How do I put my PHP variable in between single quote marks?

[Jenksuy]

Hey, I am trying to insert my variable into single quote marks. the following code works but does not put the single quote marks around the variable as it is part of the variable...

 

    <?php

        $user_id = get_current_user_id();

        $files = glob('wp-content/uploads/'.$user_id.'/*');

        natcasesort($files);

        foreach($files as $file) {

            echo '<img src="/' . $file . '" onclick="fakeClick(event, document.getElementById(' . $file . '))" />';

        }

    ?>

 

this appears as with now single quote around the emboldened..

   <img src="/wp-content/uploads/1/portfolio-sample-main-image.png" onclick="fakeClick(event,     document.getElementById(wp-content/uploads/1/portfolio-sample-main-image.png))">

 

however how I want to appear is as follows...

 

    <img src="/wp-content/uploads/1/portfolio-sample-main-image.png" onclick="fakeClick(event, document.getElementById('wp-content/uploads/1/portfolio-sample-main-image.png'))">

 

as you can see with single quotes... how can I do this?

 

Thanks

[Irate]

echo "<img src='".$file."' onclick='fakeClick(event, document.getElementById(\"".$file."\")";

 

That should do the job, simply mask all output with backslashes.

 

Edit: You need to use differing apostrophes if you are using strings within attributes. Edited my post above a bit.

Edited June 12, 2013 by Irate

[Jenksuy]

thanks... this hasnt seemed to work yet. it seems to put the first image in... but then stops all html after that... so something must be missing?

 

Appreciate your help

[Jenksuy]

Got it working thanks... your maskign with backslashes worked as follows

echo '<img src="/' . $file . '" onclick="fakeClick(event, document.getElementById(\'' . $file . '\'))" />';

Thanks