Question

I have a PHP File with something like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    var page = '1';
</script>

<select class='search' name="type" ID="type">
    <option value='%'>All Types</option>
    .....
</select> 

I know how to retrieve the value of the type with JQuery.

Is there a way (besides a hidden field) to retrieve the value of the JavaScript variable page?
I have tried this but keep getting undefined:

 var page = $("#" + this.page).val();

Answer 1

Your variable page is global throughout the scope of your document. You can access simply by

var myPage = page;

as long as it was set in the document before this script was ran.