Question

i need to pass an array from my zend action to the view, possibly by using ajax, which is yet to be decided. in order to do that, i need to insert a script element and inside it define javascript variable, to which i will then pass my php array to, but i’m having trouble inserting script element into a zend_form. what is the easiest way to include this code into my phtml script:

<script type="text/javascript">
    var obj = <?php echo json_encode($php_array); ?>;
</script>

Answer 1

You can use the view helper inlineScript() to pass java script to your view.

in your action $this->inlineScript()->setScript('java script here');

echo this out in your view <?php echo $this->inlineScript() ?>

you can also use the json() helper to pass json to the java script in your view.