If I wanted to extract a variable from an external js file to another external js file.. How would I do that?
For example, if I had a file call example1.js that contained the following code
var test = 1;
How would I obtain the value of variable test and put it into my example2.js?
Thanks for the help!
You have declare that variable globally. And make sure you have loaded both the files in order.
example1.js
var test = 1;
function myFunction()
{
}
example2.js
alert(test);
Assuming you are using this files in php, You have to load the files in order:
<script src="example1.js"></script>
<script src="example2.js"></script>
In case, not interested in global-variable use like this,
exapmle1.js
var example1 =
{
test1 : 1,
someFunctionName : function(){.....}
}
exapmle2.js
var example2 =
{
someFunctionName : function(){ alert(example1.test1) }
}
You could try removing "var" so make it global to all your js files (no matter if its withing a function), still you will have to load the js files in order to avoid problems.
Also you could try add a property to window as shows the answer here:
Define global variable in a JavaScript function
But be carefully of doing this.
Since you tagged this question with php ,
I am assuming you need to copy code from example1.js to example2.js , Try this below code
file_put_contents("example2.js",file_get_contents("example1.js"));
