I want to copy a PHP array into javascript array. The javascript is being used in the PHP file. It is echoed in the PHP code so when i tried to create a new array in javascripy and just assign the PHP array onto it, it was giving me an error. Array to string conversion. Could some one help me with this.

 mysql_select_db(cerebra, $con);

 $sql=select name from details order by download desc limit 20;

 if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))`enter code here`

  {

  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());

  }

 $query=mysql_query($sql,$con);

 $names=array();

 while($row=mysql_fetch_array($query))

   {

$names[]=$row[0];

   }

Here $names is the array i want to use in javascript

then i echo my javascript inside the php code itself..:

   function makeRequest() {

   var d = document.getElementsByName(d)[0].value;

   var request = gapi.client.drive.files.list();

var newnames = new Array();

    newnames=$names;

  request.execute(function(resp)



 {        

    for (i=0; i<resp.items.length; i++) {

        var titulo = resp.items[i].title;

        var fechaUpd = resp.items[i].modifiedDate;

        var userUpd = resp.items[i].lastModifyingUserName;

        var userEmbed = resp.items[i].embedLink;

        var userAltLink = resp.items[i].alternateLink;

        var download = resp.items[i].webContentLink;

        var hold=Download;

        var flag=0;



         <!-- var fileInfo = document.createElement('li');

      <!--  fileInfo.appendChild(document.createTextNode('TITLE: ' + titulo + ' - LAST MODIF: ' + fechaUpd + ' - BY: ' + userUpd +'  url:  ' + hold.link(download)));                

       <!-- document.getElementById('content').appendChild(fileInfo);

        <!--for (var i=0;i<newnames.length;i++){

    <!--    if(newnames[i].toString() == titulo){

        document.write(titulo + &nbsp;);

        document.write(hold.link(download) + <br>);

        <!--flag=1;

    <!--    }

        <!--}

        }

        <!--if(flag!=1){

        <!--document.write(not found!);

        <!--}

});    

}

Here in the javascript i am trying to convert the php array into javascript array but its not working