Can't generate Javascript from data with parentheses

I'm using a PHP/MySQL connection to add a search suggestions feature to my site. It's all working except for one piece. My data all contains parentheses in t开发者_高级运维he values, so when I'm trying to pass the returned data to the input field my onclick function fails! code is as follows:

while ($result = $query->fetch_object()) {
            echo '</li><li onclick="fill(\''.$result->name.'\');">'.$result->name.'</li>';
        }

The list populates from the returned search results, but the query returned looks like this:

</li><li onclick="fill('Boire Field&#44; Nashua&#44; NH&#44; US (KASH)');">
Boire Field&#44; Nashua&#44; NH&#44; US (KASH)</li>

Firebug gives me the following:

unterminated string literal
    fill('Boire Field, Nashua, NH, US (KASH)

The ) in the result is prematurely ending the string. How can I escape this out so it will properly call the function?

As the Brad Suggests.. The best way is JSON_ENCODE

while ($result = $query->fetch_object()) {
            echo '</li><li onclick="fill(\''.json_encode($result->name).'\');">'.$result->name.'</li>';
        }