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ultimategamer50

Sep 17 2009, 01:11 AM

I don't know if this belongs in Javascript or PHP but this does have PHP in it. Ok I can't get this javascript delay msgbox to work in PHP, what am I doing wrong in this code?

CODE

echo "<script type=text/javascript>

</script>";

It works fine in HTML

swordz

Sep 17 2009, 10:43 AM

This is javascript, there's no PHP in this block of code.

Try:

CODE

echo "<script type=text/javascript>

</script>";

Swordz

ultimategamer50

Sep 18 2009, 12:02 AM

QUOTE(swordz @ Sep 17 2009, 10:43 AM)

This is javascript, there's no PHP in this block of code.

Try:

CODE

echo "<script type=text/javascript>

</script>";

Swordz

actually it's javascript in a PHP file. why won't it work?

Straystudio

Sep 23 2009, 09:18 PM

There are more errors, and JavaScript gets blocked with little.

The first part to work:
setTimeout wants the instruction going to be executed, to be wrapped in quotes, single or double as well as alert requires for its string-message; so, the correction by swordz would be enough, if JS/HTML alone.
He alternates ' and " quotes, they not to interfere: You can't do setTimeout('alert('testing!!');',3000); nor with repeating " (JS gets blocked!); this is right, as for JS:

setTimeout("alert('testing!!');",3000);

BUT, since PHP echo introduces string by quotes itself, interference would occur again.
We can use backslash as escape character in place; this works:

CODE

<?php

echo "&lt;script type=text/javascript>
<!--
setTimeout(\"alert('testing!!');\", 3000);

//-->
</script>";

?>

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