SyntaxError: unterminated string literal – PHP/XHTML String <?php $string = addslashes(preg_replace(“/[\r\n]+/”,’ ‘,(preg_replace(‘/\s\s+/’, ‘ ‘, include(“xhtml_page.php”)))); ?> Note: New lines in string will be removed and the string will be a valid string instead of unterminated string in javascript. <script type=”text/javascript” language=”javascript”>var js_str = ‘<?php echo $string; ?>’;</script>