How can I populate a javascript array with values from a database using PHP?

Question

I have to create a javascript array whose elements are fetched by php from a database. Is it possible? If so, how?

(I dont want to use ajax to do that)

Answer 1

Collect the values in an array and convert it to JSON with json_encode:

$array = array();
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    $array[] = $row['key'];
}
echo 'var array = '.json_encode($array).';';