Question

I have this line of code:

<a href="#" id="profilelink" name="profilelink" 
    value="<?php echo $id."/".$block_record;?>" 
    onClick="return viewornot(<?php echo $id; ?>)">
   <?php echo $uniqueCode; ?>
</a>

So with the onclick i want to pass the id concatenated with a blocked id to my JS:

function viewornot()
{
    var val = document.getElementById('profilelink');
    var e = confirm('Do you want to view this profile?');

    if (e == true)
    { 
       //for live site
       window.location.href = "http://www.rainbowcode.net/index.php/profiles/showprofilepersonal?id="+id;
       return true;
    }
    else
    {
        //if val contains a 1 then user is blocked
        //display a message then
    }
    return false
}      

the line: var val = document.getElementById('profilelink'); is not giving me what I want
it should contain the user id concatenated with a 1(blocked) or 0(not blocked)
($id."/".$blocked_user)

can someone help me please?
thank you

Answer 1

When you do

var val = document.getElementById('profilelink');

You’re actually working with the DOM element that is your link. What you actually want is the parameter that is being passed to your method.

Change your method signature

function viewornot(blockedStatus) {
   var val = blockedStatus;
   //your code
}

You might also want to change your link

<a href="#" id="profilelink" name="profilelink" 
    value="<?php echo $id."/".$block_record;?>" 
  -->   onClick="return viewornot('<?php echo $id."/".$block_record;?>')">
   <?php echo $uniqueCode; ?>
</a>