PHP require_once() .js file - javascript

Okay, so I'm using require_once to load the contents of a .js file. However, there seems to be a 1 added to the end of the file after the require is done.
PHP:
echo require_once("test.js");
JS:
var newFunc = function() {
console.log('yay!');
};
rendered html when the PHP file is loaded:
var newFunc = function() {
console.log('yay!');
};1

require_once() returns 1 if the include was successful. So you're echoing the return value, which is not what you thought it was.
Use file_get_contents() instead, although this is odd usage, you're probably heading in the wrong direction with whatever you're trying to do with this...

If you want to import a script "on the fly" and want it to be only loaded once, we can "combine" require_once with a script, like so:
<script>
<?php require_once('your-script.js'); ?>
</script>
<div>Foo</div>
Now, let's you have a component with that structure. If some of your templates includes that component many times, your script will only be embedded once, in the first one.

You should remove echo from "echo require_once("test.js");"
you can include the js file by following method
<script src="test.js" language="javascript"> </script>

Related

How to include inline JS files with PHP?

Normally that is how one includes JS files in HTML:
<script type="text/javascript" src="myFile.js" ></script>
But I want to write the JS file inline the HTML, using PHP; but still having the possibility of having my neat JS file, that can be chached, debugged and minified.
How can I do something like this?
<script>
<?php include 'myFile.js';?>
</script>
In other words, how to include a JS file in HTML on the server-side. That may get a lot of advantages because it is transparent to the browser.
How can I do something like this?
<script>
<?php include 'myFile.js';?>
</script>
Exactly that code would work, yes. Though it would try to interpret the file as PHP code, and if anything looked like <?php .. ?> inside that file you may see weird side effects. If you want to include the file uninterpreted, simply do:
<script><?php echo file_get_contents('myFile.js'); ?></script>
Be aware of possibly having to escape "</script>" now, should that appear in your included file; see https://stackoverflow.com/a/6908901/476.
YOu need to make custom function or use :
echo '<script type="text/javascript" src="myFile.js" ></script>';
Or
function add_js($filename){
return '<script type="text/javascript" src="'.$filename.'" ></script>';
}
echo add_js('myFile.js');

How to use a php inside js

When i use the php and js separately it is working correctly
<script> var test = 'asdasdasd'; </script> <?php $id =
"<script>document.write(test)</script>"; echo $id; ?>
But when I use the php inside the js function it is not working correctly
<script> var test = 'asdasdasd'; <?php $id =
"<script>document.write(test)</script>"; echo $id; ?> </script>
How can make work my second code?
The second code produces wrong HTML/JS:
<script> var test = 'asdasdasd'; <script>document.write(test)</script> </script>
- see for yourself in the generated page.
Since everything between <script> and </script> is considered to be JS code, it will try to parse the inner <script> as Javascript code...and fail.
I think the inner other of <script>...</script> tags (those that are in PHP markup) is not needed at all, just get rid of them and it will work.
You can insert any value from php to absolutely everywhere in your file. Literally everywhere.
While writing client-side code, in the right place open php tag <?php and echo what you need. Don't forget to write a closing tag ?> afterwards.
Here, you are echoing the opening script tag, which you already wrote before. That results in a syntax error:
<script>
<script>
...
</script>

Substituting PHP into JavaScript

I notice that I can substitue PHP into JavaScript that's place inline in the HTML, as below:
<script>
jQuery('select#age_group').val(<?php echo $age_group?>);
</script>
But the PHP substitution doesn't work inside a .js file that the PHP file loads. Why is that and how can I do the substituion in the loaded .js file?
Here are two ways you can do this without changing the file extensions that the PHP engine can process.
First, you can set a global variable inline and then access that variable in the JS you include.
<script>global_age_group = <?php echo $age_group?>;</script>
<script src="js_that_accesses_age_group.js" /></script>
(standard warnings about global variables apply)
Second, you can give your JS file a .php extension, so...
<script src="js_that_accesses_age_group.php" type ='application/javascript'/></script>
And then use
<?php echo $age_group?>
in that file as you do in your inline example.
Try this instead... Let me know if it works
</form>
</div>
<?php echo"<script>
jQuery('select#age_group').val($age_group);
</script>";
?>
</body>
</html>
you pass the value on a element attribute or on js var as you did
<script>
var age = 20;
</script>
<script src="main.js"></script>
and your can use the age inside main.js
By default, PHP will only process files ending in certain extensions (most commonly .php). If you want to use PHP in a JavaScript file then the easiest way to do it is to give it a .php extension.
Most browsers will also refuse to process your JavaScript unless it has the right content type, so at the top of your file add
<?php
header("Content-Type: application/javascript");
The Simple answer that you can't !
You can't write a PHP script any where except .php files,
That you can't write php scripts in .html, .css or .js files because the compiler will not pass .js file or .html file to read it!

