Re: is this not possible?

here's the URL if case somebody decides to look at it; http://obi-wan.domintcom.com user: guest pass: domintcom go to customer service, prepaid pin, and then look up 3077876962 - activate, deactivate, and recharge this is for customer service of prepaid phone cards. now - when I reload this page to refresh the information sometimes it can really take awhile. I need to somehow get the information from the user on how much to recharge the pin for. now, before I refresh the page I need to get how much the user wants to recharge, process the recharge, and then refresh the page that all of this started on. I thought it would be the simplest if I could somehow use javascript to prompt the user for a value, confirm if the user wants to recharge xxxxxxxxx pin for $xx.xx, recharge the pin, and then refresh the calling page so it now reflects the new balance. I don't want to refresh original page until this is all done because it can take sometime for this page load at times. is everybody lost now? "Ernest E Vogelsinger" <ernest@vogelsinger.at> wrote in message news:5.1.1.6.2.20021118232000.00b4ae48@mail.vogelsinger.at... > At 22:39 18.11.2002, Jeff Bluemel spoke out and said: > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > >I'm been ignored on this question for 4-5 days now. even if it is not > >possible could somebody please verify this? > > > >is it possible to pass a variable from javascript directly to php WITHOUT > >using either a link, or a form submit to pass the variables? I've gotten a > >work around to call an image that's actually a php file, but run my script, > >and then return an image file. > > > >is this the only way? > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > > Generally spoken, yes - the browser needs to pass the data back to the > server somehow. > > What are you really up to? Do you want to transmit data to the server > without the user clicking on a link or a button? > > You can always use JavaScript to submit a form (even a hidden-only form), > or to reload the document with the same or a different URL. > > URL-Reload: > > document.location.href = url; > > Form submit: > > document.forms[formname].submit(); > > > -- > >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger > (\) ICQ #13394035 > ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ >