transferring strings from php to javascript

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Hi there,

i got this javascript-function that changes the entries of a selectbo
depending from the selection of another selectbox:

function changeBezug(selectedEntry, '$exhibits', .....) {}

the string '$exhibits' holds all the entries for the option Entry i
the first selectbox;
Unfortunately i get javascript error unterminated string literal an
the error pointer points at the first apostroph:
function changeBezug(selectedEntry, '

I tried replacing all special chars in $exhibits, even putting th
string directly into the function code with php and tried using quote
instead..

Now im out of ideas!
Maybe im using the wrong replacement for the apostroph...
i use ' is that wrong? i also tried ' to no good either..
what's the right one?

Could it be sth else?
Thanks
Christia

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[kaeli]

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Hi there,

i got this javascript-function that changes the entries of a selectbox
depending from the selection of another selectbox:

function changeBezug(selectedEntry, '$exhibits', .....) {}

You don't put apostrophies in the function definition. They go in the
call.

function myFunction(var1, var2)
{
var1.value=var2;
}

<script ...>
....
myFunction(selectedEntry, 'string literal');
....
</script>

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yeah, of course, i copied that copied that incorrectly from my script
Its actually just as you wrote

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yeah, of course, i copied that copied that incorrectly from my script.
Its actually just as you wrote.

Ah, then you must have another single quote in the string.
You can't do that.

I myself never found a good way around that and simply disallowed double
quotes in the input and used double quotes for the attribute. Single
quotes could then be used in the input with no problems.

If that was not the problem, view the source of your document and post
what the browser actually sees (no PHP code).

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