nest php array in .js file?

davediamondprovo · December 29, 2006

I have a web application which uses dhtml tooltip message version 1.2. For one of the tooltips I have inserted (by hand) the length and characters for each of the arrays listed below. It works great but if I change any of the arrays or add any arrays to the list below, I also have to update the dhtml tooltip style.js file. This is a pain as you can imagine. I want to be able to parse the arrays below formatted nicely for display in the style.js file. Then, I only have to update the config.php file and the changes appear in the .js file. Viola!

[b]config.php code[/b]

[code]$ScriptLength[] = array('display'=>':05 or less', 'value'=>'4, 44');
$ScriptLength[] = array('display'=>':10 or less', 'value'=>'4, 88');
$ScriptLength[] = array('display'=>':20 or less', 'value'=>'4, 175');
$ScriptLength[] = array('display'=>':30 script', 'value'=>'325, 400');
$ScriptLength[] = array('display'=>':60 script', 'value'=>'725, 800');[/code]

[b]What I need to do is call these arrays and display them like the example below;[/b]

[code]:05 or less 4 to 44 characters
:10 or less 4 to 88 characters
:20 or less 4 to 175 characters
:30 or less 325 to 400 characters
:60 or less 725 to 800 characters[/code]

[b]inside this code below (specifically Text[8]);[/b]

[code]var FiltersEnabled = 0 // if your not going to use transitions or filters in any of the tips set this to 0

Text[0]=["Quick Help","simply hover your mouse over each blue word below for a helpful tip."]
Text[1]=["Quick Help","name - please enter your full name."]
Text[2]=["Quick Help","email - please enter a valid email address."]
Text[3]=["Quick Help","email copy - please choose whether or not you'd like to receive a copy of your scripts via email."]
Text[4]=["Quick Help","order# - please enter the order# found in the receipt you received via email from my shop."]
Text[5]=["Quick Help","no. of scripts - please choose the number of scripts you would like to create."]
Text[6]=["Quick Help","choose size - please choose the expected size of this script."]
Text[7]=["Quick Help","current characters - displays the current number of characters in this script. only letters and numerals are counted against this number. spaces are also excluded. Hint: Place instructions regarding your script in (parentheses). they will not be included in your Current Characters count."]
Text[8]=["Quick Help","selected size - this is the length you selected for this script. 
:05 or less 4 to 44 characters :10 or less 4 to 88 characters :20 or less 4 to 175 characters :30 or less 325 to 400 characters :60 or less 725 to 800 characters"]
Text[9]=["Quick Help","you entered - the total number of characters you entered for this script."]
Text[10]=["Quick Help","choose size - please choose the expected size of this script. For example, if you are requesting a simple voice over music commerical or promo; select a 'voice only' length that suits your needs. :05 or less 4 to 44 characters :10 or less 4 to 88 characters :20 or less 4 to 175 characters :30 or less 325 to 400 characters :60 or less 725 to 800 characters"]
Text[11]=["Quick Help","you last entered - this is the number of characters you last submitted for this script."]
Text[12]=["Quick Help","Click here to visit my website."]
Text[13]=["Quick Help","Having trouble using Script Buddy? Please visit the Support Forum and tell me about it."]

Style[3]=["white","black","#B4C6DD","#FFFFFF","","","","","","","left","","","",300,"",1,2,10,10,"","","","",""]

applyCssFilter()[/code]

This would eliminate the need to update both files.

Can anyone offer any assistance with this? I'm not well versed in PHP but I know enough to be dangerous.

Dave

davediamondprovo · December 29, 2006

Well I figured out how to parse the arrays as needed..

