trouble with double quotes first record of PHP array - php

Question

php5, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, OS 6.3.15063. i get $row data via mssql_fetch_assoc and stuff a PHP array with the $row data just fine when the first record does not have double quotes. subsequent row data can have double quotes, just not the first row. Error: "SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list" in jquery.min - so i cannot peruse and get helpful info from that. code:
$History_SQL = "
DECLARE #AID int;
SET #AID = $Activity_ID;
SELECT activityid, lpid, abstract, changeid, changestamp FROM cpy_activity_history
WHERE activityid = #AID ORDER BY changestamp DESC;
";
$History_results = mssql_query($History_SQL);
while ($row = mssql_fetch_array($History_results)) {
$HistoryRecords[] = $row;
}
This works when record index[0] does not have double quotes, but when double quotes, errors out.
Interestingly, if i use:
$HistoryRecords[] = json_encode($row);
RESULT>>SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list
then it gets past the error; but I am having trouble usind json_decode to get any useful information out of the array [not even getting js braces or anything, getting another record from another table, possibly because this value is not what it thought it was going to be/either way, not sure i am even starting down the right road with json_endode/decode.]
it could be i simply do need help learning how to decode each record coming out of the json encoded var. either way, does this problem look familiar, and any ideas for how to stop getting the error? NOTE: ultimately, i need to display the array information via javascript. other related posts do not seem to cover this scenario. these double quotes are proving maddening. thanks in advance!

Answer 1

thx, All for helping!
the SYMPTOMS included the [a]browser crashing with console/js error: "missing ) after arg list", [b]a var in the code to display an erroneous field, unrelated to the sql used to create info for that var.
the REASON this occurred was that i had within PHP, a console.log that contained a PHP variable. so i was mixing js and PHP. the PHP was firing late and so at the time, the js console.log had nothing to display.
the CLUE which led to fixing this was noticing that the js msg was crashing in the browser, YET the php LOG_IT stmts below the js were working. the js was trying to console.log a msg that had a null value, and somehow a js var was getting loaded with wrong information. sheeze.
the CODE - before the fix the php echo from within the console.log was the culprit. i tossed the original offending stmt, but it was something like this:
<?php here in php land....., now i want to do a console.log....
?><script>console.log("show me info!: " <?php echo $info; ?></script><?php
...back in php land...
i commented out the "echo $info;" and things worked. of course i ripped it out altogether. funny, it would've cleared itself up when i stopped banging my head on the wall and simply decided to clean up and remove all the troubleshooting console.logs.
the CONCLUSION - an old lesson, "don't mix js and php", even in error logging!
thx again for all your help!