Question

I want to pass a php variable into JavaScript. I have to get from a database the questions(randomly, one by one) and if the end user responses correctly,
the program is doing something else.

database

+------+-----------------------+---------------+-----------------+
| q_id | description           | text          | answer          |
+------+-----------------------+---------------+-----------------+
|    1 |What is the capital    | United States | Washington D.C. |
|    2 |What is the capital    | California    | Sacramento      |
|    3 |What is the capital    | Maryland      | Annapolis       |
+------+-----------------------+---------------+-----------------+

In the php file, variables $question and $correctAnswer have the following values:

php code:

$sql="SELECT description, text, answer  FROM Questions";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
   $question=$row['description']."of ".$row['text']."?";
   echo($question);
   $correctAnswer=$row['answer'];
   //echo($correctAnswer);
} 

javascript code:

var rightAnswer;
function takeQuestion()
{
    var xmlhttp;    
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
    {
        xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    else
    {
        xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
    {
        if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
        {
           document.getElementById("question").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
           rightAnswer ='<?php echo $correctAnswer;?>';
           alert(rightAnswer); 
        }
    }
    xmlhttp.open("GET","getQuestion.php",true);
    xmlhttp.send();
 }

The program is printing randomly the questions, but I have problems passing the variable
$correctAnswer to Javascript. Variable rightAnswer in JavasScript should take the value
of php variable $correctAnswer. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

In your PHP inside while loop do this

$question=$row['description']."of ".$row['text']."?|".$row['answer'];
echo($question);

in your java script

if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
    {
        var elements = xmlhttp.responseText.split("|");
       document.getElementById("question").innerHTML=elements[0];
       var rightAnswer = elements[1];
       alert(rightAnswer); 
    }

This is an idea. Change it to way that you want.