Calling PHP Variable inside Javascript

[magic8ball]

I'm stuck on something that I know is easy.

I have a javascript script that initializes a variable, then calls the variable.

For ex:

var url = "/gsc2/gcc_display.php?name=<? $ASSIGNEE?;>";

var nocacheurl = url+"&t="+timestamp;

The above works great.

What I am trying to do is pass a variable for the directory name also:

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var url = "/<?php $DIR;?>/gcc_display.php?name=<? $ASSIGNEE?;>";

var nocacheurl = url+"&t="+timestamp;

This is what doesn't work and I typically get a

"The requested URL /gsc2/< was not found on this server."

Ideas?

[bradgrafelman]

You aren't telling PHP to do anything with the variable(s); try echo/print()'ing them instead.

[Nulled]

use <?=$var?>...

[laserlight]

Nulled wrote:

use <?=$var?>...

Don't. Short open tags might not be enabled.

[bradgrafelman]

laserlight;10964550 wrote:

Don't. Short open tags might not be enabled.

Considering that the short tag syntax has been deprecated, I would even go so far as to say that they should not be enabled.

[magic8ball]

I did try <?php echo $var;?> the problem appears to be with the preceding slash "/" before the php enclosure statement /<?php echo $var;?>/

[bradgrafelman]

Well the slash has no effect on the PHP code, so if it's not supposed to be there then remove it.

[magic8ball]

The slash is there because I am trying to call a php variable (Directory Name) from within javascript:

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var url = "/<?php echo $DIR;?>/gcc_display.php?name=<? $ASSIGNEE?;>";

var nocacheurl = url+"&t="+timestamp;

[bradgrafelman]

Okay... so what does the Javascript look like when you view the source of that page?