single and double quotes

KryptoS · Oct 4, 2007

hello guy's,

I think I'm losing it. I have the following line in my code:

Code:

$sOut .= "<li><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"javascript:document.getElementById('search').value='".$sGemeente."';document.getElementById('searchbox').style.display = 'none';\">".$sGemeente."</a></li>";

This works fine. But sometimes the $sGemeente can be something like this => 's blabla ... But than it doesn't work anymore 'cause of the '. Can I restyle the line above so $sGemeente can start with a '?
I know it has to do with this value='".$sGemeente."' ...

thanks!

The One And Only KryptoS

jpadie · Oct 4, 2007

you need to cleanse the variable a bit first. When dealing with js and html in big blocks it is often also easier to use the heredoc syntax.

Code:

<?php
function jsVarClean($var){
	return str_replace("'", "\'", $var);
}
$_sGemeente = jsVarClean($_sGemeente);
$sOut .= <<<HTML
<li>
	<a href="#" onclick="javascript:document.getElementById('search').value='$_sGemeente'; document.getElementById('searchbox').style.display = 'none';>
		$sGemeente
	</a>
</li>
HTML;
?>

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single and double quotes

KryptoS

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