Php Function Is Not Defined Error And Syntax Error Of Misplaced In Generated Html

To solve a tricky wiki search problem we've implemented a Javascript solution in a PHP file. Unfortunately, I have two problems. One is that the function is not being called and se

Solution 1:

Fix the issue with the misplaced <p> tag inside the <script> element. It is possible that your syntax error within those <script> tags is preventing the registration of the function, since it is declared in that same block.

UPDATE So it's hard to say, because ultimately the Wiki engine is what's probably calling render() on InputBox. But here's a suggestion that may help. For most of your elements, you're adding them with static methods from the Xml class. Have you tried creating your script tag with Xml::openElement? Then you can put your heredoc declaration of the script's body between those calls. If something is inserting p tags arbitrarily on the Wiki side, perhaps using this method will output it in such a way that this doesn't end up happening. It's worth a shot, because, honestly, I can't see anything in the code you've posted that indicates that paragraph tags should be inserted from your code here.

Solution 2:

I managed to get rid of the </p> problem by putting everything between <script> and </script> on one line. This makes me wonder if it is a problem with the editor (Notepad++ on Windows) when I put the file on the Linux server. But I thought Notepad++ could handle that (it is no problem for PHP).

The fact that the script was not being called was actually due to a syntax error, which I found out via a clue in another question: 'search' should have been 'searchbox'.

Once that was resolved the function was called without errors.

In case anyone else wants it, here is the complete working code:

publicfunctiongetSearchPlatform() {

        // Use button label fallbacksglobal$wgContLang;

        // Use button label fallbacksif ( !$this->mButtonLabel ) {
            $this->mButtonLabel = wfMsgHtml( 'tryexact' );
        }
        if ( !$this->mSearchButtonLabel ) {
            $this->mSearchButtonLabel = wfMsgHtml( 'searchfulltext' );
        }

        $htmlOut .=  <<<ENDOFBLOCK
        <script type="text/javascript">function appendAndSubmit(){var platform1 = document.getElementById('p1').checked;var platform2 = document.getElementById('p2').checked;var text = document.getElementById('searchboxInput').value;if (platform1 * platform2 >0) text = text + ' "Applies to=Platform 1.0" "Applies to=Platform 2.0"';else if (platform1) text = text + ' "Applies to=Platform 1.0"';else if (platform2) text = text + ' "Applies to=Platform 2.0"';document.getElementById('searchboxInput').value = text;document.forms['searchform'].submit();}</script>
ENDOFBLOCK;

        // Build HTML$htmlOut .= Xml::openElement( 'div',
            array(
                'align' => 'center',
                'style' => 'background-color:' . $this->mBGColor
            )
        );
        $htmlOut .= Xml::openElement( 'form',
            array(
                'name' => 'searchbox',
                'id' => 'searchbox',
                'class' => 'searchbox',
                'action' => SpecialPage::getTitleFor( 'Search' )->escapeLocalUrl(),
            )
        );
        $htmlOut .= Xml::element( 'input',
            array(
                'class' => 'searchboxInput',
                'name' => 'search',
                'id' => 'searchboxInput',
                'type' => 'text',
                'value' => $this->mDefaultText,
                'size' => $this->mWidth,
            )
        );

        $htmlOut .= $this->mBR;

        // Checkbox$htmlOut .= Xml::element( 'input',
            array(
                'type' => 'checkbox',
                'name' => '1',
                'id' => 'p1'
            )
        );
        // Label$htmlOut .= '&nbsp;' . Xml::label( 'Platform 1.0' );

        // Checkbox$htmlOut .= Xml::element( 'input',
            array(
                'type' => 'checkbox',
                'name' => '2',
                'id' => 'p2'
            )
        );
        // Label$htmlOut .= '&nbsp;' . Xml::label( 'Platform 2.0' );

        // Line break$htmlOut .= $this->mBR;

        $htmlOut .= Xml::element( 'input',
            array(
                'type' => 'submit',
                'name' => 'fulltext',
                'class' => 'searchboxSearchButton',
                'value' => 'search',
                'onClick' => "appendAndSubmit();"
            )
        );

        // Hidden fulltext param for IE (bug 17161)if( $type == 'fulltext' ) {
            $htmlOut .= Xml::hidden( 'fulltext', 'Search' );
        }

        $htmlOut .= Xml::closeElement( 'div' );
        $htmlOut .= Xml::closeElement( 'form' );

        // Return HTMLreturn$htmlOut;
    }