Including PHP variables in an external JS file?

Question

I have a few lines of jQuery in my web application. This code is inline at the moment because it accepts a couple of PHP variables.

Answer 1

You could always call the function with parameters from PHP:

somefile.js:

function func(params) {
    //params is now from PHP
    //params.foo == "bar"
}

somefile.php:

 'bar');
?>

I tend to go with this approach because it avoids global variables while allowing easily transporting variables.

I like to use json_encode also because anything valid JSON is valid JS meaning you don't have to worry about escaping ' or " if you use a string and echo PHP inside of it.