Mixing PHP and javascript

[vigour]

I have heard that PHP and javascript does not mix very well. Is that true? I have this javascript lines in my PHP script.

<script language="javascript">
selectOptions("vehicles", "Honda::SUVs/Van:😮dyssey", 0);
</script>

Is it possible to get these 5 values (vehicles, Honda, SUVs/Van, Odyssey, 0) from a mySQL database (with the help of PHP) instead of being hardcoded into the javascript like above?

[bradgrafelman]

vigour wrote:

I have heard that PHP and javascript does not mix very well. Is that true?

There's nothing wrong with using either or both, since one is a server-side language and one is a client-side language. Thus, the two don't have any direct interaction between each other.

vigour wrote:

Is it possible to get these 5 values (vehicles, Honda, SUVs/Van, Odyssey, 0) from a mySQL database (with the help of PHP) instead of being hardcoded into the javascript like above?

Of course. Just retrieve the values from the DB and output the necessary Javascript syntax.