On 4 April 2011 12:12, Jay Blanchard <jblanchard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So all of the pages I generate with PHP that call JavaScript functions > and libraries are doing it wrong? Short answer : yes. Medium answer : probably, but really yes. Long answer : unless you are providing some sort of mechanism to hold the current state of PHP, eject the required JS code to get a value from the client and return it to the server which then recreates the working environment and carries on execution (try debugging THAT), then almost certainly. Under normal circumstances, the PHP code is completely finished running before anything gets to the client. There is no mechanism for allowing _this_ script to get a response to a JS call whilst running. It is like the game of "pass the parcel". Your job (as in the PHP script) is to unwrap 1 layer of paper and pass it on. That's it. PHP runs and builds the appropriate output in response to the request that the server directed to the PHP handler. Once the output has been passed to the server, the PHP script is finished. Whilst building the output, PHP cannot talk to the client. At the most fundamental level, the client (the browser) is not listening for anyone other than a response to the request it made to the server. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
