php/javascript problems

Metalface

Does anyone wanna explain to me why the following refuses to work?

<?php print "<a href=mailto:me@somewhere.com onMouseOver=\"window.status='email me'\">Email me</a>"; ?>

Instead of changing the status to 'email me' it changes the status to 'mailto:me@somewhere.com' as if the javascript was ignored. :\

I've had problems with mixing JavaScript and PHP together before since one's server-side and one's client-side but this one doesn't make sense since the server parses the php file and generates the html which if was of .html extension (ie. not a generated result of a php file) would actually work.

Any feedback on this will be much appreciated.

Weedpacket

<?php print "<a href=mailto:me@somewhere.com onMouseOver=\"window.status='email me'\">Email me</a>"; ?>

I see no PHP here; just HTML and Javascript:

?><a href="mailto:me@somewhere.com" onMouseOver="window.status='email me'">Email me</a><?php

Sure you've got your Javascript right?

Metalface

What do you mean you don't see any PHP?
I'm simply using the PRINT command. That's all.
And yes, I'm sure the Javascript is correct, I use onMouseOver="windows.status='blah';" on alot of the links on my sites that are in just plain HTML and they work fine.

Weedpacket

Originally posted by Metalface
What do you mean you don't see any PHP?
I'm simply using the PRINT command. That's all.

Exactly. Simply using the print function to do what could be done perfectly well by dropping out of PHP mode and outputting plain HTML (like in my second code snippet.)

And yes, I'm sure the Javascript is correct, I use onMouseOver="windows.status='blah';" on alot of the links on my sites that are in just plain HTML and they work fine.

Hm:

<html><head><title></title></head><body>
<a href="mailto:me@somewhere.com" onMouseOver="window.status='email me'">Email me</a>
</body></html>

doesn't for me in IE5.5 (it comes up when I roll off instead). Nor in Mozilla.

Metalface

Was working fine for me on my pages written in html. I managed to fix the php one by adding 'return true;' to the js.

Thanks for your time anyway.