Onclick event with PHP 2 lines, one word

[Dzherzinsky]

Hello everybody

 

There is one word here that I dont get to include the right way, I think because of the issue of single and double quotes. When I replace the variable by its value, it works me alright, but since I have to include this PHP variable ($user) within the onclick JS function, it is problematic.

 

<?php

echo '
<form>

    
<input type="checkbox" name="asset" value="" onclick="getLoggedInUser($user) " /> I am potentially interested in this product  service<br />
<div id="txtHint"><b>Note:</b></div>


</form>

 

';

By the way, I cant believe the verification code to submit the text. It took me 2 minutes to figure out what they were talking about John, George, Paul, and  I had no idea what the hell that was, when I casually thought of the Beatles. so Ringo. I hate that rubbish music. Next time I get verification code like that I go elsewhere.

[Adam]

Variables between single-quotes are not parsed. Concatenate the value:

 

[...] onclick="getLoggedInUser(' . $user . ') " [...]

 

Although unless $user is numeric, you're going to get a parse error in your JavaScript as you don't have quotes around the parameter value. If that's the case try:

 

[...] onclick="getLoggedInUser(\'' . $user . '\') " [...]

Ain't pretty, but neither's inline JS

[Dzherzinsky]

@Adam

 

 

Thank you very much! it worked and thanks for the tip about being numeric, I have no problem in turning $user to $user_id so that is numeric.

 

That code snippet is part of an AJAX code. I was forced to do a weird thing like this because in my System the only way to get the user_id was through the built in PHP function get_userID() of my system (a social network)  and then I would be inserting that data into the JS. Naturally I would have written 'this.value' if I were getting the IDs, say from a Select box but it had to locate the user_id, thanks God (and to you!) it worked, I was beginning to dread that my idea risking client server with client side languages would hate to talk to each other, but it did the trick

 

Best regards