php and javascript

[Guest]

quick question can i use an external js to run a php file and the php file will print out correct javascript. If i can how would i if i cant is there ny other way that i can use javascript and get variables from mysql and update mysql. Thank You

[Stooney]

can you restate the question by chance?  doesn't make sense to me :( 

[DeathStar]

[b]What do you mean like run a .js in php or what?[/b]

[Guest]

i want to make it so a basic website can get variables out of my database. I want to use an external javascript to display results so i was wondering if i could make the external javascript out of php to get the data. I want to use php to make the .js with the correct information

[Fallen_angel]

sorry to hijack but I am looking for a way to do the oposite if anyone knows that aswell

I need to figure out how to pass a javascript variable to a NEW php page , so that I can echo the javascript variable results to a php variable and then insert it into a database

[JasonLewis]

what i am wondering is why you want to print the data from javascript. why not just do it in php?

[Guest]

The site that this is on doesnt support php and it needs to display and change a couple little things from the database. This is the only way i can think of doing that.

[JasonLewis]

i dont think it would be possible. your talking about running a php script as a part of a javascript file. if the server dosnt support php then i dont think you would be able to do it.

[Guest]

I would want it to run on a remote server that allows it.

[scottybwoy]

Yeah you can get JavaScript to run a php file, not sure how on a seperate server.  I'm not too hot with JS but here's a snippet I fished out of an external .js file I use to get results from a database and use them in a drop down menu.
[code]
<?php

var ajax_list_externalFile = "../lib/php/ajax-list-companies.php";

        ajax_optionDiv.innerHTML = '';
var ajaxIndex = ajax_list_objects.length;
ajax_list_objects[ajaxIndex] = new sack();
var url = ajax_list_externalFile + '?' + paramToExternalFile + '=1&letters=' + inputObj.value.replace(" ","+");
ajax_list_objects[ajaxIndex].requestFile = url; // Specifying which file to get
ajax_list_objects[ajaxIndex].onCompletion = function(){ ajax_option_list_showContent(ajaxIndex,inputObj,paramToExternalFile); }; // Specify function that will be executed after file has been found
ajax_list_objects[ajaxIndex].runAJAX(); // Execute AJAX function
?>
[/code]

Don't know If you can make more sense of that but I hope it helps ;)