Parameters in Javascript using jquery - php

Question

I'm trying to pass a parameter from php into my javascript function inside html. Is this at all possible? This is what I've got so far, but it seems to crash once it hits the condition:
$str="<input type='submit' value='-' onclick='Call(".$row['field1'].");'/>";
I hope that I won't have to find a work around for this.
Thanks.
EDIT:
This is the function that I'm trying to call
function Call(stuff)
{
alert(stuff);
$.get('reports.php',
{'param':'section', 'text':stuff},
function(returned_data)
{
alert(returned_data);
});
//alert('end');
}
And this is the function that I'm populating a table with.
function PopTable()
{
alert('end');
document.getElementById('table').innerHTML = 'Loading...';
$.get('reports.php',
{'param':'getstuff'},
function(returned_data)
{
document.getElementById('table').innerHTML = returned_data; // Clear the select
});
alert('end');
}
This is the php that I'm sending back population the table:
$str.= '<tr>';
$str.='<td bgcolor="#ffffff">' . $row['stuff'] .'</td>';
$str.='<td><input type='submit' value='-' onclick="Call('$row['stuff']');"/></td>';
$str.='</tr>'; //accumulate table
I can't seem to get a return value for Call(), and the alert doesn't even pop up

Answer 1

Try:
$str='<input type="submit" value="-" onclick="Call(\''.$row['field1'].'\');"/>';
I would bet you need quotes around the value if it is a string value
For example if $row['field1'] = 'test'; then:
Your version: <input type='submit' value='-' onclick='Call(test);'/> which would fail because test is not a valid variable
My Version <input type="submit" value="-" onclick="Call('test');"/> which would work becase 'test' is a string

Answer 2

What you're trying to do is possible, whereas it is not possible to pass a parameter from JavaScript into a PHP function.
When you say it crashes once it hits the condition, do you mean when you click on the input on the page? In that case, it's an error in your JavaScript syntax. I would try using Firebug with Firefox to track down the issue.
My first guess is there are no quotation marks inside the Call() method. So you're doing this:
Call(something)
and it should be like this:
Call('something')

Answer 3

This is possible, but I would be very careful about mixing PHP echos and javascript inline with strings because you need to escape javascript datatypes properly
In your example, $row['field1'] is probably from a database, so it's a string, so you need to surround the value with quotes in your javascript call. But that's not all, because what if there's a quote in your string, or a special character like a newline which needs to be escaped in javascript? And then what about html escaping?
A better approach is to import your javascript values in one place using json_encode(), then use your variables from there.
E.g.:
<?php
$jsonrow = json_encode($row);
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
var jsrow = <?=htmlspecialchars($jsonrow);?>;
</script>
<?php // some time later... ?>
<input type="submit" value="-" onclick="Call(jsrow.field1);" />