You can simplify usi single instead double quotes: echo ' <td width="25%" align="center"> <a href="javascript:open_window(\'$php_self?action=view_record&userid=$userid\');"> view</a> <a href="$php_self?action=delete_record&userid=$userid" onclick="return confirm(\'are you sure?\');">delete</a></td> '; :) -afan > John Wells wrote: >> Personally, I get tired (and confused) when having to escape all of >> those quotes like in the string you're trying to echo above. Perhaps >> you'd consider HEREDOC as an alternative approach: > > Here's n idea I've had and never expressed publicly before. I wonder if > some of you haven't thought the same thing: > > Why not develop a language syntax that has distinct open and close > string delimiters? > > So (in an ideal world) the code in question > > echo " > <td width=\"25%\" align=\"center\"> > <a > href=\"javascript:open_window('$php_self?action=view_record&userid=$userid');\"> > view</a> > <a href=\"$php_self?action=delete_record&userid=$userid\" > onclick=\"return confirm('are you sure?');\">delete</a></td> > "; > > would be rendered something like this: > > echo { > <td width={25%} align={center}> > <a > href={javascript:open_window({$php_self?action=view_record&userid=$userid});}> > view</a> > <a href={$php_self?action=delete_record&userid=$userid} > onclick={return confirm({are you sure?});}>delete</a></td> > }; > > or like this: > > echo [ > <td width=[25%] align=[center]> > <a > href=[javascript:open_window([$php_self?action=view_record&userid=$userid]);]> > view</a> > <a href=[$php_self?action=delete_record&userid=$userid] > onclick=[return confirm([are you sure?]);]>delete</a></td> > ]; > > Of course, having separate characters for opening and closing double or > single quotes would work, but that would require changing the basic > ASCII set. > > I believe some European languages use "<<" and ">>" as quotation marks. > What ASCII characters do they use? > > I have seen some JavaScript code that uses curly braces to delimit a > string, but can't find that documented anywhere. > > Thoughts anyone? > > --J > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php