<?php

        $host = "localhost";
            $user = "admin";
            $password = "";
            $dbname="test";

        $con = new mysqli($host, $user, $password, $dbname)
            or die ('Could not connect to the database server' . mysqli_connect_error());

?>

<script type="text/javascript">
        var array = [<?php
          $sql = mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT name FROM users");
          while ($row = $sql->fetch_assoc()) {
                unset($name);
                $name = $row['name'];
                echo '<p>'.$name.'</p>';
    }
    ?>
        ];
        document.write(array);
        </script>