[code]<?
require ("config.php");
// open the table

echo ('<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse">');

// List all lengths and character counts

foreach($ScriptLength as $Item)
{
echo ('<tr><td width="30%">');
echo $Item['display'], "</td>";
echo ('<td width="70%">');
echo ereg_replace(",", " to ", $Item['value']), "</td></tr>";
}

// close the table

echo ('</table>');
?>[/code]

My javascript errors out though when I place this code in the .js file. Anyone, anyone?

kenrbnsn · December 29, 2006

Remember that PHP executes on the server and Javascript on the client. By the time Javascript sees the code, PHP is long gone. Also, if the Javascript that contains this PHP code isn't in a file with an extension of ".php", the PHP code will not be processed.

Ken

davediamondprovo · December 29, 2006

Ken,

thanks for the reply. I have now renamed my style.js to style2.php and changed the reference to the file in my HTML to:

[code] <SCRIPT type="text/javascript" src="js/style2.php"></SCRIPT>[/code]

and yet, I still can't get the php to execute.

Here's the contents of the style.php file;

[code]/*
Please refer to readme.html for full Instructions

Text[...]=[title,text]

Style[...]=[TitleColor,TextColor,TitleBgColor,TextBgColor,TitleBgImag,TextBgImag,TitleTextAlign,TextTextAlign, TitleFontFace, TextFontFace, TipPosition, StickyStyle, TitleFontSize, TextFontSize, Width, Height, BorderSize, PadTextArea, CoordinateX , CoordinateY, TransitionNumber, TransitionDuration, TransparencyLevel ,ShadowType, ShadowColor]
*/

var FiltersEnabled = 0 // if your not going to use transitions or filters in any of the tips set this to 0

Text[0]=["Quick Help","simply hover your mouse over each blue word below for a helpful tip."]
Text[1]=["Quick Help","name - please enter your full name."]
Text[2]=["Quick Help","email - please enter a valid email address."]
Text[3]=["Quick Help","email copy - please choose whether or not you'd like to receive a copy of your scripts via email."]
Text[4]=["Quick Help","order# - please enter the order# found in the receipt you received via email from my shop."]
Text[5]=["Quick Help","no. of scripts - please choose the number of scripts you would like to create."]
Text[6]=["Quick Help","choose size - please choose the expected size of this script."]
Text[7]=["Quick Help","current characters - displays the current number of characters in this script. only letters and numerals are counted against this number. spaces are also excluded. Hint: Place instructions regarding your script in (parentheses). they will not be included in your Current Characters count."]
Text[8]=["Quick Help","selected size - this is the length you selected for this script. <? include ("config.php"); echo ('<table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0'); foreach($ScriptLength as $Item) { echo ('<tr><td width=30%>'); echo $Item['display'], "</td>"; echo ('<td width=70%>'); echo ereg_replace(",", " to ", $Item['value']), "</td></tr>"; } echo ('</table>'); ?>"]
Text[9]=["Quick Help","you entered - the total number of characters you entered for this script."]
Text[10]=["Quick Help","choose size - please choose the expected size of this script. For example, if you are requesting a simple voice over music commerical or promo; select a 'voice only' length that suits your needs. <? include ("config.php"); echo ('<table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0'); foreach($ScriptLength as $Item) { echo ('<tr><td width=30%>'); echo $Item['display'], "</td>"; echo ('<td width=70%>'); echo ereg_replace(",", " to ", $Item['value']), "</td></tr>"; } echo ('</table>'); ?>"]
Text[11]=["Quick Help","you last entered - this is the number of characters you last submitted for this script."]
Text[12]=["Quick Help","Click here to visit my website."]
Text[13]=["Quick Help","Having trouble using Script Buddy? Please visit the Support Forum and tell me about it."]

Style[3]=["white","black","#B4C6DD","#FFFFFF","","","","","","","left","","","",300,"",1,2,10,10,"","","","",""]

applyCssFilter()[/code]

Please see http://www.davediamondonline.com/scriptbuddy2/ and notice the [b]Choose Size[/b] and [b]Selected Size[/b] hyperlink tooltip on Steps 2 and 3 which should display the php code above but alas it does not.

Advice?

Dave

davediamondprovo · December 29, 2006

Disregard. I've had to move in another direction. The moderator may remove this post if necessary.

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