Adding external JavaScript file to Magento

Question

How to add external JavaScript file to Magento, so it\'s code would be included on every frontend page?

Answer 1

None of the methods above worked for me because the script was not hosted on the same domain as the website and had to be controlled using a config variable.

This was my solution:

    /** @var Mage_Core_Model_Layout $layout */
    $layout = Mage::getSingleton('core/layout');

    /** @var Mage_Core_Block_Text $block */
    $block = $layout->createBlock('Mage_Core_Block_Text', $name);

    $block->setText('');

    /** @var Mage_Page_Block_Html_Head $head */
    $head = $layout->getBlock('head');

    $head->append($block);

I did this in an observer observing controller_action_layout_generate_blocks_after