Re: Moving to an anchor in PHP script

Hello Dean, thanks for replying... Well using an .html page can't work for me as I have dynamic graphics from a MySQL db in this PHP script... so if I want to change my graphics depending on the topic selecled, I cannot redirect to something like ""http://www.yoursite.com/page.html#whatever" So I guess I can't use anchors within a PHP script? Am I right or I don't understand? Dean Hall wrote: > > > I have a script which generate a dynamic page. Among other things, I > > have several anchors (such as <A name="intro></A>) in front of different > > topics. Using a form with the post method I have a topic selector which > > I want to use so it will branch to the selected topics. > > > > A typical <option> within this form would look like: > > > > <option value="#intro">1. It's time for e-commerce</option> > > > > Can this be done within the script? How can I control the positioning of > > the page at the selected anchor? > > According to < http://zend.php.net/FAQ.php#7.14 >, in a > <select> tag with > single selection, the name of the <select> tag is given the value of the > selected option. So if you have: > > <SELECT NAME="options" SINGLE> <!-- I think this is how you specify a single > selection. --> > <OPTION value="#intro">It's time for e-commerce.</OPTION> > <OPTION value="#conclusion">Time for e-commerce is over.</OPTION> > </SELECT> > > and I choose the first option, and then you do the following in the PHP > form-handler: > > echo $HTTP_POST_VARS[options]; > > you'll get "#intro" printed out. > > So, my best idea of how to redirect the user to the appropriate page would > be to do the following in your PHP form-handler (untested): > > header("Location: http://www.yoursite.com/page.html" > . > $HTTP_POST_VARS[options]); > > But for this you'd probably have two different pages -- one to handle the > form POST action, and one that you want to send the user to. > > Or... > > You could use Javascript (untested): > > <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> > function sendUser() { > document.location = "http://www.yoursite.com/page.html"ëwé Ð£ > ˜ÁÈ!´ + > document.forms[myForm].elements[options].selectedIndex; > } > > <FORM ONSUBMIT="sendUser()" NAME="myForm"> > ... <!-- options here --> > </FORM> > > My JavaScript's rusty as hell, and you may want to consult the DOM that's > really implemented in each browser to keep it cross-browser. Of course, my > first thought, the server-side implementation with a form-handler would rid > you of having to rely on a browser to do the right thing. > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Dean. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net