Re: Setting javascript variable to false?

Thank you: That worked for me. JK > On Mar 12, 2020, at 1:31 PM, Aziz Saleh <azizsaleh@gmail.com> wrote: > > This should work: > > var dual = <?php echo $dual ? 'true' : 'false'; ?> > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 4:22 PM Jeffry Killen <jekillen@prodigy.net> wrote: > Hello; > > I have javascript global variable in a page that is supposed to be > initialized by php: > > // $dual is boolean true/false > > var dual = <?php print $dual ?> > > But what happens when the page loads is: > > var dual = ; // true/false is not written to the page. javascript syntax checker complains. > > How would I output a string version of true/false that > javascript will see as a boolean value? > > I had been sending $dual as 'true'/'false' > > but then when checking dual: > if(dual) > { > // if dual is the string 'false', the test passes. > } > > Thank you for time and attention > JK