cannot pass php variables to javascript: SyntaxError: "" string literal contains an unescaped line break

Question

Hello I am trying to pass a php variable to a javascript file like this:

 var base = "<?php echo $_SESSION['idata'];  ?>";

But when consoling I get this error:

SyntaxError: "" string literal contains an unescaped line break

Any advice could help, thanks.

var base = "<?php session_start(); echo $_SESSION['idata']; ?>"; — Antonio Abrantes
– Antonio Abrantes, Commented Apr 22, 2020 at 1:20

Antonio Abrantes · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-22 01:18:22Z

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You should initialize session

var base = "<?php session_start(); echo $_SESSION['idata'];  ?>";

answered Apr 22, 2020 at 1:18

Antonio Abrantes

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5 Comments

This is working perfectly locally but in production base is being set to: <?php session_start(); echo $_SESSION['idata']; ?> any ideas please?

just for testing creates a new file test.php with just one line var base = "<?php session_start(); echo $_SESSION['idata']; ?>";

what is your response ?

in my computer I have: var base = "teste ";

because in my case I previously adjusted $_SESSION['idata'] = 'test'