PHP: Echoing a JQuery Alert from case statement

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I am trying to echo a JQuery alert from PHP. The method I am using is to echo the entire script tags and then the JQuery within it. JQuery is working because alerts elsewhere work. the JQuery library is loaded before the code i am trying so it is not that.

below is my current statement:

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London'); #server timezone
    $now = date('His'); #current time
    $cl = '173000'; #closing time
    $op = '084500'; #opening time

    switch (true) {
        case $now < $cl && $now > $op:
            echo "open
            <script type='text/javascript'>
                $(document).ready(function(){
                    alert('open');
                });
            </script>
            ";
            break;

        case $now > $cl && $now < $op:
            echo 'closed';
            break;

        default:
            echo("neither closed nor open.  dun dun duuuuun");
            break;
    }

I know the statement is working to some extent because the open string is displayed. I also see the script tags yet they don't seem to execute see below:

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This image shows that the open text just before the script is echo'd into the page

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This image shows that the script tag is put into the page but is not executed

asked 1 min ago

Kieranmv95

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PHP: Echoing a JQuery Alert from case statement