Replace simple quote and double quote

Question

I have a variable in my MySQL database. I want this variable to handle both simple and double quotes.

For example:

$variable = "I'm happy" or $variable = I'm happy or  $variable = "I am happy"

In my DB, the first example is this: "i'm happy" and that works for me. The problem is now on my JS function because I want to call my data:

nameFolder = "<?php echo $variable ; ?>"

But, if $variable = "I'm happy", I've got double "" so I get a JS error. And if I put single quote, the problem is the same with another case.

Any ideas?

You need to escape your quotes: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2004168/javascript-escape-quotes — Paul Aldred-Bann, Apr 25 '13 at 10:52

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '13 at 10:52

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The best way to echo data to JavaScript is to use json_encode:

var nameFolder = <?php echo json_encode($variable); ?>;

N.B.: There shouldn't be any surrounding quotes, function will handle that for you.

answered Apr 25 '13 at 10:52

VisioN

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 25 '13 at 10:51

1

Use

nameFolder = "<?php echo str_replace('"', '\"', $variable); ?>"

answered Apr 25 '13 at 10:51

str

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