Passing a URL that has spaces inside a javascript function

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I am a attempting to pass a URL inside a javascript onclick function but it returns missing ) error on console log, i experiment on it and found out that the URL contains special characters and sometimes spaces that escape the onclick event.

I am getting the url from a PHP script

$actual_link = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";

and passing it on a onclick event

<a href="#" class="btn btn-primary" id="main" onclick="getContent(<?php echo $actual_link;?>);">Content 1</a>

My question is how to pass a url text inside a javascript function.

charlietfl · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-11 01:38:25Z

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You need quotes around the php output in order to pass string to function:

 onclick="getContent('<?php echo $actual_link;?>');">
                  // ^^                        ^^

answered Nov 11, 2017 at 1:38

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KaoriYui · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-11 01:39:05Z

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Your missing a '' inside the getContent function.

onclick="getContent('<?php echo $actual_link;?>');">

answered Nov 11, 2017 at 1:39

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