missing ) after argument list ajax.updater

[ksquared3]

This code is contained in an include. Maybe I've been looking too long, but the parenthesis is there. I'll appreciate any advice you have. Thanks!

<?php
	$paintingBack=$paintingNumber-1;
	$paintingNext=$paintingNumber+1;
	if ($paintingBack < 1) {
	$paintingBack = $paintingBack + 1;
	}
	?>
		<a href="#" class='link' onFocus='if(this.blur)this.blur()' onclick="change_content('imagediv', '<img src='images/painting_<? echo $paintingBack; ?>.jpg'/>')"><img src='images/braceL.gif' alt='brace' width='20' height='11' valign='text-bottom'/></a>

[djr33]

The SRC for your img tag uses single quotes, and this is within the string argument for the change_content() function.

You must escape these quotes using \' instead of just '.

[ksquared3]

Thanks, djr33. I have tried that. Didn't work. Neither did many different combinations of delimiters and breaks. I may have to give up. My client is getting antsy. Of course, he doesn't care if the site has 56 pages instead of 6, but I do. Must.try.to.go.with.the.flow.

[djr33]

There's no question that you must escape a symbol when it also denotes the end of a string (in a context like that). There may be other problems, but if you don't fix that, the code will never work and it should never work.
Once it's fixed, you can start trying to debug things again and you may even get a more meaningful error notice.

[ksquared3]

OK then. I'll escape all ' within the string. Thanks.

[ksquared3]

OK, done. The computed code =

<a href="" class='link' onFocus='if(this.blur)this.blur()' onclick="change_content('imagediv', '<img src=\'images/painting_2.jpg\'/>')"><img src='images/braceL.gif' alt='brace' width='20' height='11' valign='text-bottom'/></a>

error: File not found. !

[ksquared3]

fyi: This is the line of code in prototype.js that doesn't like the string. lines #1530-31

this.body = this.method == 'post' ? (this.options.postBody || params) : null;
1531 this.transport.send(this.body);

[djr33]

What file isn't found? I don't think the code you're using is causing that. Does this function work in other cases? Can you show us a working example?
I think this may be beyond my knowledge of Javascript, but someone else can probably help. The escaping is correct, so that's at least the first step done.

[djr33]

What file isn't found? I don't think the code you're using is causing that. Does this function work in other cases? Can you show us a working example?
I think this may be beyond my knowledge of Javascript, but someone else can probably help. The escaping is correct, so that's at least the first step done.

[ksquared3]

Sorry, it's taken me so long to get back to you. I was up for days, finally got it working without using this function. No matter what I did, the escape character, \ , was never recognized and I had to move on. Thanks very much for your help.