Is it possible to embed php within a javascript function like below ?

[jd2007]

function name()    
{
  <?php
   // some code
  ?>
} 

[btherl]

Hmm.  You cannot have php code that executes within javascript.  But you can use php to dynamically generate code that is later executed by javascript.

 

If you want to execute php code after the javascript has begun execution, then you need to use ajax techniques to call the php code on the server.

 

The reason for all this is that php is server side and javascript is client side (it runs in your browser).

[calabiyau]

nevermind...you go it covered. EDIT

[ToonMariner]

You can how ever use php to construct the javascript!!

[plutomed]

It normally causes errors

[ToonMariner]

only if you do it wrong

[jd2007]

how to use php to construct javascript ?

[btherl]

The same way you use php to construct html.  There's a few different styles of that.  For example

 

print '<script type="text/javascript">";
print 'alert('Hi there');';
print '</script>';

[ToonMariner]

print 'alert('Hi there');';

 

 

should be

 

print 'alert(\'Hi there\');';

 

or

 

print "alert('Hi there');";

 

which is why that fails...