How to assign Php variable value to Javascript variable?

Question

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What's the best way to pass a PHP variable to Javascript?

I am using the following code:

<script type="text/javascript">
<?php $ctnme = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$cnme = explode("/",$ctnme);
echo $cname = $cnme[1];
?>
var spge = <?php echo $cname; ?> ;
alert(spge);
</script>

The value doesn't alert. What is the mistake?

Answer 1

Essentially:

<?php
//somewhere set a value
$var = "a value";
?>

<script>
// then echo it into the js/html stream
// and assign to a js variable
spge = '<?php echo $var ;?>';

// then
alert(spge);

</script>

Answer 2

The most secure way (in terms of special character and data type handling) is using json_encode():

var spge = <?php echo json_encode($cname); ?>;

Answer 3

Use json_encode() if possible (PHP 5.2+).

See this one (maybe duplicate?): Pass a PHP string to a JavaScript variable (and escape newlines)

Answer 4

Put quotes around the <?php echo $cname; ?> to make sure Javascript accepts it as a string, also consider escaping.

Answer 5

**var spge = '';** 
alert(spge);