[Resolved] including PHP generated array into .js file

pneb

Hi again,
I am having php generate an array which needs to be accessed by a javascript file.

I have tried including the following in the .js file:
document.write("<SCR" + "IPT LANGUAGE='JavaScript1.2' SRC='New_Arrays4_2.js.php' TYPE='text/javascript'><\/SCR" + "IPT>");

but this doesn't seem to work.

I know the output of the php file is ok because when I paste its output into the .js file it works fine.

Thank you for any help.
Patty

vaska

I do this all the time.

If your php file is outputting correctly then this is surely a javascript code problem.

And I'm not sure why you would want to document.write the file path in your script like this...why not just call it up the normal way?

pneb

I am sorry but what way is that? (the most logical way to do something usually seems to elude me..)
thanks,
Patty

vaska

I'm guessing that there must be more in the script?

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JavaScript1.2' SRC='New_Arrays4_2.js.php' TYPE='text/javascript'><\/SCRIPT>

That right there would suffice. But this won't print your arrays. Is that what you are trying to do?

You will need another javascript that will take your arrays and print from there. So you would still use a document.write, but you access the arrays before you print them out.

Does this help anymore, or am I way off on what you are trying to do?

pneb

yes..the js script is basically a hierarchical menu generator in which you are supposed to manually insert the menu elements.

I generated mine using the php script, but don't know how to get the js file to access the data--the document .write that I used doesn't seem to work...
thanks,
Patty

vaska

The document write you provided will not print the arrays but it might print the the "script" tags and path...

Do you want or pring the tags or the arrays?

Sorry, I'm a little slow today.

I can't promise to solve your problem, but this isn't a PHP problem. Perhaps send me a note via the messaging system here and I'll see what I can do...?

pneb

I realize the problem now--I had <br> lines in my code.

Mozilla helped in the debugging.

Many thanks for looking at my problem