NotionCommotion Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I've flip-flopped on this topic for a while. I need some data available to the client which is generated using PHP. Below are two options to do so. Is one preferred over the other? Is there a better option? Thank you <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Generating Serverside Generated JavaScript Object</title> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.2/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script> //Option 1: Generate the appropriate JavaScript directly using PHP var myJSONObj_1=<?php echo json_encode(array('a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3, 'd'=>array('x'=>1,'y'=>2,'z'=>3)));?>; $(function() { //Add all my JavaScript here... console.log('myJSONObj_1 test 1',myJSONObj_1); }); </script> <script> $(function() { //Option 2: Server to just provide JSON $.getJSON( 'getMyJSON.php', function(myJSONObj_2) { //Add all my JavaScript here... console.log('myJSONObj_2 test 1',myJSONObj_2); }); }); </script> <script> //Some other imported script //No problem here console.log('myJSONObj_1 test 2',myJSONObj_1); //Opps, not so good, anything we could do? console.log('myJSONObj_2 test 2',myJSONObj_2); </script> </head> <body> </body> </html> getMyJSON.php <?php header('Content-Type: application/json;'); echo json_encode(array('a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3, 'd'=>array('x'=>1,'y'=>2,'z'=>3))); ?> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/295662-proper-way-to-create-javascript-object-using-php/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel24 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 depends on the application you're building. Retrieving the json via ajax will entail an extra connection from each client, though useful if this information will be updated regularly via polling. Having the json in the original php script will use less resources and will ensure the data is available to your javascripts when the page loads... though as above if you're updating the results via ajax anyway you may want to just retrieve via ajax... which would be be most logical for your application? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/295662-proper-way-to-create-javascript-object-using-php/#findComment-1509309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotionCommotion Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 which would be be most logical for your application? Depends which part of my application I have similar need multiple places. Sounds like you recommend that if the data is static, directly output the data as a JavaScript object, right? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/295662-proper-way-to-create-javascript-object-using-php/#findComment-1509311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel24 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 that would use less server resources and be faster for the user, so yes if you can directly output it, do it Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/295662-proper-way-to-create-javascript-object-using-php/#findComment-1509376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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