Question

I have a video player which is javascript. I have stuck it inside a php variable and then have attempted to echo it out. It works perfectly the first time i echo the video. But the second time I echo it the Javascript does not execute. Any ideas on why that is are helpful thank you

 $div = "<div id='mediaplayer'>JW Player goes here</div>";

 $video = "$div <script type='text/javascript' src='jwplayer/jwplayer.js'></script>
                <script type='text/javascript'>
                     jwplayer('mediaplayer').setup({
                     flashplayer: 'jwplayer/player.swf',
                     file: '$videolocation',
                     image: 'jwplayer/preview.jpg',
                     height: 300,
                     width: 300
                     });
                 </script>";
echo $video;
echo $video;

Answer 1

Your HTML is invalid. Use a validator.

The values of id attributes must be unique within a page. You are reusing yours.

The second script is probably operating on the first div (since it is the first one with the given id).