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Pass a PHP string to a Javascript variable (and escape newlines)

I need to create a bar chart which takes the data from DB. I downloaded Highcharts for that. But I am not able to call php variables in JavaScript. Any Idea how to do that?

And Any other way of creating charts with Dynamic values.

Thanks in advance. 

<script>
$(function () {
    var chart;
    $(document).ready(function() {
        chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
            chart: {
                renderTo: 'container',
                type: 'column'
            },
            title: {
                text: 'Monthly Average Rainfall'
            },
            subtitle: {
                text: 'Source: WorldClimate.com'
            },
            xAxis: {
                categories: [
                    'Jan',
                    'Feb',
                    'Mar',
                    'Apr',
                    'May',
                    'Jun',
                    'Jul',
                    'Aug',
                    'Sep',
                    'Oct',
                    'Nov',
                    'Dec'
                ]
            },
            yAxis: {
                min: 0,
                title: {
                    text: 'Rainfall (mm)'
                }
            },
            legend: {
                layout: 'vertical',
                backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF',
                align: 'left',
                verticalAlign: 'top',
                x: 100,
                y: 70,
                floating: true,
                shadow: true
            },
            tooltip: {
                formatter: function() {
                    return ''+
                        this.x +': '+ this.y +' mm';
                }
            },
            plotOptions: {
                column: {
                    pointPadding: 0.2,
                    borderWidth: 0
                }
            },
                series: [{
                name: 'Tokyo',
                data: [49.9, 71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4]

            }, {
                name: 'New York',
                data: [83.6, 78.8, 98.5, 93.4, 106.0, 84.5, 105.0, 104.3, 91.2, 83.5, 106.6, 92.3]

            }, {
                name: 'London',
                data: [48.9, 38.8, 39.3, 41.4, 47.0, 48.3, 59.0, 59.6, 52.4, 65.2, 59.3, 51.2]

            }, {
                name: 'Berlin',
                data: [42.4, 33.2, 34.5, 39.7, 52.6, 75.5, 57.4, 60.4, 47.6, 39.1, 46.8, 51.1]

            }]
        });
    });

});
</script>
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marked as duplicate by Yoshi, Felix Kling, bfavaretto, Peter O., Sjoerd Jan 25 '13 at 12:13

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What have you tried so far? –  Anthony Forloney Jan 24 '13 at 12:15
3  
-1 for no apparent research. There must be a million duplicate questions on this site alone. –  SDC Jan 24 '13 at 12:16
    
try ez components ezcomponents.org/docs/tutorials/Graph#id2 . You pass php array and get all sorts of graphs –  vodich Jan 24 '13 at 12:17
    
I downloaded highcharts... and I figured it out that they are generating charts through javascript. I tried using php variables instead of static values. It doesn't work. –  Saswata Jan 24 '13 at 12:17
    
-1 the title you used comes up with a page full of the same questions as suggestions. No effort shown at all –  piddl0r Jan 24 '13 at 12:17

3 Answers 3

up vote 3 down vote accepted

You can use PHP variables inside scripts. See an example below, make your Php array as a string. Then pass it to series data.

   <?php

        $values= array('49.9', '71.5', '106.4', '129.2', '144.0', '176.0', '135.6', '148.5', 216.4, '194.1', '95.6', '54.4');
        $rainValues = implode(",", $values);
    ?>

Then, you can access the string in script.

 series: [{
            name: 'Tokyo',
            data: [<?php echo $rainValues ?>]

        },
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As you can see the above code, I want to use php variables in data: [48.9, 38.8, 39.3, 41.4, 47.0, 48.3, 59.0, 59.6, 52.4, 65.2, 59.3, 51.2] section. –  Saswata Jan 24 '13 at 12:34
    
I have edited my answer. Please check it. –  Edwin Alex Jan 24 '13 at 12:43
    
Thanks Edwin...still not showing it...I will carry on...until i get. Thanks again for your help... –  Saswata Jan 24 '13 at 12:54
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To use php variables in Javascript, you may want something like this:

<?php
$var = 1;
?>

<script>
    var a = <?=$var?>;
</script>
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For using any PHP variable in JavaScript you need to echo the PHP value and initialize it to JavaScript variable.

<script type="text/javascript">
       var myjsvar= <?php echo $my_phpvar; ?>
</script>
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