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why does Echoing php into JavaScript not work

I am trying to echo a multidimensional array from PHP to js, but it is giving me an error saying that "<" is an unexpected token.

js

var products = <?php echo json_encode( $products ) ?>;

Php

<?php
    // PHP array
    $products = array(
        // product abbreviation, product name, unit price
        array('choc_cake', 'Chocolate Cake', 15),
        array('carrot_cake', 'Carrot Cake', 12),
        array('cheese_cake', 'Cheese Cake', 20),
        array('banana_bread', 'Banana Bread', 14)
    );
?>
about 4 years ago · Santiago Gelvez
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missing ;:

var products = "<?php echo json_encode( $products ); ?>";

also:

In order for the var... line to be parsed, that line MUST be loaded within <script> in a PHP file, not within a separate JS file, which does not get parsed via PHP at all

about 4 years ago · Santiago Gelvez Report
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