[thelist] javascript date into php

[Bob Meetin]

I'm trying to employ javascript to obtain the local date and pull it into php. This partly works:

<script>
var currentTime = new Date()
var month = currentTime.getMonth()
var day = currentTime.getDate()
<?php $date = "<script>document.write(month + '/' + day)</script>"?>
<?php $jmonth = "<script>document.write(month)</script>"?>
</script>

<?php
echo "JavaScript Local Date: $date<br>";
$jmonth = chop($jmonth);
// $jmonth = (int)$jmonth; // fails
echo "jmonth: $jmonth<br>";
$pmonth = intval($jmonth); // no difference
$pmonth = $pmonth + 1;
echo "pmonth: $pmonth<br>";
if ( $pmonth > 5 ) { echo "Success"; } else { echo "Fail"; }
?>

The javascript seems to be working and $jmonth reads the javascript value fine. However, once I get into PHP and attempt to do some simple math with the $jmonth/$pmonth value it falls apart. The php month gets interpreted as 0.

What am I missing?