link

 

<p>On September 12, 2006 Apple introduced new Video, nano and Shuffle iPods. <?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT) . '">' . 'CHECKOUT' . '</a>'; ?>

 

when i publish the article this is how the article looks

 

On September 12, 2006 Apple introduced new Video, nano and Shuffle iPods. '; ?>

 

 

am i missing something simple?

 

 

 

 

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as for htmlarea. i have uploaded to our serve and i have tried 3 browsers and it does not show up in the admin/articles.php page. checked all settings in the config file and they are correct.

 

and ideas would be a great help

 

thanks

 

joe