PHP dont speak JavaScript & vice versa?

Anon

document.form1.text1.value="<?php$data->fetch("item")?>";

javascript error...

so i tried..
document.form1.text1.value="<?php$data->fetch(\"item\")?>";

output is:

(item)

on the browser but not the value of the item.

I also tried this

$value=$data->fetch("item");

document.form1.text1.value="$value";

returns an error

PHP does not know what
document.form1.text1.value is

and javascript dont understand
$value=$data->fetch("item");

is there a way we could integrate the two language?

Here's the rest of my code:

require("mydatabaseobjects.php");

$data = new odbc;

$data->connect("dns","someone","");
$data->getrecords("select * from table);
$data->firstrow();

/ everything works fine above exept the onlick event /

/ what can i do to make this work ? /

Please, if anyone has solved javascripts on php or vice versa, mail me... I would really appreciate it.

Sonny

Anon

You have to PRINT or ECHO the data.

document.form1.text1.value="<?php print $data->fetch("item") ?>";

or if you have ASP tags enabled in php.ini you can do it this way:

document.form1.text1.value="<%= $data->fetch("item") %>";

Anon

To the best of my knowledge, the "equals sign" syntax works for short PHP tags, not just ASP tags. However, I'm not sure that it works with properties of objects, i.e.

<?= $string ?>

works but

<?= $object->string ?> does not, at least as of PHP 4.0.0

But since the behavior here is only lightly documented, I recommend making the "echo" or "print" explicit, at least until the manual maintainers get louder about it =)

Anybody who's done more scientific testing than I have is hereby urged to weigh in!

HTH,

Anon

I am trying to access a file with php, then when I move my mouse over a piece of text the contents of a form changes to contents of the file. It works for just printing it on the page, but not in conjunction with javascript.

This is my exact code:

<?php
$text = fopen("c:\wwwroot\test.txt", "r+");
$text2 = fread($text, 32000);
/line 8 document.form1.text1.value = '<?php print "blah 2"; ?>'; /?>
<head>

</head>
<body>
<a onMouseOver="changeText()">blah</a>

I get the following error when I use it

Line: 15
Char: 1
Error: Object expected
Code: 0
Url: http://alex/

though it works when I change

var text2 = '<?php echo "$text2" ; ?>';

var text2 = '<?php echo "what ever" ; ?>';

but it only puts "what ever" in the form.

I have been trying to do this or some time now, and have been having seriouse trouble.

Any help would be appreciated.

Alex

Anon

I have sorted the problem, the thing was it didn't like new lines in the text file, but I realy need to use new lines in it.

Any ideas?

Alex