<span class="smodal" onclick="displayEditNotesModal('1', 'Notes notes notes\'s. \'\'\'\'\'\' \" \"', 'finaidnotes');"="">	<img src="img/edit.png" alt="Edit Notes" title="Edit Notes" class="icon-action"></span>

This code will not run because of the \" \" inside the parameters of the function. How do I pass this string

Notes notes notes's. '''''' " "

to this function correctly? I tried addslashes() in php, which gave me the output above.

Thanks so much in advance.

Is it that escaping doesn't work in strings enclosed in single quotes. Use double quotes and escape any enclosed double quotes with the backslash.

I'm pretty sure you'll have to write the quotes as their html code, ". So, your example would have to be

<span class="smodal" onclick="displayEditNotesModal('1', 'Notes notes notes\'s. \'\'\'\'\'\' &quote; &quote;', 'finaidnotes');"><img src="img/edit.png" alt="Edit Notes" title="Edit Notes" class="icon-action"></span>

I've used htmlentities() on all the data (which is something I should've done anyway). Thanks so much!