return text from php code inside a <script>

Hi, I'm trying to get some result from a remote php page so what I was planning to do is to have a page A with the code:
<script xxxxx B.php></script>

This way I can print something taken from page B.
I was thinking if there is an easy way to do that.
Maybe I should use javascript too?

Thanks
(I hope it's clear what I meant)

ps. don't say use include because I can't do that. especially if it's on a remote server and it sends cookies.

 

A simple AJAX script maybe?

<script type="text/javascript>
function GetXmlHttpObject()	// Returns xmlHttp object
{
	var obj;
	var xmlHttp = null;
	try
	{	// Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
		xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	catch (e)
	{	// Internet Explorer
		try
    		{
    			xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		}
		catch (e)
		{
			xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		}
	}
	return xmlHttp;
}

function AjaxGet(element, str, remote) // Pass element id, string, and remote page
{
	obj = document.getElementById(element);
	if (str.length == 0)
	{ 
		obj.innerHTML="";
		return;
	}
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
	if (xmlHttp == null)
	{
		alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
		return;
	} 
	var url = remote;
	url = url + "?q=" + str;
	url = url + "&sid=" + Math.random();
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = stateChanged;
	xmlHttp.open("GET", url, true);
	xmlHttp.send(null);
} 

function stateChanged() 
{
	if (xmlHttp.readyState==4)
	{ 
		obj.innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
	}
}
</script>

Code (markup):

Define a div (let's say it has id="bstuff") to hold the stuff you want from page B. Then call AjaxGet('bstuff', querystring, 'b.php'); The querystring is a string that gets appended to the URL (the page will automatically be called as b.php?q=querystring -- just put in a dummy value for q if you don't use it and add your querystring to the end of it). Once the function is called (by an event handler, I assume), then presto-change-o, your previously empty div with id="bstuff" magically contains whatever b.php spit out.

May not be exactly what you're looking for, but it has worked well for me in similar situations.

 

I will check it.
But I'm not sure it's the right thing, and probably is too "heavy"..

It should be somethink like an Adsense page. I haven't used one yet, but I think they do the same thing I want to do and they surely doesn't ask you to curl or to add a piece of ajax/javascript.

 

It seems that my problem is more serious..

I have a file a.php
<?php echo "a</br>"; ?>
<script type="text/javascript" src="bbb.php"></script>
b

and a file bbb.php
with:
<?php echo "hello world"; ?>

and all I see is
a
b
and a lovely error on FF javascript console telling me that I should add a ; before "world" on the second file.
???
What am I missing here??

 

File bbb.php needs to echo some valid JavaScript - "hello world" is not valid JavaScript... You can try something like this in bbb.php:

<?php
  echo "alert('Hello World');";
?>

PHP:

 

Thanks, you are right.
Then how can I print something on the screen?
If I have
<td><script....</td>
I want that my script fills that place. Is it possible or I have to do

<td><div class="iknowu"><script...></div></td>
and then write a script that change the value of the "iknowu" object?
(this is maybe a JavaScript question, rather than a php one..sry)

 

Were you looking for something like this?

page A

<?php
echo "Today's message is: <b>".file_get_contents ('http://someplace/pageb.php').'</b>';
?>

PHP:

page B

<?php
$messages = array ();
$messages[] = 'Hi there';
$messages[] = 'Whats up?';
$messages[] = 'How are you';
$messages[] = 'Good day to ya';

echo $messages[array_rand ($messages)];
?>

PHP:

 

Good idea, but the answer is no.
The reason is simple (but stupid me, I forgot to tell)
The page B, wich is the page that calls the script, *could* be a simple html page, an asp, wap page, whatever...

I probably have to put <div as I said..

 

are you looking for this?

<?php  echo "document.write('Hello World');";?>

PHP:

 

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

document.write!

I think I need to buy a book about Javascript sooner or later..

Thanks a lot! I will try it!

we need a /bow smiley