Re: OT - Quick JavaScript Question

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 02:27:28PM -0500, Jake McHenry wrote: : "Chris Shiflett" responded: : > --- Jake McHenry <linux@nittanytravel.com> wrote: : > > : > > I know this is a bit off topic, but does anyone know of a way I : > > can take the server time in php and get it into javascript? : > : > JavaScript and HTML are the exact same thing from the perspective of : > PHP; they're output. So yes, you can get any information from PHP to : > JavaScript by writing it: : > : > <script language="javascript"> : > ... : > <? : > $ts = time(); : > echo "var ts = $ts;\n"; : > ?> : > ... : > </script> : : I have tried this already, and it works, the JavaScript get's the server's : time, but then the JavaScript clock doesn't keep counting, it's stuck at the : servers time. It needs that Date() function to keep pulling the time from : the local machine I guess. I was wondering if anyone knew of a way I could : pass the server time into the JavaScript Date() function to make it start : counting from that time, instead of the users machine time. That's because you're only giving it a static time and not a real JavaScript Date() object. Try this: <script language="javascript"> ... var ts = new Date(<?php echo time(); ?>); ... </script>