adding click-to-call to php echo statement

Question

Im sure there is a simple explanation to this but I cant find an answer to this anywhere. This is a function that is called on the header to display phone number. Im trying to add the click-to-call tracking to this but when I add it, it breaks the site. So

This is the current code:

function themeblvd_header_contact() {
  $link_address = 'tel:3026560214';
  echo "<div class='contact-number'>Contact us at <a href='$link_address'>(302) 656-0214</a></div>";
}

When I add the click-to-call is when it breaks:

$link_address = 'tel:3026560214'; 
echo "<div class='contact-number'>Contact us at <a onclick="ga('send', 'event',
'phone number', 'click to call', '3026560214', 1);" href='$link_address'>(302) 656-0214</a></div>";

What do you mean by "it breaks the site"? What kind of errors are you getting? — David Wyly, Apr 22 '15 at 16:06
See above ^ that's your problem. Add error reporting in the future, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/845021/how-to-get-useful-error-messages-in-php — chris85, Apr 22 '15 at 16:15
What IDE are you using? Didn't it tell you you had an error? Otherwise the error on your website should give you a clue to what is wrong. — putvande, Apr 22 '15 at 16:21
Just take a look at the syntax highlighting. You need to know how to debug simple syntax errors like this. — ceejayoz, Apr 22 '15 at 16:21

JimboSlice · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-22T16:18:49.547

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I see that you are closing the string in the middle of it and then making a new one, two quotes to much is probably the problem here. try to escape the string like this.

$link_address = 'tel:3026560214'; 
echo "<div class='contact-number'>Contact us at <a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event',
'phone number', 'click to call', '3026560214', 1);\" href='$link_address'>(302) 656-0214</a></div>";

edited Apr 22 '15 at 16:18

answered Apr 22 '15 at 16:13

JimboSlice

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Thanks! I think that did it. So just for clarification if you don't mind, why is the forward slash before quotation at the end of the onclick? – Angel Herrera Apr 22 '15 at 16:20
@AngelHerrera Because the `"` would end your string without being escaped with a `\`. – ceejayoz Apr 22 '15 at 16:22
You start your string with a double qoute, right. the `\"`basically says that the quoute is a part of the string. otherwise it would close the string that you pass to the echo. if that make more sense? – JimboSlice Apr 22 '15 at 16:29

adding click-to-call to php echo statement

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