Really big problem with quotes

halex

Introduction to problem (sorry for much text):

Be sure that HTML sintax is OK, I used PHP
highlighting and it recognized :o as smiley
and this was from javascript: openWindow

In PHP I'm constructing string that is one HTML table:

$table  = "<table><tr height='20'><td>";
	$table .= "<a href=javascript: openWindow('show.php?Id=4','show',760,600) class=someStyle>Link</a>";
	$table .= "</td></tr></table>";

I'm using "FastTemplate" method of work (separating HTML and PHP) and
I assign value of "$table" var to template value "{TABLE}" like this:
```
$tpl->assign(TABLE,$table);
```
It is working and it inserts value of $table into HTML, which is
acctualy in part <script language="javascript">...</script>:
```
<html>
	<body>
		<script language="javascript">
			var myTable="{TABLE}";
			document.write(myTable);
		</script>
	</body>
	</html>
```
Strange thing happened. When I'm executing page for the first
time (only then) I've got Javascript error because double
quotes are inserted automaticaly (very strange) along attributes
of <a href> tag like this:
```
<a href="javascript: openWindow('show.php?Id=4','show',760,600)" class="someStyle">Link</a>
```

So I got an error in my JavaScript because I have:

myTable = "<table><tr height='20'><td><a href="javascript: openWindow('sho....

so there is an error just at the begining of word "javascript:" because
of that double quote. After refresh of same page error and double quotes
disappears and it is just like it is constructed in "$table" PHP var.

Common example that will work for first page visit and always (but this is not
done with "FastTemplate" method):

<?php
	$table = "<table><tr height='20'><td><a href=javascript: openWindow('show.php?Id=4','show',760,600) class=someStyle>Link</a></td></tr></table>";
?>
<html>
<body>
	<script language="javascript">
		var myTable = "<?php print $table;?>"
		document.write(myTable);
	</script>
</body>
</html>

I don't know why is problem appearing when loading page for the first time.

My Internet Explorer browser should write:

<a href=javascript: openWindow('show.php....

BUT NOT LIKE THIS (difference in double quote sign)!

<a href="javascript: openWindow('show.php....

After refresh it writes OK (without double quote sign)

<a href=javascript: openWindow('show.php....

edwardsbc

Actually, all tag attributes should be in double quotes, especially hrefs. The trick is javascript likes single quotes. I usaully have to build javascript references in more steps and with more escaped quotes:

$table .= "<a href=\"javascript: openWindow('show.php?Id=4','show',760,600);\" class=\"someStyle\">Link</a>";

Don't know if this will fix your problem, but it will make your output more standards compliant...

halex

Thanks man. It HELPS, but with one addition:

Also single quotes must be escaped like double quotes!

Without that it want work because you'll have:

document.write('bla bla <a href \"javascript: openWindow('show.php?id=12','show',340,450)\" class=\"someStyle\">Link</a>blabla')

So it would split my string when it arrives to single quote char.

But if you escape single quote it will pass!

If you are a girl I would kiss you :-)