using php includes inside javascript?

[Ankun]

Ok..I know this has got to be SOooo simple, just my stupidity is disabling me from figuring this out, I have a variable in javascript, and inside this variable I want to use a php include..does anyone know how exactly I would go about doing this?

I've tried using <?php include('url'); ?> but it seems javascript doesnt like the ";" and when i remove it php gets pissed ;) sooo yeh...

[glenngv]

i dont know PHP but does include return something that you set a javascript variable to have this value?

[Ankun]

yes, it displays the content of a different page inside this variable, and It has nothing to do with the variable spanning more than one line, I formatted the page that was to be included to all go in one line.

[glenngv]

can you post the generated code?

[Garadon]

try this
var variable1=<?include('url');?>;

[Ankun]

yeh the javascript code goes like this:

<script language="javascript">
var content=new Array()
content[0]='Content 1'
content[1]='Content 2'
content[2]='Content 3'
</script>

and uh what I want to do is change content[0]='content 1' to
content[0]='include code to content1'

and uh..when I use a semicolon to end the php include javascript gives me an error saying expected end of statement..which it should, and when i take the semicolon out php tells me its a parse error, which should happen too, basically what I am trying to do is figure out how to use the php include without the semicolon..I was considering declaring a variable to write the hex code for a semicolon..but uh..first I dont even know if javascript supports it, and second I wouldnt know how to include that into my script.

edit: damn I should either feel smart or stupid..but I figured it out, this was soooo amazingly simple..far more than I ever suspected ;)..I just dont have php installed on my computer, lol. That would explain why I got the errors I did..

[Ökii]

Try the universal escape character \

var varname = '<?php include(\'filename.php\')\;';

Just read your last reply - :) 'tis often helpful to have php running if you want it parsed :D