jQuery + onClick Problem when using PHP

Question

I had a line of code just like this:

<a onClick="someFunc();">Click</a>

It worked fine. But I tried to output it in PHP as such:

echo "<h3>" . $zone . " <a href='javascript:$('#zoneNotifUnsub').submit()'>Unsubscribe</a></h3>";

And it doesn't work. Using onClick or href makes no difference, the result is that the code doesn't work. It's clearly some issue of how PHP outputs <a> elements. Any help?

first thing separate the server side code and uI code ,all click handles should be handled at uI level, this is very old way of doing it. — kobe
– kobe, Commented Feb 28, 2011 at 0:18
give a class name to the href and handle the click event in the jquery.., this way it will be very cleaner — kobe
– kobe, Commented Feb 28, 2011 at 0:19

Hamish · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-28 00:18:38Z

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There is nothing wrong with PHP, you've just included a syntax error in the output, see:

"<a href='javascript:$('#zoneNotifUnsub').submit()'>"

Note the apostraphes?

You'll need to escape them, ie:

"<a href='javascript:$(\'#zoneNotifUnsub\').submit()'>"

Or

 "<a href='javascript:$(\"#zoneNotifUnsub\").submit()'>"

answered Feb 28, 2011 at 0:18

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Felix Kling Over a year ago

I think "<a href='javascript:$(\'#zoneNotifUnsub\').submit()'>" will still generate an error, as the escapes are in the PHP string, not the HTML string. You would have to do: "<a href='javascript:$(\\'#zoneNotifUnsub\\').submit()'>"

alex · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-28 00:17:57Z

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PHP outputs a like any other element - as the HTML serialised in a string, i.e. it doesn't output it any special way.

Since you are using jQuery, your best bet is probably...

$('h3 a').click(function() { $('#zoneNotifUnsub').submit(); });

answered Feb 28, 2011 at 0:17

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