[SOLVED] grabbing a quote

[runnerjp]

like on here where you click the quote link so that you can quote someone

 

the quote

 

like so... this is what im trying to achive... now to coolect the quote iv done this

 

<?php function quoteThis()
{
var txt = '';
if (window.getSelection)
	{
	txt = window.getSelection();
	}
else if (document.getSelection)
	{
	txt = document.getSelection();
	}
else if (document.selection)
	{
	txt = document.selection.createRange().text;
	}
else txt = "";
var hiddenForm = getElementById("hiddenQuoteSendoff");
hiddenForm.quote_text = txt;
hiddenForm.submit();
}?>

 

but i get unexpected_t VAR  here var txt = '';

[Zane]

that is because that code isn't PHP it is javascript

[wildteen88]

That is no where near the PHP syntax. More like Javascript.

 

You cannot call PHP code based on a user event. This can only be archived by a Client Side Languages such as javascript.

[runnerjp]

lol thnaks for some reason i added php tags to it came back to it now after 2 weeks and could not figure it out lol