Question

I have this function in my js script.

//handle the deleting of the shoutlines
function delete_shoutline(shoutline_number)
{
    //the number of the shoutline we're deleting
    var shoutline = shoutline_number;

    $.post("shoutbox/delete_ban.php", {shoutline : shoutline_number},
    function(result)
    {
        //show the result, if any
        alert(result);

        //refresh the page
        window.location = window.location;
    });

}
//handle the banning of users
function ban_user(user_ban)
{
    //the name of the user we are banning
    var banned = user_ban;

    $.post("shoutbox/delete_ban.php", {banned : user_ban},
    function(result)
    {
        //show the result, if any
        alert(result);

        //refresh the page
        window.location = window.location;
    });

}

here are the calls

<a href='javascript: delete_shoutline(SOMEID);' title='Delete' class='delete' onclick=\"return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this message?');\">x</a><a href='javascript: ban_user(SOMEUSER);' title='Ban' class='ban' onclick=\"return confirm('Are you sure you want to ban this user?');\">o</a>

the function delete_shoutline works great, but when I click the ban link my console pauses and says (anonymous function) members.php (2):1
Paused on exception 'ReferenceError'

and Debugger says Uncaught ReferenceError: SOMEUSER is not defined

I am not the best with js so I really don’t know what this means?
I am not really sure what this means because the function is defined in the js.

Answer 1

You need quotes around the string.

<a href='javascript: ban_user(SOMEUSER);'  <-- no quotes around SOMEUSER, it thinks it is a variable.