onclick function not woring

[gunio6]

Hi ,


i am implementing a javascript calendar in a web2 application.
i am using dynarch calendar (

http://www.dynarch.com/projects/calendar/

)
the calendar works fine. there is one init function in my base HTML document that initializes the calendar.

<script type="text/javascript">
Calendar.setup({ inputField : "textID", ifFormat:"%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p", showsTime:true, button:"date_1", step:1});
</script>

the calendar works fine , but only when the textID is set in the html text field properties. the problem is that this text id is php variable and that it is set dinamically.

i was wondering can i attach the above initialisation function to an image with onclick event?

i tried

onclick="Calendar.setup({ inputField:"<?=$elm_id?>", ifFormat:"%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p", showsTime:true, button:"date_1", step:1});

but it shows syntax error!

any suggestions?

thanx

 

[Diancecht]

That's more a php question, isn't it?

Cheers,
Dian

 

[gunio6]

well if you concider the onclick event to be a php issue then i will concider changing the forum

ps. i dont think this is a php question! the only php think is one variable!

 

[Diancecht]

Maybe I don't understand the question.

If it works setting the variable in the html and not from the php, it's a php error since javascript only knows about the html the page shows.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[gunio6]

well you misunderstood me then. I am trying to initialize the calendar with onclick Javascript event which gives me syntax error. I am trying to do that because it sounds more convenient instead of generating javascript with php. I have onclick function with bunch of params in it

onclick="Calendar.setup({ inputField:"<?=$elm_id?>", ifFormat:"%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p", showsTime:true, button:"date_1", step:1});

it initializes an object where one of the parameters is php variable. It should work but it doesn’t and it has nothing to do with the php variable. It’s more because I am not that familiar with JS syntax. And I do think that the question is for this forum!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

There is no syntax error that I can see with that line. Perhaps the syntax error is elsewhere - OR... the PHP is outputting something that has odd characters in it (like braces, quotes, etc).

Can you show the CLIENT-SIDE output that your page has (i.e. after the PHP has been parsed)?

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[Diancecht]

Oh, I see.

Then you miss a quote just before the semicolon.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[gunio6]

Ok , i see that the php got you guys confused : )
the above code doesnt work even if i take the variable out and change it with static one.

onclick="Calendar.setup({ inputField:"date1", ifFormat:"%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p", showsTime:true, button:"date_1", step:1});


the debuger says "syntax error: ( expected"

can it be that onclick doesnt support object initialisation but only function call. maybe the {} and the : confuse the interpreter?!?

 

[gunio6]

the quote is there. sorry i didnt copy the whole thing.

 

[theniteowl]

You need to change out your quotes.
In your posted code you do not have an end quote on the line though that may be a cut/paste error.
But you are using double quotes for everything which is going to cause you problems. Change the outer quotes to singles. Normally I change the inner quotes to singles but I am not familiar enough with PHP to know if it makes a difference there (it does in ASP).

onclick=[COLOR=red]'[/color]Calendar.setup({ inputField:"<?=$elm_id?>", ifFormat:"%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p", showsTime:true, button:"date_1", step:1});[COLOR=red]'[/color]

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