loading an HTML page from PHP and setting a javascript variable

[jrg23y]

I have been loading a page using:

 

include("myPage.html");

 

this works great but I would like to set a javascript variable.

I tried:

 

$myStr = "The string I want to set";

$fp = fopen("myPage.html", "r");

$data = fread($fp, 100000);

$data = '<script type="text/javascript">var myVar=' . $myStr .';</script>' . $data;

 

This did not work the variable was undefined. 

 

I am new to PHP so any help with the right way to do this would be great.

 

Thanks

 

John

 

[schilly]

change myPage.html to myPage.php.

 

now in the current script set $myStr = to whatever you want above the include statement.

 

Now in myPage.php change this:

 

<script type="text/javascript">var myVar='<?php echo $myStr; ?>';</script>

 

Now when you include the page it will insert that variable that you set.

 

Make sense?

[mattal999]

Simply put, you need to wrap the code in the javascript with quotes.

 

$data = '<script type="text/javascript">var myVar="' . $myStr .'";</script>' . $data;

[jrg23y]

let's say I do change the .html to .php.  do I still need to read the file in using fread?

 

I still don't see how the page will have access to the $myString variable you are suggesting?

 

thanks

 

John

[jrg23y]

putting the " into the javascript command worked thanks mattal999!!!