JS not working?

Ok ... I am honing on a problem with my configuration and all indications point to JS not being executed correctly.

I have created a simple piece of JS (just does a popup and defines a class) called tesfile.js

So then:

1. I have code in a php file that registers a clientstartupscript, having checked the file exists as follows:

if (!file_exists($doodles->config['jsUrl'].'mgr/testfile.js'))
{
return 'File not found at: '.$doodles->config['jsUrl'].'mgr/tesfile.js';
}
$modx->regClientStartupScript($doodles->config['jsUrl'].'mgr/testfile.js');

2. When I look at the resulting generated HTML, my code includes the reference to my test file as follows:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/home/timbutte/public_html/SponsorFinder/assets/components/doodles/js/mgr/testfile.js?v=207pl"></script>

3. But no popup is displayed (from testfile.js) and if I try to declare a javascript variable using the class from testfile.js, it does not know about the class.

4. If I create a simple HTML file and include JS pointing to the SAME directory and testfile.js, it executes fine, so the file is available to the web and permissions are fine.

So why is my included JS file not being executed?

All help gratefully received!

Tim

Resulting HTML should read ....

Is your server perchance running suhosin? For "security reasons", that can end up clipping JS files. See this page: http://rtfm.modx.com/display/revolution20/MODX+and+Suhosin

There are a couple system settings that affect the behavior of how javascript is included. You may want to check on the settings that related to JS compression... try turning them off and see if that changes the behavior.

Timothy, when I have trouble with the regClient*() functions, it usually turns out to be a bad template that is either missing a DOCTYPE or has incorrect HTML.

OK .... solved - Phew ---

It seems (for whatever reason?) that if I set the full path to the JS files (i.e. from the root of my LINUX machine), it does not work; change the path to be relative to the current directory, the JS runs.

Hmmm .... must be some form of permissions re: my Apache instance/setup .... but hey it is now working.

On with business!!

Hmm... the src attribute for your javascript tag should use the URL of the javascript, not the full path. Javascript can't read filesystem info from your server, it MUST utilize a publicly available URL path to your asset. In other words,



Shouldn't work at all. The following should work (Sorry, the forum is being troublesome here and trying to format stuff that I don't want formatted):



Or as you pointed out, the relative path would work too because it infers the URL:

Confusing paths with URLs is a mistake I can't seem to quit making. I do it less often over time, but I still do it.