PHP/Javascript new line problem

[BIOSTALL]

Hi all,

This is my PHP getting the value from the DB:

$row=mysql_fetch_array($result);
$members = $row['members']; 

Because i use 'nl2br' when I write it to the db, it contains some '<br />' occurences.

If i then try and put this value into a textarea using javascript:

document.formeditband.members.value = "<?php echo $members ?>";

I get the error: 'Unterminated string constant'.

Anyone got any suggestions to why i might be getting this error and how to covercome it please?

Many Thanks,

BIOSTALL

[{yak}]

What's the output when you echo $members?

[visualAd]

You need to ensure that the text has all quotations escaped; that is ' and ", if they are not, JS will end the string constant prematurely. The PHP function [url=http://www.php.net/addslashes]addslashes()[/php] will do this. However, you also need to escape newline characters with their equivalents too, so I would recommend you use str_replace()

$js_safe_members = str_replace(array('"',"'", "\r", "\n", "\0"), array('\"','\\\'','\r', '\n', '\0'), $members);
?>
... other html
document.formeditband.members.value = "<?php echo($js_safe_members) ?>";