Matt, apologies... what you suggested worked...
I need the <script> however since data is passed via javascript, using
something like this:
<?php echo "document.write('hello');"; ?>
Thanks for your help
On Aug 25, 1:45 am, junkmate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ok it turns out my method doesnt work after all :(
> after I got everything else working aswell... annoying :S
>
> Matt Harris - the reason I have to use <script> is that not all people
> use PHP. I want my content to be compatible with any page type, as
> clients will be including it on their pages (html, php, asp, etc.) and
> Javascript is more compatible in this respect.
>
> On Aug 24, 9:41 pm, junkmate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > <script type="text/javascript"
> > src="http://yoursite.url/grabData.php?id=12345";></script>
> > yer I tried that... it didnt work.
> > PHP doesnt have the 'document.write' functionality that JS has... or
> > something, I forget the reason.
>
> > I got it working in the end by using a JS script that calls an AJAX
> > function which calls PHP :D
> > A long way around perhaps, but it works...
>
> > On Aug 24, 5:35 am, "Matt Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Why not
> > > <script type="text/javascript"
> > > src="http://yoursite.url/grabData.php?id=12345";></script>
>
> > > And serve up the content via php*.... better yet, why even do a
> > > <script> include?
>
> > > * Replace PHP here with your server side language of choice.
>
> > > On 8/23/07, junkmate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > I am trying to get a system where a client includes one or two lines
> > > > of Javascript in his page, and that code will grab dynamic data from
> > > > my server and display it inline on his page.
>
> > > > My code for the JS to include on the clients page is something like
> > > > this:
> > > > <script type="text/javascript">var id="12345";</script>
> > > > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://my.site.url/grabData.js";></
> > > > script>
>
> > > > I then want to take that id, grab data from an SQL database, and print
> > > > it back to the clients page inline... but I dont know how to connect
> > > > to SQL using Javascript... anybody help?
>
> > > --
> > > Matt Harris
> > > (250)-588-2275
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