FAQ Topic - How do I get a perl/asp/php variable into client-side js?

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Use the server-side language to generate the javascript:

var jsvar="<%= aspvar %>";
var jsvar="<?php echo $phpvar ?>";
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[Evertjan.]

FAQ server wrote on 26 apr 2007 in comp.lang.javascript:

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FAQ Topic - How do I get a perl/asp/php variable into
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Use the server-side language to generate the javascript:

var jsvar="<%= aspvar %>";
var jsvar="<?php echo $phpvar ?>";

This is only for strings, so that c/should be mentioned.

Is a warning for inside quotes or new lines appropriate,
as the variable value is semt to the client as a litteral?
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[Randy Webb]

Evertjan. said the following on 4/25/2007 7:09 PM:

FAQ server wrote on 26 apr 2007 in comp.lang.javascript:

>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FAQ Topic - How do I get a perl/asp/php variable into
client-side js?
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Use the server-side language to generate the javascript:

var jsvar="<%= aspvar %>";
var jsvar="<?php echo $phpvar ?>";

This is only for strings, so that c/should be mentioned.

While that is strictly true, shouldn't issues of getting quotes to the
browser from PHP/ASP be a PHP/ASP question? Personally, I don't even
think that entry should be there anymore, it is a PHP/ASP question.

Is a warning for inside quotes or new lines appropriate,
as the variable value is semt to the client as a litteral?

Again, to me, it isn't a JS question as much as a PHP/ASP question.

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[Evertjan.]

Randy Webb wrote on 26 apr 2007 in comp.lang.javascript:

Evertjan. said the following on 4/25/2007 7:09 PM:

>FAQ server wrote on 26 apr 2007 in comp.lang.javascript:

>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FAQ Topic - How do I get a perl/asp/php variable into
client-side js?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Use the server-side language to generate the javascript:

var jsvar="<%= aspvar %>";
var jsvar="<?php echo $phpvar ?>";

This is only for strings, so that c/should be mentioned.

While that is strictly true, shouldn't issues of getting quotes to the
browser from PHP/ASP be a PHP/ASP question? Personally, I don't even
think that entry should be there anymore, it is a PHP/ASP question.

>Is a warning for inside quotes or new lines appropriate,
as the variable value is semt to the client as a litteral?

Again, to me, it isn't a JS question as much as a PHP/ASP question.

Agree! [ as long as ASP-jscript is not part of this FAQ. ]

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