Hi i have been using this php echo statement

echo "<a href = 'message_delete_script_outbox.php?id=".$row['id']."'"."onclick='return        
confirm(/Are you sure, you want to delete?/)'>Delete</a>";

The statement is working i am seeing this message /Are you sure, you want to delete?/ instead of this Are you sure, you want to delete?

Hi i have been using this php echo statement

echo "<a href = 'message_delete_script_outbox.php?id=".$row['id']."'"."onclick='return        
confirm(/Are you sure, you want to delete?/)'>Delete</a>";

The statement is working i am seeing this message /Are you sure, you want to delete?/ instead of this Are you sure, you want to delete?

• php
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Your quote nesting is a little messed up. Try to follow these rules:

• Outer quote = " (This marks the beginning and end of the string)
• Inner quote = \" (Escaped as to not flag "beginning/end of string")
• Third-tier quote = ' (Literal quote)
• Fourth-tier quote = \' (Literal quote that will be generated as an escaped outer quote)

Result:

echo "<a href=\"message_delete_script_outbox.php?id=".$row['id']."\"onclick=
      \"return confirm('Are you sure, you want to delete?')\">Delete</a>";

More info about quote nesting: http://blog.opensourceopportunities./2007/10/nested-nested-quotes.html

You enclose the message in quotes, and those quotes need to be escaped to avoid confusing the PHP script:

echo "<a href = 'message_delete_script_outbox.php?id=".$row['id']."'"."onclick='return        
confirm(\"Are you sure, you want to delete?\")'>Delete</a>";

Just add double quotes and escape them

echo "<a href = 'message_delete_script_outbox.php?id=".$row['id']."' onclick='return confirm(\"Are you sure, you want to delete?\")'>Delete</a>";

I am not sure if you added a new line when you posted here, but you should know you cannot have that script on 2 lines.