javascript not working

[MDanz]

this is just part of the code. when i added the variable hide it stopped working. basically i want the php variable hide to add on to the variable newtext2. if i've implemented it wrong, need help correcting it.

var newtext2 = obj( "reply" ).value;
var hide = <?php 
	$var = "<span id='close'><a href='javascript:setVisible(\"layer1\")' style='text-decoration: none'><font color='#FBB917' face='Arial' size='3px'><strong>Hide</strong></font></a></span>";
	
	echo $var?>;
         obj( "layer1" ).innerHTML = newtext2+hide;