Pass PHP Variable to Javscript Function

IRHM73 · October 8th, 2011, 11:40 AM

I wonder whether someone may be able to help me please.

I am using the code below to extract a 'Name' and 'National Grid Reference' from an xml file.

Code:

<? 

  $objDOM = new DOMDocument(); 
  $objDOM->load("scheduledmonuments.xml"); 

  $Details = $objDOM->getElementsByTagName("Details"); 
  foreach( $Details as $value ) 
  { 
    
    $Name = $value->getElementsByTagName("Name"); 
    $name  = $Name->item(0)->nodeValue; 

    $NGR = $value->getElementsByTagName("NGR"); 
    $ngr  = $NGR->item(0)->nodeValue; 

    echo "$name :: $ngr <br>";  
  } 
?>

What I would like to be able to do is to is to carry forward the 'Name' but also convert the 'NGR' to a Latitude and Longitude co-ordinate.

I have the conversion code written as a Javascript function (originally posted on nearby.org.uk), see below.

Code:

function converttolatlng() {
    var gr = document.getElementById('osgridref').value;

    var osgb = new GT_OSGB();


    if (osgb.parseGridRef(gr)) {
        var wgs84 = osgb.getWGS84();

        document.getElementById('osgb36lat').value = wgs84.latitude;
        document.getElementById('osgb36lon').value = wgs84.longitude;
    }
    else {
        document.getElementById('osgb36lat').value = "n/a";
        document.getElementById('osgb36lon').value = "n/a";
    }

}

At the moment the code takes and places the information into text boxes on a form.

But what I would like to do is to carry forward the 'Name' and convert the 'NGR' values from the PHP file rather than text boxes, posting the results on screen, but I'm not sure how, or whether it can be done.

Could someone perhaps take a look at this please and let me know what I need to do to get this to work.

Many thanks

UseLess · October 9th, 2011, 05:12 PM

Greetings,

Yes it's possible as long as it's php that sends the html/javascript to the browser.

Example:

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$objDOM = new DOMDocument(); 
$objDOM->load("scheduledmonuments.xml"); 

$Details = $objDOM->getElementsByTagName("Details"); 
foreach( $Details as $value ) 
{ 
    $Name = $value->getElementsByTagName("Name"); 
    $name  = $Name->item(0)->nodeValue; 

    $NGR = $value->getElementsByTagName("NGR"); 
    $ngr  = $NGR->item(0)->nodeValue; 

//    echo "$name :: $ngr <br>";  
} 

?>
<html>
<head>
<title>title</title>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function converttolatlng() {
//    var gr = document.getElementById('osgridref').value;
    var gr = <?php echo $ngr; ?>;
    var osgb = new GT_OSGB();


    if (osgb.parseGridRef(gr)) {
        var wgs84 = osgb.getWGS84();

        document.getElementById('osgb36lat').value = wgs84.latitude;
        document.getElementById('osgb36lon').value = wgs84.longitude;
    }
    else {
        document.getElementById('osgb36lat').value = "n/a";
        document.getElementById('osgb36lon').value = "n/a";
    }

}
</script>
</head>

<body>

</body>
</html>