PHP- Javascript Help

[amolbehl]

Hi,

I am using PHP + Javascript and am storing the username as a session variable in PHP and am able to access it with ease in php, however I when I try to read the session var in jacascript, I am utterly failing.
I read many forms and saw that
var fvalue='<%Session("user")%>';
should work but when I say alert(fvalue)
it echoes the string '<%Session("user")%>';
So please help me out with this query.

[Motoma]

I have moved this thread to the Javascript forum where I am sure that the experts will be of much more help.

[acoder]

If that is valid PHP, then you should not have that problem. Are you sure this is in a PHP file.

[Motoma]

Hi,

I am using PHP + Javascript and am storing the username as a session variable in PHP and am able to access it with ease in php, however I when I try to read the session var in jacascript, I am utterly failing.
I read many forms and saw that
var fvalue='<%Session("user")%>';
should work but when I say alert(fvalue)
it echoes the string '<%Session("user")%>';
So please help me out with this query.

After taking another look at this, I think I understand what you were trying to do.
If you are trying to retrieve the value of the session information through PHP, you will need to do something like:

var fvalue='<?=$_SESSION['user']?>';
 

[amolbehl]

If that is valid PHP, then you should not have that problem. Are you sure this is in a PHP file.

This code is in a javascript file not php file.

[Motoma]

This code is in a javascript file not php file.

You won't be able to attain anything from the session unless you do it sever-side. The typical way of embedding PHP data objects into javascript is to change the extension from .js to .php and include the PHP portions the way I posted above. You can embed and include it the same way, the only difference is that it will be parsed by PHP before passing it along to the web browser.

[amolbehl]

You won't be able to attain anything from the session unless you do it sever-side. The typical way of embedding PHP data objects into javascript is to change the extension from .js to .php and include the PHP portions the way I posted above. You can embed and include it the same way, the only difference is that it will be parsed by PHP before passing it along to the web browser.

Hmmm sounds like a good idea ... let me try it and get back to u thanx.

[acoder]

After taking another look at this, I think I understand what you were trying to do.
If you are trying to retrieve the value of the session information through PHP, you will need to do something like:

var fvalue='<?=$_SESSION['user']?>';
 

That looks more like PHP. The other syntax was probably ASP?

[Motoma]

That looks more like PHP. The other syntax was probably ASP?

That is my assumption.