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JavaScript

Posted by Shaun Moore
Shaun Moore
6,301 Points

Javascript Error

I am getting this error,

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token (

With this code

<div onclick = "function() { document.getElementById(view_button).removeAttribute(content_overlay); }"
id="view_button" >
View <?php echo $heading_title  ?>
</div>
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

Is there a challenge you are doing?

Shaun Moore
Shaun Moore
6,301 Points

Nope I have started my own project

1 Answer

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

you have a space after the equals sign, that might cause the token error. A lot of the time a token error can be caused by a empty character space, also Check these links out:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/jquery-examples-and-best-practices/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtrusive_JavaScript

writing obtrusive JS is considered bad practice. I would not suggest coding like this, as it causes problems.

What line is the error on? The line of the JS or PHP?