Question

So I need to dynamically call and execute the javascript code generated from external php file. This is what I have:

<script type="text/javascript">
id = <some id calculation>;
var code_url = 'http://example.com/javascript.php?id=' + id; // this generates the javascript desired

var code_div = document.getElementById("code_div"); // where I want to insert the JS
var fileref=document.createElement('script');
fileref.setAttribute("type","text/javascript");
fileref.setAttribute("src", code_url);
code_div.appendChild(fileref);
}
</script>

Now the div with the javascript link does show up, but it doesn’t seem to execute. I tried going through other similar questions on StackOverflow and other places, but that’s as far as it got me. Any idea why it’s not executing?

UPDATE: Fixed the missing quote. Also I should’ve mentioned I placed the code inside the body. I don’t have access to the HEAD in my case, and I need to insert the Analytics code

Answer 1

After fixing mistakes (such as missing function declaration, closing quote in your code), make sure your code_url reference to a page which has a function calling or an event;

Ex:

function needToExecute() {
    ...
}

needToExecute();