Is it possible to insert php variables into your js code? [duplicate]

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passing variables from php to javascript

I'm dynamically generating a list. I want to make each row hover on mouseover and clickable to a link. I want the link to pass the id of the content of the row.

Basically:

foreach ($courses as $cid=>cinfo){ 
  $univ = $cinfo['univ'];
  $desc = $cinfo['desc'];
  $size = $cinfo['size'];
  $start = $cinfo['start'];
  print "<div class='rc_desc' id='rc_desc$cid'>"."$desc<br/>"."<b>$univ</b><br/>".
        "<span>Number of students</span>: $size<br/>".
        "<span>Started at</span>: ".date('F d, Y',strtotime($start))."<br/>".
}

<script>
    $(function ()
    {
      $('#rc_desc$cid').hover(function ()
      {
        $(this).toggleClass('.tr');
      });
      $('#rc_desc$cid').click(function ()
      {
        $(location).attr('href','student.php?$cid');
      });
    });
  </script>

The issue is in the js/jquery. I want to be able to grab the $cid and pass it to the student.php page upon click. The php code above works but the js won't of course. I know the fundamental of client-side vs server-side languages. This question doesn't warrant a lecture. I know I cannot do this exactly, but it is what I want to happen ultimately. Any thoughts on how I can achieve this simply? Thanks in advance my friends!

Answer 1

Yes, if you include the <script> section in your PHP code, you can do something similar to the following:

<script>
    var foo = <?php echo $foo; ?>;
</script>

In your case, you would be looking into the following code structure:

<script>
    $(function () {
        $('#rc_desc<?php echo $cid ?>').hover(function () {
            $(this).toggleClass('.tr');
        });
        $('#rc_desc<?php echo $cid ?>').click(function () {
            $(location).attr('href', 'student.php?<?php echo $cid ?>');
        });
    });
</script>

The reason why this is possible is because although the Javascript is run on the client-side, it's processed on the server-side first prior to being presented on the page. Thus, it'll replace all necessary instances of $cid with the one you have included.

Enjoy and good luck!

EDIT:

<script>
    $(function () {
        $('.rc_desc').hover(function () {
            $(this).toggleClass('.tr ');
        });
        $('.rc_desc').click(function () {
            $(location).attr('href', 'student.php?' + $(this).attr('id').split('rc_desc')[1]);
        });
    });
</script>

Answer 2

You can do it like this :

    $(location).attr('href','<?php echo $cid ?>');

The javascript code doesn't know it comes from php, it appears as a constant (a literal) for it.