Call JavaScript function in PHP4

[Anon]

How can I call a JavaScript function inside of an PHP file ?

Thanks,
Camelia

[Anon]

Javascript is client side and php is server side. You can't unless you are talking about server side javascript, which you probably arn't.

[Anon]

Well, I'm not sure what you mean exactly. As the other author correctly stated, PHP is server side and Javascript is client side.

So; when your code is parsed, the PHP part will be done first (by the server) after that, the code is send to the browser (visitor) upon loading in the browser, the javascript code is parsed.

E.g:
Server side = the webserver
Client side = the browser/visitor of your page

With this in mind, you cannot execute script function, since the javascript is not available to the browser while the PHP code is parsed by the server. However, you can do something like this:

<?
echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"test\" OnChange=\"scriptfunction();\" />";
?>

With this in mind, you could write browser specific javascript and trigger it like this:

<?
if ( $browser_ie ) {
$execute = "script_ie();";
} else {
$execute = "script_other();";
}
?>

Which would change your source into this:

<?
echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"test\" OnChange=\"" . $execute ."\" />";
?>

I hope this makes sense, and most of the code examples will make it through the filters of this forum ;-)

[Anon]

I have never used php, but I supose that you
want to call a function like this:

<?php
echo "<script language='javascript'>\n";
echo "<!--\n";
echo "self.close();\n";
echo "//-->\n";
echo "</script>";
?>

[Anon]

Try something like this to see how the basic concept works for you...

<?php
$tr = "<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=\"JavaScript\">document.write(\"HELLO\");</SCRIPT>";
echo "The value of the new PHP var via JavaScript is \$tr = $tr";
?>

Sherry

[Anon]

full example:

<! ***** Javascript Start****** !>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

function Test(varTest){
alert(varTest);
}
</SCRIPT>

<! ***** Javascript End ****** !>

<?php

$calljava = "<SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JavaScript'>Test('Hello, this is a test');</SCRIPT>";
echo $calljava;
?>

Camelia wrote:

How can I call a JavaScript function inside of an PHP file ?

Thanks,
Camelia