fadeIn() in a variable jQuery

Question

Hi everyone,

I (i'll try) explain my problem :p I want to use a variable javascript with php like this:

var Effet = '$effet';

this return: an effet for jquery, exemple: fadeIn

Later in js file, i want to apply the effect on element.

I tryed:

$('div#something').hide().append(data).Effet+'(1000)';

But this doesn't work... i can't get fadein(1000);

Any idea?

Thx for response

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Answer 1

You can do it like this:

var Effect = "fadeIn", data="things";
$('div#something').hide().append(data)[Effect](1000);

You can give it a try here, in JavaScript these are equivalent:

object.propOrFunctionName
object["propOrFunctionName"]