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.

Answer 1

You should initialize session

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