V ticker PHP to jscript help pls

[freehits]

v_content=[
['http://www.smartmenus.org/other.php','Welcome to the V-NewsTicker example page!','_blank'],
['','Featuring:  blah, blah , blah, blah ....','_blank'],
['http://www.smartmenus.org/','Get the most advanced navigation system for your site - the SmartMenus.','_blank']
];

So the v-ticker 2.2 uses the 3 variables for the three instances that show on the news-ticker.

How can I insert php in to the JS, as to use php and mysql to fill this part of the javascript from a database.

while my php is passable, my JS is not, I have not worked with them together before in this way.

[steve0]

Not sure which part of that is the variable..
but.. something like:

<?php
$foo=mysql_query("SELECT var1, var2, var3,var4,var5 FROM TABLE WHERE some='thing' LIMIT 1");

$bar=mysql_fetch_object($foo);
?>
v_content=[
['<?= $bar->var1 ?>','<?= $bar->var2 ?>','_blank'],
['','<?= $bar->var3 ?>','_blank'],
['<?= $bar->var4 ?>','<?= $bar->var5 ?>','_blank']
];

[jestep]

Whatever you need to do, your php will be completely parsed before the javascript is ever looked at.

If you make your javascript do what you want it to, and then put your php tags directly within the javascript.

Ex:
<?PHP
$var = "here";
?>

<script>
javascript code goes <?PHP echo "$var"; ?>;
</script>

[freehits]

I was under the impression that I cannot plant PHP variables into the script this way, that they would ruin the JS and be misinterpreted or not work as variables.

I also just relized the related issue that I wont be able to store my .JS in a external file since it needs to be inside of a .PHP page to process.

I really dont think I want all that JS in my actaul pages code.

[jestep]

You can always tell your server to treat .js files as php files and parse them. Im not sure how the executing would work, as I've never quite done it like that. I'm sure it would work if the javascript was on the same page, but I dont know how a server would treat it if it were external.

The php will work fine inside your javascript as long as it doesn't create incorrect script. I have used it on several websites.