I am having problems passing any kind of variable from PHP to JavaScript. Here is a simple example at jsFiddle. Why does it not return my string?
http://jsfiddle.net/funinabox/VkNe2/1/
<?php
//create php test string
$teststring = "mystring";
?>
//Convert Php string to JavaScript string
var testvar = <?php echo $teststring; ?> ;
//Display output of the array elements;
alert(testvar);
You are missing "
var testvar = "<?php echo $teststring; ?>";
Here is a full example
<?php
//create php test string
$teststring = "mystring";
?>
<html>
<head>
<script>
//Convert Php string to JavaScript string
var testvar = "<?php echo $teststring; ?>" ;
//Display output of the array elements;
alert(testvar);
</script>
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
<script> tags?
I reinstalled xampp and then made 1 change in c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf in the mime section section by adding (I did it in line 402 but anywhere in that section should be ok)... AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm
NOW IT WORKS!!!!!!!! This looks like a big mistake in the current xampp distribution for Win 7 32-bit.
.html files are not passed through the PHP engine, as this would slow them down unnecessarily. In general, if you are writing new PHP pages, give them a .php suffix instead.try to do link below:
<?php
//create php test string
$teststring = "mystring";
?>
//Convert Php string to JavaScript string
var testvar = '<?php echo $teststring; ?>' ;
//Display output of the array elements;
alert(testvar);
My environment uses templates so this is not copy and paste code. However I was able to pass the variable to Javascript by doing this:
$teststring = 'mystring';
$page_headers = <<<PAGEHEADERS
<script>
window.onload=function(){
var testvar = '$teststring';
alert(testvar);
};
</script>
PAGEHEADERS;
As long as the php variable is defined first you should be able to get a value from it simply by calling it.
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