passing parameters to a function

[sfast]

I am calling javascript function from php.

 <?
 if ($showMap == 1) {
?>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">
load(<? echo $dist;?> )
</SCRIPT>
<?
}
?>

In javascript-
function load(dist) {
var distance = dist;
alert (distance);
}

It displays distance - undefined.

Isnt this the right way of passing variable to javascript from php?

[ayushchd]

Well..not too sure, but why don't you try :

<?
if ($showMap == 1) {
echo "<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=\"javascript\">
load('$dist');
</SCRIPT>";
}
?>

[sfast]

Thankyou.
WHen I tried this, I did not put $dist in quotes.
BUt now ti is working

[ayushchd]

Welcome.
But I wanted to know, did it not work with quotes on?