How to solve using single quotes within double quotes within the $content = ' '

Question

I am getting an error because of the single quotes that are within the double quotes, and everything is within the single quotes of the $content variable. How can this be solved please?

$content = '

setTimeout("finishAjax('usernameResult', '"+escape(response)+"')", 400);

';

$content = "setTimeout(\"finishAjax('usernameResult', 'escape(response)')\", 400)"; — Programit, Jul 14 '17 at 20:32
Hi Jay, thanks for your reply. However, it is still showing an error " Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'usernameResult' (T_STRING) in C:\xampp\htdocs\fm-reg\register.php on line 105;" — jbm59er, Jul 15 '17 at 05:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '17 at 20:38

In order to put a single quote or double quote within a string literal, you have to escape it first. The escape character in PHP is the backslash (\).

$content = "setTimeout(\"finishAjax('usernameResult', '+escape(response)+')\", 400);";

How to solve using single quotes within double quotes within the $content = ' '

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