php variable in javascript

[doddsey_65]

I have this javascript code which uses mouseover for a tooltip. It works fine until i add php. Anyone know how i could add the php variable?

 

Here is the original code:

<span class="users_browsing" onmouseover="tooltip.show('hi');" onmouseout="tooltip.hide();">

 

Ive tried this but it doesnt work:

 

echo "<span class=\"users_browsing\" 
onmouseover=\"tooltip.show(\"{$content1}\");\" 
onmouseout=\"tooltip.hide();\">
Users Browsing Forum: {$browsers_num}</span>";

[doddsey_65]

no one know the answer? or is this too easy that i should figure it out myself? ive tried several different methods but cant get it to work.

[Anti-Moronic]

First, get firebug (or equiv) and find out if your js is returning any errors when you run the function.

 

It is because you are not using ' for your js.

 

tooltip.show('hi');

tooltip.show("$content1");

 

try:

 

echo "<span class=\"users_browsing\"

onmouseover=\"alert('{$content1}');\"

onmouseout=\"\">

Users Browsing Forum: {$browsers_num}</span>";

 

 

[doddsey_65]

i got firebug but dont know how to use it, so i dont know about any errors. I have tried your code and the same thing happens. It just echoes the html after the mouseover. You can see it here: http://www.thevault.cz.cc/index.php?forum=1&topic=52

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The $content1 that you are putting into the alert() box is breaking the Javascript syntax.

 

If you are trying to style the alert box/contents, you need to do something like - http://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/custom-alert-box.html

[doddsey_65]

i fixed it.

$content1 didnt just contain the usernames it also contained a <span> which had a class grabbed from a switch. I just reordered a few things and added the span to the javascript before content1 was called.