[Javascript] String on multiple lines

[Peter Lauri]

Paul,

I do not have any live demonstration to show.

/Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Novitski [mailto:paul at juniperwebcraft.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 10:05 PM
To: Peter Lauri
Subject: RE: [Javascript] String on multiple lines

Peter,

Please post a link to your live demonstration.

Thanks,
Paul


At 10:13 PM 6/20/2006, Peter Lauri wrote:
>This did it, but with PHP :)
>
>No Javascript solution?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu]
>On Behalf Of Paul Novitski
>Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:45 AM
>To: JavaScript List
>Subject: Re: [Javascript] String on multiple lines
>
>At 09:50 AM 6/19/2006, Peter Lauri wrote:
> >I have a variable in PHP that is like $variable.
> >The content of this is separated with \n to
> >linebreaks. I want to use this and pass it to
> >the Javascript that I have so I do something like this:
> >
> >..javascript stuff.
> >
> >function JavaScriptFkn() {
> >             var variable = "<?php echo $variable; ?>";
> >}
> >
> >.. Javascript stuff..
> >
> >That ends up to be like this:
> >
> >function JavaScriptFkn() {
> >             var variable = "The first row.
> ><p>The second row.</p>
> ><h1>The third row</h1>";
> >}
> >
> >As you see, the row is split up, and the
> >javascript will not see the rows. Is there any
> >way of getting around this? I know I can
> >probably solve this in PHP by taking away the \n
> >that is destroying my day. Anyone with a simple and workable solution?
>
>
>Peter,
>
>I'd try escaping the PHP line breaks, replacing
>\n with \\n, so that they output into your HTML
>(JavaScript) source as the literal string "\n"
>instead of the line-break character.
>
>          var variable = "<?php echo str_replace("\n", "\\n", $variable);
>?>";
>
>This should output:
>
>          var variable = "The first row...\n<p>The
>second row.</p>\n<h1>The third row</h1>";
>
>Regards,
>
>Paul
>
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