[development] php and js in a programmatic block

[Steve Ringwood]

Jeff

     Both this approach (settings) and inline can work.
     I suggested this because you have a script that needs dynamic values.
     Making the script a function you can call with the two value and the inline approach would be another approach.

Nevets


On 11/28/2010 10:04 AM, jeff at ayendesigns.com wrote:
> Ah, gotcha. Not sure this is more intuitive than the other way, but if it's common practice then so be it :)
> Thanks!
>
> On 11/28/2010 11:02 AM, Steve Ringwood wrote:
>> Jeff
>>
>>     You still want to drupal_add_js(),   but instead of one call you want two.
>>
>>     The first is to add your mymodule.js
>>
>>     The second is to do something like
>>
>>   $settings = array(
>>     'MyModule' => array(
>>         'value1' => 'some value',
>>         'value2' => 'some other value'
>>      )
>>   );
>>
>>   drupal_add_js( $settings, 'setting' );
>>
>>   You also need to modify mymodule.js to use the values something like
>>
>>         var settings = Drupal.settings.MyModule;
>>         // Now you can use
>>        // settings.value1 and settings.value2
>>
>>    (of course you need to change MyModule to your actual module name and I would suggest more meaningful names than value1 and value2)
>>
>> Nevets
>>
>>
>> On 11/28/2010 9:43 AM, jeff at ayendesigns.com wrote:
>>> Nothing confuses me faster than mixing php and js (and especially escaping the quotes). In this case, my confusion is the concept and not the gobblygook.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a module invoking hook_block, and a function that creates and returns the block content. In this function I invoke drupal_add_js to gather the contents of ./mymodule.js
>>>
>>>
>>> So far so good. However, the js needs to be dynamic...there are two function values that need to be embedded in it. I'm thinking that with this being the case, drupal_add_js might not be the way to go (back to escaping quotes), but wanted to poll first for best practice, since I'll be contributing this module.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>>
>>

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