PHP and Javascript

[thomasw_lrd]

I need some help.  I'm having trouble calling a javascript function from a php script

 

<?php 

include ('security.inc');
include ('head.inc');

  echo '
<table class="menutable">
	<tr>
	<td nowrap>
			<div id="sidemenu" style="display:block;">
				<ul id="navbar">';

// database-driven menu groups
// get the menu items and groups that this user has access to
if (!isset($_SESSION['usergroupsin']) || $_SESSION['usergroupsin']==''){
$menurs=array();
} else {
$sql="SELECT mg_name, mg_desc, mi_name, mi_desc, mi_link, mi_external_link, 

mgg_gr_id, mig_gr_id
FROM tbl_menu_items 
INNER JOIN tbl_menu_groups ON mi_mg_id=mg_id AND mg_active='y'
LEFT JOIN tbl_menu_groups_groups ON mgg_mg_id=mg_id AND mgg_active='y'
LEFT JOIN tbl_menu_items_groups ON mig_mi_id=mi_id AND mig_active='y'
WHERE (
				mgg_gr_id IN (".$_SESSION['usergroupsin'].") OR
				mig_gr_id IN (".$_SESSION['usergroupsin'].") OR
				mi_secure='n'
			)
		AND mi_active='y'
		AND mg_left_menu='y'
GROUP BY mg_name, mg_desc, mi_name, mi_desc, mi_link, mi_external_link 
ORDER BY mg_sort, mi_sort";
$menurs=myload($sql);
}

$last_mg_name='';
if (count($menurs)>0){
foreach ($menurs as $m){
	// show the group heading if we haven't already shown it
	if ($m['mg_name']<>$last_mg_name){
		echo '<li><strong> <br>'.$m['mg_name'].'</strong></li>';
		$last_mg_name=$m['mg_name'];
	}
	// determine whether this is a system link or not
	if ($m['mi_external_link']=='y'){
		$thisurl=$m['mi_link'];
	} else {
		$thisurl=$config['system_url_root'].$m['mi_link'];
	}
	echo '<li><a title="'.$m['mi_desc'].'" href="'.$thisurl.'"><strong> - '.$m

['mi_name'].'</strong></a></li>';
}
}

echo '		</ul>		

			</div>
		</td>
			[b]<input class="button" type="button" value="Hide Menu"  onclick="setTable('sidemenu');return true">[/b]		

<td width="100%">
			<div id="mainwindow">
<!-- BEGIN PAGE CONTENT -->
';
?>

 

My javacscipt function is in the head.inc.  I can post that if needed.  The bolded part is what I'm having trouble with.  Specifically, the onclick.  Without that, my script works, if I have the onclick in there, I get a blank page.  I'm trying to hide/show the  div=sidemenu.  If anybody has any suggestions, I'm open to it. 

[cssfreakie]

<input class="button" type="button" value="Hide Menu"  onclick="setTable('sidemenu');return true">

 

you can't do that, your using single quotes around the string you echo. If you use them inside that string, you need to escape the single quotes.  Like so:

echo 'lalalala this is a string isn\'t it?';

 

So your code should be:

onclick="setTable(\'sidemenu\');return true">

 

[thomasw_lrd]

I really hope that works can't test till I get to work but thank you very much. I tried escaping just about everything else but those quotes