When you put string delimiters in a string, you have to escape them. If you for example put the text It's in a string and use apostropes as delimiters, the string would be: 'It\'s'

With the apostropes in the strings escaped, your code would be:

$resultaat += '<li class="geel_klein"><a class="openchat" href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="return chatWith(\'\'+ $bijnaam + \')\'">' + $bijnaam + '</a><span class="date"> ' + $detijd + '</span></li>';

I am a bit curious about your habit of putting a $ sign first in all your variable names. Have you someway come to believe that Javascript variables is written that way?

I'm not sure I understand the question. It seems to me like you have a PHP string and you need to pass it as a parameter to a Javascript function...?

If that's the case, you'd need to echo the Javascript function call via PHP as well. You can't reference PHP variables directly from Javascript.

So you can do:

    echo "usersList.html('{$users}').fadeIn(2000)";

Also, in your original $resultaat += expression, you need to use the dot (.) for string concatenation in PHP. The plus is for Javascript.

Unless, of course, the $resultaat += expression is actually Javascript, in which case your question has thoroughly confused me.

SORRY, the ($resultaat) string is what I needed to be corrected It is supposed to be a javascriptstring

and below ($openchat) is a phpstring wich is correct, but I can't use that one. It's only an example off the string I need, but in a phpformat

what I need Is the javascript version off that one

I hope this will make it clear. I cannot edit my original question, otherwise I would have done that.

Richard

userslist.html($users).fadeIn(2000); can better be read like this

userslist.html($resultaat).fadeIn(2000);

Try this:

function htmlEncode(str) {
    var trans = {
        "&": "&",
        '"': """,
        "'": "'",
        "<": "&lt;",
        ">": "&gt;"
    };
    return str.replace(/[&"'<>]/g, function($0) { return trans[$0]; });
}
$resultaat += '<li class="geel_klein"><a class="openchat" href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="return chatWith(\'' + htmlEncode($bijnaam) + ')">' + htmlEncode($bijnaam) + '</a><span class="date"> ' + htmlEncode($detijd) + '</span></li>';

Thanks Guffa, Gumbo

I know you don't have to use the dollarsign before variables, but in the beginning I thought it was more clear for myself to distinguish from normal text. I am not consistent threw all my code yet. I also thougt it could do no harm either.

Gumbo, thanks for your input. I hope both your codes work.

As I said above, I cannot edit my questions, or put comments underneath for some reason. The comment section says, requires 50 reputation. I don't know. I diddn't have that before?

Richard

Guffa, Gumbo You both missed closing the string properly. The variable inside the js function needed an extra /' after the variable. At least,I learned apostrophes can be escaped in js as well as in php.

I can't edit or comment, Gumbo I logged in with my google account I consider mu question answerd.

Maybe, it will go better with the next question. Paolo Bergantino suggested, my browser suposedley lost the cookie that recognizes my account. That's why I am logged in with my google account from now on.