Generates a Javascript call, while importing the arguments as is. PHP arrays are turned into JS objects to preserve keys. This means the array keys must conform to JS's member naming rules.

Parameters

$function: The name of the function to call.

$arguments: An array of arguments.

Related topics

Input validation
Functions to validate user input.

File

includes/common.inc, line 1272
Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function drupal_call_js($function) {
  $arguments = func_get_args();
  array_shift($arguments);
  $args = array();
  foreach ($arguments as $arg) {
    $args[] = drupal_to_js($arg);
  }
  $output = '<script type="text/javascript">' . $function . '(' . implode(', ', $args) . ');</script>';
  return $output;
}