Setting JavaScript variables

yes. and no.

Would you care to share a little more than that? How DO you set variables in a js file?

Is there any way to set JavaScript variables in an external .js file (ie, edit/generate an external text file) from a WordPress plugin?

Have the plugin insert a <script src="url-to-plugin?get_script=1"> tag into the page to make a script call to itself, then have it check for calls with a $_GET["get_script"] variable to make it generate the necessary javascript code.

I am assuming you are interested in using internal WP variables?

I’ve managed to do it the same way if I were simply using js within <script> tags

function blah()
{
	var thing = prompt('blahblahblah:', '<?php if (empty($paged)) { echo "1";} else { echo $paged; } ?>'); ... and so on

You just need to enclose php properly.

Cheers, just using PHP directly in the script file will probably be best. But how do I go about including the appropriate WordPress functions so I can use get_option() to read from the database?

markwheeler: require_once('../../../wp-blog-header.php');

Thanks very much guys ??

HOLY CRAP… I’ve been looking for wp-blog-headers for at least 3 hours. Thanks guys.