does php code im my .js files compile?

pedrotuga

I need to validate a form using JSP...

can i have something like this on my .js file???

else if (isNaN(num) || num==null || num == '' || num><?php echo $maxsize; ?>)

bradgrafelman

Well, you could, but I'm willing to bet that you don't have PHP parse .js files.

What you should do is probably rename this .js file to... fileName.php, so that it is parsed by PHP. I'm not so sure about JSP, but in a normal HTML document, you'd reference it like you would any other Javascript file:

<script type="text/javascript" src="fileName.php" />

pedrotuga

mmmm... i see... thats wise

i will try that.

MarkR

Mixing PHP and Javascript in this way is not recommended as it would be highly confusing and somewhat error prone.

I recommend that you declare this as a variable in Javascript, via a PHP script, then put your Javascript code in a static (non-changing) .js file.

This will save a lot of pain in the long run.

Mark

Weedpacket

MarkR wrote:
This will save a lot of pain in the long run.

It would also save a bit of network traffic, too (the .js file would end up cached clientside).