Passing string variables to a javascript function via ahref

So I have some php code that is generating links, and for the url I'm trying to pass the data to a javascript function.

echo "<a href=\"javascript:SubmitRemoval('", urlencode($item->roomname), "')\">Remove</a><br/>";

In the javascript function I am using this, but it does not seem to be removing the url encoding crap.

    <script type="text/javascript">
    function SubmitRemoval(roomname)
    {
        alert(decodeURI(roomname));
    }
</script>

I'm开发者_开发百科 not really a javascript pro, is there a better way to do this?

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I don't think this can work. You are encoding with PHP and trying to decode with javascript.