Please note that I have omitted some code below for readability. I have a .php file, feed.php: <?php require_once 'config.php'; $a_url = $_POST["aurl"]; $v_url = $_POST["vurl"]; ?> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="interstitial.css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="interstitial.js"> </script> </head> <body> <iframe src = "<?=$v_url;?>" width="100%" height="100%" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </body> </html> Code (markup): Please note the assigning of variable '$a_url' in the code above. Also note the loading of the interstitial.js file (<script type="text/javascript" src="interstitial.js">). Here is my interstitial.js file: var interstitialBox={ displayfiles: ['<?php echo $a_url?>'], createcontainer:function(){ //write out entire HTML for Interstitial Box: document.write('<div id="interContainer">'+this.defineheader+'<div id="interContent"></div></div><div id="interVeil"></div>') this.interContainer=document.getElementById("interContainer") //reference interstitial container this.interVeil=document.getElementById("interVeil") //reference veil this.standardbody=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat")? document.documentElement : document.body //create reference to common "body" across doctypes }, initialize:function(){ this.createcontainer() //write out interstitial container this.ajaxconnect(this.displayfiles[Math.floor(Math.random()*this.displayfiles.length)], this.interContainer) //load page into content via ajax this.dotask(window, function(){interstitialBox.hidescrollbar(); interstitialBox.getscrollbarwidth(); setTimeout("interstitialBox.showcontainer()", 100)}, "load") this.dotask(window, function(){interstitialBox.showcontainer()}, "resize") } } Code (markup): I want to use the $a_url variable set in feed.php within the javascript code in the interstitial.js file. As you can see above, I tried using: displayfiles: ['<?php echo $a_url?>'], in addition to several other variations. Doesn't work. Any suggestions?
It won't work like this!! Here is the complete solution: <?php require_once 'config.php'; $a_url = $_POST["aurl"]; $v_url = $_POST["vurl"]; ?> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="interstitial.css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="interstitial.php?df=<?php echo $a_url;?>"> <!-- We pass the $a_url to the interstitial js file using the URL which will be fetched by the PHP --> PHP: Now the interstitial.js file is like follows: interstitial.php <?php header( 'Content-Type: text/javascript; charset=utf-8' ); //Tells browser that it is a JS file $a_url = $_GET['df']; //Get the $a_url from using GET superglobal which was sent through the feed.php file using variable URL method ?> var interstitialBox={ displayfiles: ['<?php echo $a_url; ?>'], createcontainer:function(){ //write out entire HTML for Interstitial Box: document.write('<div id="interContainer">'+this.defineheader+'<div id="interContent"></div></div><div id="interVeil"></div>') this.interContainer=document.getElementById("interContainer") //reference interstitial container this.interVeil=document.getElementById("interVeil") //reference veil this.standardbody=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat")? document.documentElement : document.body //create reference to common "body" across doctypes }, initialize:function(){ this.createcontainer() //write out interstitial container this.ajaxconnect(this.displayfiles[Math.floor(Math.random()*this.displayfiles.length)], this.interContainer) //load page into content via ajax this.dotask(window, function(){interstitialBox.hidescrollbar(); interstitialBox.getscrollbarwidth(); setTimeout("interstitialBox.showcontainer()", 100)}, "load") this.dotask(window, function(){interstitialBox.showcontainer()}, "resize") } } PHP: basically what we do is, pass the $a_url variable through the URL of the PHP script making the JS [interstitial.php]. Now we use $_GET to fetch the variable and construct the JS accordingly! You can do the same for all the variables. To pass them you need to change the URL of the interstitial.php like this: interstitial.php?df=<?php echo $a_url;?>&variable2=<?php echo $variable2; ?> PHP: etc...
first you may have to add php handler your .js files, or rename your js file to php (you may use htacess to redirect your js to php)
gapz101: Thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate you taking the time to do so. You were right...the .js file did have to be renamed to .php. I worked with swashata and he was able to get everything working for me just fine, as well as fix another problem I was having. One I'd worked on for hours that he fixed in less than 10 minutes.