Passing variable through function Javascript / PHP

Question

i want to pass a variable through to a php on an onClick event, it doesn't seem to be passing it through to the page properly though.

Here's my html

<a href="data.php" onClick="video(We Have a Pope)" hidefocus="">

and the relevant javascript function

function video(result) {
  $('#information').load('data.php?result=' + result);
  document
}

My php page looks like this

<?php

$result = $_GET['result'];
echo $result;
?>

Nothing is being outputted though :S

slash197 · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-29 07:30:10Z

3

onClick="video(We Have a Pope)" should be onClick="video('We Have a Pope')"

answered Mar 29, 2012 at 7:30

slash197

9,0246 gold badges43 silver badges71 bronze badges

Kosta · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-29 07:30:26Z

1

You need quotation marks when you pass string as parameter, like this:

<a href="data.php" onClick="video('We Have a Pope')" hidefocus="">

answered Mar 29, 2012 at 7:30

Kosta

1,8671 gold badge17 silver badges21 bronze badges

Kai · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-29 07:58:23Z

1

<a href="data.php" onClick="javascript:video('We Have a Pope');" hidefocus="">

Kai

39.7k14 gold badges91 silver badges105 bronze badges

answered Mar 29, 2012 at 7:51

Pratik Bhatt

9112 gold badges8 silver badges21 bronze badges

Tejasva Dhyani · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-29 08:01:31Z

0

onClick="video('We Have a Pope');"

or

onClick="video(\"We Have a Pope\");"

answered Mar 29, 2012 at 8:01

Tejasva Dhyani

1,3621 gold badge10 silver badges19 bronze badges

4 Answers 4