[Resolved] Escape characters

cfarrell

I've searched through the posts and found quite a lot of information on this topic but I still can't seem to get this right. The code looks like this:

<?php
echo "<a href='#' onClick='javascript:window.open('php/blog/archives.php?year=\'.$get_year\' ,'Archives','width=500,height=550,scrollbars=yes')\;'>Argggghhhh</a>";
?>

As you can see, I am calling a javascript behaviour to open a window to a php file with a variable. It isn't working, however, because the link (when I mouse over it in the browser) stops at the #. I have tried a load of different combinations (yes, I have read the php.net documentation on the difference between " and ' but is hasn't helped). Can anyone help me out with this?

PS: java and script are written with a space in the quote above but not in the script

planetsim

<?php
echo "<a href=\"#\" onClick=\"javascript:window.open('php/blog/archives.php?year=$get_year' ,'Archives','width=500,height=550,scrollbars=yes');\">Argggghhhh</a>";
?>

cfarrell

Hey - it works! Thanks for the speedy reply. I was finally able to get a feature to work which I though I was going to have to abandon. I didn't realise that the variable in the URL could be included without any '' whatsoever.

sapoxgn

This is still resolved but i ve got a doubt..

what´s the diference:

echo '<a href="http://"'

and

echo "<a href=\"http://"

i heard some people said that the first example isnt very good for use.. but why it? 😕