Help with Embedded Quotes

[Chick]

I'm trying to write a javascript line for a webpage link that will result in a popup window. The link must contain a php variable ($info) that can have embedded spaces.

Here is what I have, but the $info is not being enclosed in quotes properly, and I can't seem to figure out how to do it.

document.write(\"<div align='left'><a href=java_script_:window.open('$pathhref/targetscript.php?usrid=$usernumber&infoname=$info','PersonalInformation','width=400,height=250,statu s=no,resizeable=no,menubar=no,toolb ar=no,directories=no,location=no,scrollbars=no,allwaysraised=yes,top=40,left=150');void(0)>$info</a></div>\");

Can someone please tell me how to get the quotes around $info? I'd be very grateful.

[homerUK]

try

<?php

echo "<div align='left'><a href=java_script_:window.open('$pathhref/targetscript.php?usrid=$usernumber& infoname=$info','PersonalInformation','width=400,h
eight=250,status=no,resizeable=no,menubar=no,toolb
ar=no,directories=no,location=no,scrollbars=no,all
waysraised=yes,top=40,left=150');void(0)>$info</a></div>";

?>

As I think the way you were doing it, the PHP is being written as the actual... rather than being replaced....

[Chick]

Are you saying I don't need the document.write part at all? Or do I need to put the <? php ?> stuff inside it?

[homerUK]

can you post the HTML code of the whole page inc. the PHP stuff?

[Nightfire]

<div align='left'><a href=java_script_:window.open('<?php echo $pathhref; ?>/targetscript.php?usrid=<?php echo $usernumber; ?>&infoname=<?php echo urlencode($info);?>','PersonalInformation','width=400,h
eight=250,status=no,resizeable=no,menubar=no,toolb
ar=no,directories=no,location=no,scrollbars=no,all
waysraised=yes,top=40,left=150');void(0)>"<?php echo $info; ?>"</a></div>

Used the function urlencode to fill the spaces in $info with %20 and just added quotes the usual way.

[homerUK]

that all looks ok to me?
is there still a problem?

[Chick]

I could post it all, it's a php script, but it's a few hundred lines long. If you tell me what you need to see, I can pare it down a lot.

I'll try the urlencode idea, will the target script recognize the blanks, because that $info field is used in the target script in a mysql select query.

[homerUK]

to me, it looks like that code should be ok.... is it just not showing $info or something??

[Chick]

I finally figured out how to make the URL behave correctly when the quoted field has more than 1 word (with a space between the words). There is a PHP function called rawurlencode and it replaces the space characters with %20 which is used in a URL.

Thanks to all who tried to help.