Javascript Variable to PHP Include

Shawazi

I have this long code for submenus at my site. It does not work with IE5 because it does not like using <script src="blah.js">. So I figured out using an include works just as well. But one time the js file is a javascript variable. How can I get the javascript variable into a php variable for include? Any help is appreciated thx.

Weedpacket

Any use of PHP for thsi will involve making requests to the server - because that's where PHP runs - and having a response sent back.

Search the forums for things like Javascript variables to find threads on various approaches to this. Restricting the search to titles only nets 18 hits.

But there's no reason for IE5 not to use script tags if they're complete:
<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript" src="foo.js">
unless Javascript is turned off completely.

Shawazi

The variable is the users browser. The scriptdetects the uesrs browser to use a different code because each browser has different compatabilities with the code. All the variable things I've found are for forms or things where the page is reloaded to give the variable. I need this to be passed frm the start.

Weedpacket

Clients usually tell the server that to begin with, anyway: in PHP it's $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'].

Shawazi

That is helpful I can probably make a code out of that. But is there a variable that is more specific to just say IE Netscape etc? I get Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Shawazi

Wait actually I'll just set to check if the browser returned has the pattern MSIE5.0 in it somewhere to use an include for the correct file. (The problem is only in that version)

ramkumar_unknow

if u want to send values from javascript to php , set a cookie in javascript with name of js file. u can get this name when page reloads in php using $_COOKIE[]