Problem using html as script src (working example inside)

I apologize if this is something really basic and obvious I am missing but I am practically tearing my hair out over this.

This site metroguardian.net has a script call that uses this url as the source:

www.metroguardian.net/shop/cart.php?target=special_offer&action=show_box

(so in other words, it works when I do this: <script src="http://www.metroguardian.net/shop/cart.php?target=special_offer&amp;action=show_box"></script> )

and that url appears to be regular HTML. I am trying to do something similar where a PHP script will generate a dynamic piece of HTML and then I can include it in a static page by calling it like this <script src="http://www.mysite.com/example.php?generate"></script> but it just doesn't work. What is metroguardian.net doing that they are able to serve that page up as a script?

 

you can even use a .exe file to as script src,
however the outputs have to be only js without script tags,

lets say i got <script src='file.php'></script>

and i wanted to write the IP addres using js,
the content of file.php should be

<?php
echo 'document.write("'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].'")';
?>

PHP:

actually just the same as when using a .js file

-Godkillah

 

In that case you would have to send the correct headers (text/javascript).

 

Include this line as the first line after <?php

Header("content-type: application/x-javascript");

That will tell the Browser to output the PHP script results as a JAVA.


Your output will need to use the document.write method..., and there should be only one call. So, gather up everything before displaying.

EX:
// display output
echo "document.write(\"". addslashes($my_output) . "\")";


...hope that helps.

 

@webray: although application/javascript is the correct mime type IE doesn't seem to support it.

@OP: What did you try? Do you have any code?

 

You're using the wrong call, it's application/x-javascript and it works for me.

 

Oops.

But the correct mime-type is application/javascript.