Strange unterminated string literal error

I can't find anything wrong with this code <!-- Initialise the editor --><script>
initRTE('<table align=\"\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">
<tbody>
<tr></tr></tbody></table>', 'example.css');
</script>
However this throws an error in firebug and the page doesn't display it correctly, i get an error in firebug

unterminated string literal
initRTE('<table align=\"\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" widt...
Does anyone have and idea whats going on?

You don't need to escape "s inside a '-delimited string

thanks but i changed it to

<!-- Initialise the editor -->22<script>
23initRTE('<table>
24<tr></tr></table>', 'example.css');
25</script>


and I still get the error. however if i remove the <tr></tr> i get no error

I agree with gjay's comment, but:-

Have you tried escaping the /s?

<tr><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>', 'example.css');

and keeping it all on one line?

this throws an error in firebug and the page doesn't display it correctly, i get an error in firebug

unterminated string literal
initRTE('<table align=\"\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" widt...
Does anyone have and idea whats going on?

To break a single string over multiple lines, each segment must end with a '\'
'<table align=\"\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"\ width=\"100%\">\
<tbody>\
<tr></tr></tbody></table>'

The real trouble stems from the fact that I'm using a Rich text editor

FreeRichTextEditor.com

to generate the tables. It works fine when it is retrived from the database into the content page but when I try and display the html used in the editor for editing is when I get the problems

In that case the solution is obvious!

I agree, email the original coder

thanks but i changed it to

<!-- Initialise the editor -->22<script>
initRTE('<table>
<tr></tr></table>', 'example.css');
</script>
and I still get the error. however if i remove the <tr></tr> i get no error

the argument does

ok so how would I automate the adding of \ to the argument to initRTE. eg how would I

write code to convert

<table align="" border="4" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>

into

<table align="" border="4" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">\
<tbody>\
<tr>\
<td>&nbsp;</td>\
<td>&nbsp;</td>\
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>\
<tr>\
<td>&nbsp;</td>\
<td>&nbsp;</td>\
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>\
<tr>\
<td>&nbsp;</td>\
<td>&nbsp;</td>\
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>

Use a text editor using find and replace.

yes but I want it done dynamically with Javascript so that the user doesn't need to do find and replace

Arrh, to be sure, you can't be doing it as the Javascript has to be a valid string before you manipulate it to turn it into a valid string .....:D

"If I were you, I wouldn't start from here" as the Irishman said when asked the way to Dingle. :D

Man that kind of stinks a bit.

How on earth am I going to pass the content data to the rich text editor for editing. Maybe I could do it with php?

You need to put the sting all on one line.

I see, cool, so how in php do I remove all the white space at the ends of the lines?

:)

feeling better now, I've worked so hard on this and this problem looks to be coming to an end:)

hi,

i faced smiler problem while using freerichtexteditor was getting error
"unterminated string..."

while inserting the values from the rte to DB , i replaced \r\n with blank and the problem was resolved for me.

for PHP: str_replace("\r\n","",$_REQUEST['RTE_content'])

Regards
Mayuresh Bhomkar