Question

How do guys suggest to share a constants file between PHP and JavaScript, in order not to repeat code? XML file? I am assuming mixing up javascipt inside PHP would not be the right solution!? Thanks

Answer 1

http://php.net/manual/en/book.json.php

I would say use json. It is native to the javascript and there is a parser library for the php.

consider the following:

json:

{constants : { var1 : "value 1", var2 : "value 2", var3 : "value 3"}}

and then read it into php:

$const = json_decode(json_string);

This gives you the object $const with properties like $const->{‘var1’} returning “value 1”.

in JavaScript this would be:

var const = eval(json_string);

and would give you const.constants.var1 == “value 1”.

Easiest implementation in real terms for js is:

<script type="text/javascript" src="json_constants_file.js"></script>

When added the html output you instantly have a constants object with the other objects as its children.