Combining PHP and Javascript...

[Unholy Prayer]

Is it possible?  I want to include a list of database records in a dropdown list but I'm a little confused.  Is it possible to include a php file in a javascript file?

[slanton]

Like this?

<?php
$test ="Hullo";
?>
<script>
var greeting ="<?php echo $test; ?>";
alert(greeting);
</script>

 

[Unholy Prayer]

It would be like this:

var menu1=new Array()

<?php 

require_once('config.php');

       while($sf=mysql_fetch_array($subforums))

           {

                  $sfid=$sf["sfid"];
                  $fid2=$sf["fid"];
                  $sfname=$sf["sfname"];

  ?>
             
menu1[0]='<a href=viewsubforum.php?sfid=$sfid'>$sfname</a>'

<?php

}

?>

 

 

 

 

[jcbarr]

Only thing I see wrong is that you would have to echo the variable in this line;

 

menu1[0]='<a href=viewsubforum.php?sfid=<?php echo "$sfid'>$sfname</a>'"; ?>

[per1os]

Nothing wrong with that as long as that file's extension is .php. If this is going to be a js file you can set the HEADER('content-type:text/javascript'); to make it appear like a .js file even though it has the .php extension =)

 

<?php
header("content-type:text/javascript"); // only required if you want to access file via <script src='etc'>
?>
var menu1=new Array()

<?php 

require_once('config.php');

       while($sf=mysql_fetch_array($subforums))

           {

                  $sfid=$sf["sfid"];
                  $fid2=$sf["fid"];
                  $sfname=$sf["sfname"];
                 print "menu1[0]='<a href=viewsubforum.php?sfid=$sfid>$sfname</a>'";
      }
  ?>