alert("; $s2 = ");"; if ($sqb === false && $dqb === false) { # no quotes echo $s1.'"'.$msg.'"'.$s2; } else if ($sqb === false) { # 1st quote is double quote echo $s1."'".$msg."'".$s2; } else { # 1st quote is single quote echo $s1.'"'.$msg.'"'.$s2; } }