PHP won't echo out or execute JavaScript.

Question

Hi guys, I need PHP to open up a new window with a text from a variable.

Here's what I tried.

  echo "<script>   
  $myWin=window.open('','$myWin','menubar,scrollbars,left=30px,top=40px,height=800px,width=800px');
  $myWin.document.write(".$logtext."); 
  </script>";  

but it doesn't work. any better ideas or suggestions? Thanks! :)

Answer 1

This has nothing to do with PHP: You're outputting a string. That string happens to be JavaScript that happens to be interpreted by the browser. You need to debug that JavaScript.

For example, this line:

$myWin=window.open(...

will result in

 =window.open(...

because $myWin is interpreted as a variable by PHP (unless the $myWin variable was set in PHP - it's not entirely clear from your code whether it is or not, but my guess it is not.)

The solution - unless, as I said myWin is set - would be removing the $ from the variable name to make it a normal JS variable.

Always look at the end result in your browser. And, please please, describe the problem in more detail than "doesn't work"!

Answer 2

Just guess untill more info from you..

$myWin.document.write('$logtext');

Answer 3

If you're trying to do logging, try firePHP: http://www.firephp.org/.

Once installed, you can do it like this, if you don't want to use firephp.

Get FireBug, and try this.

<script>
    console.log("<?=$msg?>");
</script>

Answer 4

I don't know what the PHP string $logtext looks like, but it seems to me that the javascript string wouldn't have the proper syntax.

Try $myWin.document.write(\"$logtext\");

Answer 5

First of all $myWin can simply be myWin in JS:

my_window= window.open ('','mywindowname','status=1,width=350,height=150');
my_window.document.write('".$myphpstring."');