Can I minify javascript code that contains php?

[Arbu]

I've got a few bits of php in my javascript. I understand it's better to minify my code. But if I use a javascript minifier for the whole lot I get "// Error : Unexpected token: operator (<)" where the php is. So what to do? Should I minify the php and javascript separately? Could take quite a while to go through it all.

Thanks.

[Ingolme]

If there is PHP embedded in your Javascript then I don't think it's worth minifying.

Ideally, you would completely separate Javascript and PHP and rewrite the code so that Javascript obtains the data through other means, such as HTML data attributes (generated by PHP) or AJAX.