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JavaScript

Posted by Danny Maitland
Danny Maitland
56 Points

Is passing PHP to JavaScript best practice when dealing with databases

I was wondering if passing data gotten from a database to JavaScript variables is best practice, maybe for a browser game.

For instance getting a players resources number from the players database and keeping track of that plagers resources, health or something so the number is changed in real time via JavaScript, then pass back to PHP to be placed back into the database on exit to be saved.

1 Answer

Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points
Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points

You're right in your approach. Typically, you'd use your server-side code (PHP) to pull in information from the database, use that information to update the client (browser GET) and once updated, send (POST) that information back to the server so that it can update the DB.

Danny Maitland
Danny Maitland
56 Points

Ah thank you, I just wanted to make sure don't want to start work on something that is not entirely correct.