On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 5:35 PM, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@xxxxxx> wrote: > On 05.09.2017 at 22:58, Larry Martell wrote: > >> I have some javascript code that has PHP in it like this: >> >> var CLIENT_ID='<?php echo $CLIENT_ID; ?>' >> >> If I put the JS code directly in a php file with: >> >> <script type="text/javascript"> >> . >> . >> . >> </script> >> >> Then at run time CLIENT_ID has the value I want. I want to use the >> same JS code in many php files. But if I include the JS code like >> this: >> >> <script src="login.js" type="text/javascript"> >> >> Then that php code does not get run and CLIENT_ID has the literal >> string '<?php echo $CLIENT_ID; ?>' >> >> Is there a way I can reuse my JS file and still have embedded PHP in it? > > There might be, but consider to simply pass the required values as data > to JavaScript instead. A very simplistic way might be: > > PHP file: > > <?php $serverData = ['client_id' => CLIENT_ID']?> > <script>var serverData = <?=json_encode($serverData)?></script> > <script src="login.js"> > > JavaScript file (login.js): > > alert(serverData.CLIENT_ID); Thanks - I did a variation of that and it worked. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