javascript executes before browser has finished rendering the page

This question is not a duplicate of some of the other PHP & Javascript questions that have been asked here before, at least not one I have been able to find.
I have a .php file that contains some HTML elements that get rendered by the PHP for the sake of argument here we will say the file is located at http://url.php. It is looking for certain GET tags, and including a div if those get tags exist.
<?php if(isset($_GET['VAR']))
{
echo '<div id="VARDIV"></div>';
}?>
Of course I realize that this all happens on the server, and gets sent back to the clients web browser where the javascript takes over.
But in the javascript (on the same PHP page) I have the following code that executes on page load looking for that div tag and doing something with it:
if(document.getElementById("VARDIV")!==null)
{
alert('div exists!');
}
While the page loads this should logically pop up the div if the URL is http://url.php?VAR correct?
However it does not. If I run the javascript code a second time in the console it works fine, so its not a misspelling (such as getElementsById or something silly like that).
How can this possibly render out of order like this? Should the PHP engine not render the HTML then pass it back to the browser before one line of JS is executed?
EDITED FOR CLARITY BASED ON COMMENTS BELOW:
<script type="text/javascript">
function doDIVStuff()
{
if(document.getElementById("VARDIV")!==null)
{
alert('div exists!');
}
}
doDIVStuff();
</script>
<html>
<body>
<?php if(isset($_GET['VAR']))
{
echo '<div id="VARDIV"></div>';
}?>
</body>
</html>
use either window.onload() or document.onload(), see differences here
you could also place your script just before the end of your tag in the html although there could be unintended consequences in certain things in IE, seen here
Try to use jquery and document ready event:
$(document).ready(function(){
if(document.getElementById("VARDIV")!==null)
{
alert('div exists!');
}
})
If you do not want to include jquery js lib, you can use the solution here:
pure JavaScript equivalent to jQuery's $.ready() how to call a function when the page/dom is ready for it
Actually if you place the javascript code at the end of file after all php and html code it must work.I have tested it.
<?php if(isset($_GET['VAR']))
{
echo '<div id="VARDIV">Dilip</div>';
}?>
<script type="text/javascript">
if(document.getElementById("VARDIV")!==null)
{
alert('div exists!');
}
</script>
but i think it is better to use onload event
window.onload=function(){if(document.getElementById("VARDIV")!==null)
{
alert('div exists!');
}};
Or if you are ok to use jquery then its awesome..
$(document).ready(function(){
if(document.getElementById("VARDIV")!==null)
{
alert('div exists!');
}
})
Any JavaScript that is not inside a function is executed sequentially as the page is interpreted. Your doDIVStuff(); call is executing before any HTML is interpreted on the page, therefore your "VARDIV" is not yet available in the DOM for the JS to read.
As others have suggested, the best approach is to listen for when the page is done loading and then trigger the call to your function.
Wrap in doc rdy() or just do something like this:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php if(isset($_GET['VAR']))
{
echo '<div id="VARDIV"></div>';
}?>
<script type="text/javascript">
function doDIVStuff()
{
if(document.getElementById("VARDIV")!==null)
{
console.log('div exists!');
}
}
doDIVStuff();
</script>
</body>
</html>
I'd say you should create a javascript file and put your code there so you can debug it.

Is it possible to put a javascript function in a php file?

Non-programmer here, trying to figure something out.
I have a javascript function in the header of my document that upon page load it opens another page in an iframe and reveals an svg file on my server for minor online editing. I would like to place my javascript function in a php file, so that these folder locations of the svg files cannot be determined for anyone to download these svg files freely.
Currently I have this on my html header:
<script type="text/javascript">
function loaded()
{
document.getElementById("myiframe").src="http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/mypage.html?url=myotherfolder/"+window.location.search.substr(1);
}
onload=loaded;
</script>
Since I have heard that php is a server side script and not viewable, I thought this would mask the location of these files on my server.
I want to remove this javascript code from my header and place it in a php file and replace the header code with either of these:
<script src="phpjavafile.php"></script>
or
<?php include ('phpjavafile.php'; ?>
and finally put the javascript into a php file like this:
<?php
<script type="text/javascript">
function loaded()
{
document.getElementById("myiframe").src="http://www.mydomain.com/myfolder/mypage.html?url=myotherfolder/"+window.location.search.substr(1);
}
onload=loaded;
</script>
?>
I have tried both of these methods and neither load properly.
I must be doing something wrong. Am I on the right track, or is there a better way of getting this to work.
Thank you ahead of time.
By using the echo() function
PHP
<?php
echo '<script>
some javascript
</script';
?>
However if you are just trying to load the php on page load without any php args then just write it out of the tags.
If you have the JavaScript is another file then using
PHP
<?php
include 'path/to/javascript/file.php';
?>
Should work.
You cannot hide javascript as it is interpreted browser side and not server side so the users browser has to have accesses to the code.
Here is the code I think you are asking for:
PHP HTML
<?php
$html = file_get_contents("path/to/data.html");
?>
<div>
<?php echo $html; ?>
</div>
doesn't use an iframe but should still work. However any relative links will not work unless both files are in the same dir and there will be no iframe functionality without additional css
You can just output it as text in your PHP file.
<?php
// Some PHP stuff here
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
function loaded(){
....
}
onload=loaded;
</script>
<?php
// Some more PHP stuff here
?>
Alternatively, you can just link to it in the usual way from within the same file:
<script src="path/to/your/file.js"></script>

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