cakephp - js文件中的图像路径

Question

Trying to implement this jquery plugin http://www.myjqueryplugins.com/jquery-plugin/jrating i have trouble setting paths for stars in js file. its not possible to use php inside js file right? Cause I need to set those stars path to be inside webroot folder and i don't know how to do that without WWW_ROOT constant

(function($) {
    $.fn.jRating = function(op) {
        var defaults = {
            bigStarsPath : 'icons/stars.png'
            ...

Answer 1

Just make it an absolute URL instead of a relative URL:

(function($) {
$.fn.jRating = function(op) {
    var defaults = {
        bigStarsPath : '/icons/stars.png'  //<-- notice the "/" before "icons"
        ...

That tells it to look for an 'icons' folder within the 'webroot' folder.

The same goes for any other files in the webroot. Sometimes you want to include css or javascript file that's within a library or something - in that case, you can include it by setting a "/" first - like this: /bootstrap/js/main.js.