Tricky variable question! Impossible??

Hi guys, I am not sure if this is possible. Not on my knowledge, but maybe someone is smarter than I am :-) I want to pass an icon to a function. Therefore I am putting all the html into a var called icon. Inside this html their is another variable with an array which value is set inside the function. How can I pass this html thing and ensure that the variable is gonna be set? Take a look at the code underneath. Like that it is just printing out $picture_id[$i] $icon_1 = " <a href=\"index.php?fuseaction=edit&action=delete&id=%s\" onclick=\"return confirm('Are you sure you want to delete picture no: $picture_id[$i]');\"> <img src=\"../app_global/pics/delete.gif\" width=20 height=20 border=0 alt=\"delete\"> </a>"; Can anybody help on this? Thanx for any help Cheers Andy