Thanks!

It works like a charm!

/peter

> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 07:52:11 +0100 (CET), you wrote:
>
> Could be missing the point here because your question is quite vague.
>
> However...
>
>>I am using a web page that uses the following php code to display the
>>contents of a dynamically update webpage:
>>
>><?php
>>include("http://.../source.xls);
>>?>
>>
>>Is it possible to "forward" the contents of the code to a javascript?
>>eg if the file "source.xls" contains the text "help me" is it possible to
>>send that text to a javascript? I am quite stuck here so any help would
>> be
>>greatly appreciated.
>
> source.xls just contains a bit of text, right? And you want that to end up
> in a Javascript variable?
>
> First, I'd use file_get_contents() or file() to get the contents of
> source.xls into a PHP array.
>
> $source = file_get_contents ('http://.../source.xls');
>
> Next, you have to remember that Javascript is just text, the same as HTML.
> So you can embed $source into a Javascript block in the same way as you
> would embed it into HTML.
>
> <script language="Javascript">
>       function doAlert ()
>       {
>               var source = "<? echo ($source) ?>";
>               alert (source);
>       }
> </script>
>
> <a href='javascript:doAlert()'>Click Me</a>
>
> Apologies for any mistakes in the Javascript, but I'm sure you get the
> idea.
>
>

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