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How do I include inline javascript in a php echo?
I'm working with the members app, echoing certain options for a person that's logged in. In this instance, I have a set of buttons that toggle one of two divs with a hide/show javascript function.
How do I include the toggle function in this? Right now it causes a php error.
echo'<a class="button" onclick="toggle('InqForm');">Research Inquiry</a><div class="togglehidden" id="surnameInqForm"></div>';
Or is there a better way to structure it?
To do it that way, you need to escape the single quotes with backslashes so that they don't end the string:
Another way is to break out of PHP and just write it to the page:
And if you're really up for rethinking things, writing inline JavaScript is considered a bit old hat. You might want to read up on unobtrusive JavaScript. Here's a good primer: https://blog.teamtreehouse.com/unobtrusive-javascript-important
I'll look into that, thank you. I'm so into rethinking it that I might not really need JavaScript at all for this...I could just show both forms which saves a click or tap.