30 minute timer

[Rmazin]

Hello,

I'm not really a javascript developer I'm a PHP developer but I have a problem I am trying to figure out. I have an online test I need to build with a 30 minute timer. It is written in PHP but i was hoping to user a Javascript timer and carry it over through form submissions.

Basically my question is, can i feed a PHP variable into javascript? When my page first loads i have the PHP calculating the time plus 30 mins:

$target = date("m/d/Y H:i:s", time()+1800); 

I then want to carry it through 30 questions and display on screen using this javascript:

<script language="JavaScript">
TargetDate = "<?php echo $target; ?>";
BackColor = "palegreen";
ForeColor = "navy";
CountActive = true;
CountStepper = -1;
LeadingZero = true;
DisplayFormat = "%%M%% : %%S%% ";
FinishMessage = "Time is up!";
</script>

The problem I am having is this line: TargetDate = "<?php echo $target; ?>";
It accepts the date entered manually but not the dynamic date per the variable. Is there a way to make this work? I've written dynamic javascript before using PHP but for some reason this is giving me problems.

Thanks.

UPDATE: An idea occurred to me while I was writing this. I answered my own question. I made the PHP code produce the javascript and it worked.