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Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)?

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In article <mun0o8$d9i$1@news.albasani.net>, Stefan Weiss
<krewecherl@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 2015-10-02 21:42, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Stefan Weiss wrote:
>>> test.js has access to the same variables as any inline script in the
>>> document. You can make some_string a global variable; local variables in
>>> functions are never visible outside the function.
>> 
>> You can do that, but it is not a good idea to do it.  In fact, this is bad 
>> advice.  There should be as few global variables as possible.
>
>At this point in OP's learning curve, we are light years away from
>teaching best practices. He asked how he could access a local variable
>in a function from an included script file. Suggesting a global variable
>at this point is, in my personal opinion, the right thing to do. It
>teaches about scope. Judging from the follow-up, even that presented
>some problem, which has yet to be solved. Your suggestion about the "one
>global variable" is correct, but ten steps ahead of where his current
>priorities lie (i.e., "how do I get this to work" rather than "what's
>the best way to design this"). For this reason, I reject your critizism
>of my "bad advice". Both of us have decades of experience with
>JavaScript, but apparently only one of us has any experience with teaching.

You're quite right. That's definitely not PointyHead.

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How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 00:13 +0100
  Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-10-02 09:44 +0200
    Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 12:14 +0200
      Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 11:43 +0100
      Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 11:58 +0100
        Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 13:38 +0200
          Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 12:53 +0100
            Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 13:46 +0100
            Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-02 13:51 +0100
          Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-02 21:42 +0200
            Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 00:33 +0200
              Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 23:45 +0100
              Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-02 23:55 +0100
            Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-03 00:02 +0100
          Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 23:49 +0100
      Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-02 21:37 +0200
        Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 00:34 +0200
          Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-03 04:35 +0200
            Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 01:11 +0200
              Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-05 09:13 +0100
              Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-06 03:30 +0200
                Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 00:27 +0200
        Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-10-03 15:15 -0300
          Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-03 20:34 +0200
            Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-10-03 15:59 -0300
              Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-03 22:15 +0200
    Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 11:36 +0100
      Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-10-02 16:34 +0200
        Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 16:00 +0100
          Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-10-02 16:03 +0100
            Re: How to pass a php variable to a javascript file (function)? JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 17:08 +0100
  solution, thanks, seems like one suggestion lead to a solution JiiPee <no@notvalid.com> - 2015-10-02 17:07 +0100
    Re: solution, thanks, seems like one suggestion lead to a solution "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-10-02 20:29 +0200

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