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How do I pass variables and data from PHP to JavaScript?
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There have been far too many questions on this subject but I still fail to understand.
Case:
- Hyperlinked image
- OnClick of image: Check if session exists
- If session exist, open link
- If session does not exist, show login form
onclick
is calling a JavaScript function:
var my_global_link = '';
var check = '<?php echo $_SESSION["logged_in"]; ?>';
function show_login( link ) {
if(check == 1)
{
window.location = link;
}
else
{
my_global_link = link;
// .. then show login modal that uses 'js/whitepaper-login.js'
document.getElementById('light').style.display='block';
document.getElementById('fade').style.display='block';
document.getElementById('fade').scrollIntoView(true);
}
}
Global variable is being saved in another php file as :
$_SESSION['logged_in'] = 1;
I am unable to capture the session value in the var check
. Can you advise?
Using jQuery here is a simple example of how to get a PHP $_SESSION
into your JavaScript:
session.php
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['foo'] = 'foo';
echo $_SESSION['foo']; // this will be echoed when the AJAX request comes in
?>
get_session.html (assumes jQuery has been included)
<script>
$(function() {
$('a').click(function(event){ // use instead of onclick()
event.preventDefault(); // prevents the default click action
// we don't need complex AJAX because we're just getting some data
$.get('session.php', function(sessionData) {
console.log( sessionData ); // session data will be 'foo'
});
});
});
</script>
<a href="session.php">click</a>
If this is successful you'll see the data and can use it in other JavaScript functions by passing the data appropriately. I often find it handy to json_encode()
session data, returning JSON to be used by JavaScript, but there is no need to in a simple example such as this one.
Make the request to someone file.php
$( document ).ready(function(){//run when DOM is loaded
$.post("file.php", //make request method POST to file.php
function(data){ //callback of request is data
var arr = jQuery.parseJSON(data); //make json decoding
if(arr.logged == 1) //arr.logged is value needs
#do
})
})
file.php
<?php
session_start(); //start session for my dear friend Jay Blanchard
$_SESSION['logged_id'] = 1; //init value for example
$array = array('logged' => $_SESSION['logged_id']);//creat array for encoding
echo json_encode($array); //make json encoding for call back
?>
your javascript is not a very good solution, as it can be hacked easily. One can simply change the value of check
to whatever one likes, and even without a login one would be able to access the link of the picture.
A better implementation would probably be something like:
<a href="checklogin.php"><img src="img.png" alt="" /></a>
checklogin.php would then verify the $_SESSION
variable. If validated, you can use header("Location: something.html");
to redirect to where you want to bring the user. If not logged in, you can instead redirect to the login page: header("Location: login.php");
@Sarah
You have to first call the php file via ajax and set the javascript variable as the result. Since the javascript is a client side scripting language hence it can't read server side PHP script.
Hence on click call javascript function
function someFunc(){
//Fire Ajax request
//Set check variable
//and perform the function you want to ...
}
<?php include "sess.php"; ?>
<script type="text/javascript">
var my_global_link = 'testr.com';
var check = '<?php echo $_SESSION["logged_in"]; ?>';
function show_login( link ) {
if(check == 1)
{
window.location = link;
}
else
{
my_global_link = link;
document.getElementById('light').style.display='block';
document.getElementById('fade').style.display='block';
document.getElementById('fade').scrollIntoView(true);
}
}
</script>
<a href="#" onclick="show_login('test')" >test</a>
file1.php
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION["logged_in"] = 1;
?>
sess.php
I have done this using two files. You may have not included session file I guess. Its working fine for me.