When you run out of quotes?

[quickstopman]

what exactly should i do

i have a script where ive run out quote options like "" '' \'\' and for some reason \"\" doesn't work

what do i do now?!

[The Little Guy]

huh??? could you explain a little more?

[quickstopman]

say i have an echo statement:

<?php
echo "<sometag onclick='somefunction(\'somevalue <thing name= <!-- i need a quote here --> \'+  +\'  <!-- and here. -->  \')'></sometag>";
?>

\" doesn't work...

so what do i do?!?

[Northern Flame]

try:

 

<?php
echo "<sometag onclick='somefunction(\"somevalue <thing name= "text" \"+  +\"  "text"  \")'></sometag>";
?>

[quickstopman]

nahh the " doesn't work, it interprits it as being a " for somereason

=[

anyone else?

[cooldude832]

you can escape quotes in php

<?php
echo "<a href=\"\" onclick=\"dothis('5')\">Click me</a>";
?>

output

<a href="" onclick="dothis('5')">Click me</a>

[Barand]

When I find myself in that situation I use a second string

 

<?php
$action = "doSomething(\"stringval\")";
echo "<a href='' onclick='$action'>click</a>";

[craygo]

You only need to escape the quotes you start with, so if you start your echo statement with a single quote you need to escape single quotes that are inside. Same goes for double quotes.

 

Ray

[quickstopman]

thanks guys

i fixed it