need to communicate with Extension

Here is how they do it using jQuery and a background js file.

CREATING A CHROME EXTENSION THAT USES JQUERY TO MANIPULATE THE DOM OF A PAGE

What did you Try? What did you Get? What did you Expect?

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I changed the .js function. Now it is this:

Code:

$(register_extension(
   var editorExtensionId = "mebiphcpglaighebopfapfoiimgnnbpf";

   // Make a simple request:
   chrome.runtime.sendMessage(editorExtensionId, "register_extension",
       function(response) {
           if (!response.success)
                  handleError(url);

})

I tried calling this by using register_extension() in my  directly in my controller. I am getting this error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function register_extension() in /var/www/html/sub_crud/application/controllers/Configure.php on line 60

I guess I can't call a js function even in a .js file? How should I handle this?
Similar to cross-extension messaging, your app or extension can receive and respond to messages from regular web pages. 

Is this what your trying to do?

Run chrome extension and submit data to PHP script on page load (automate the process)

Yes exactly. I created the .js file and am calling it with load_js(). In the file called by load js it doesn't seem to fire. I have tried both (document).load() and also (window).load() -->Audacity Find My iPhone Origin. Neither seems to fire. And how do I get a return code from the load_js? I need the web page to know if my extension is loaded and running. I could probably load a global return code just on this users pc?Could it be that my xdebug just can't debug js embedded in an html? I have the Chrome debugger on the extension, but it is not firing. I will read your quote now.

I have a Chrome Extension that is installed in the same browser that is hosting my CI based app. I need to communicate from the web app to the Extension. I was told that I could do this by running this in the web app:

Well, with your guys help I managed to get the javascript running in a view. I am just having a small issue. I need to pass some data from my controller to the view.  I am using this:
       $data = array(
           'command' => "snapshot_mode",
           'userid' => "email",
           'campaign' => "campaign",
           'param_1' => "My Title"
           );

       $this->load->view("javascript_funcs_extensionloaded", $data, TRUE);

And here is the view:

  $(document).ready( function(data) {
       var editorExtensionId = "lamacgnkfoiknjpleghfknfigbmhdaei";
       // unload when done
       $(window).on('beforeunload',(function(){
           chrome.runtime.sendMessage(editorExtensionId, "snapshot_mode_unload")
       }))
     
        jsonData=JSON.stringify(data)
     
       chrome.runtime.sendMessage(editorExtensionId, jsonData);
       })

This is not sending the jsonData to the extension. However, if I hard code in 

chrome.runtime.sendMessage(editorExtensionId, "snapshot_mode2");

that seems to work fine. So I think that the $data in php is not being passed to the data variable in the view. How to fix this?

proof that an old dog can learn new tricks

I was informed by phpStorm support that I cannot debug a php file as javascript. So I had application/views/javascript_funcs_extensionloaded.php that had my javsascript file. I was able to run the javascript but unable to debug it. So I changed it to application/views/javascript_funcs_extensionloaded.js. Now I can't run javascript at all.

proof that an old dog can learn new tricks