Re: Reloading a specific window

1. you have the main window. 2. user clicks ADD, new windows pops up 3. user enters data into the new window, submits 4. action.php updates database and outputs: <script language="javascript"> document.window.opener.reload() self.close(); </script>

        <noscript>Close this window and reoad the main window</noscript>

together with all necessery html stuff Rich Fox wrote:

This does not work, when I replace my header function with: elseif (isset($_POST['btnSave'])) {

    .. database update, then...
    $ostr = <<< OUTPUT;
         <script language="javascript">
              document.window.opener.reload()
              self.parent.close();
         </script>

OUTPUT;

     echo $ostr;
     //header("Location: ".$_POST['CallingScript']."?ID=".$_POST['ID']);
     exit;

} several things happen: the database update does not happen, the mainwindow does not reload, and my form disappears from the popup frame and this frame is blank. I am probably doing something very stupid. Marek Kilimajer wrote

Output from action.php: <script> opener.location.reload(); close(); </script> Rich Fox wrote:

Warning for server side purists: My php scripts use javascript to popup

and

close windows. So this question, although posted to a php newsgroup, has elements of javascript too. Gasp! No flames please. I have a main window which I will refer to as mainwindow (window.name='mainwindow' in the onload event). The script loaded into

it is

mainListing.php. From mainListing.php I popup another window, with a

form

and a save button. The form's action is "action.php" In action.php I update the database and then would like to: (1) refresh mainwindow so it reflects the database changes, and (2) close the popup window. I have been reading, tweaking, trying different things but nothing is working. Currently, the action script does: ... elseif (isset($_POST['btnSave'])) { .. update the database, then ... header("Location: ".$_POST['CallingScript']."?ID=".$_POST['ID']); exit; } ... This reloads the popup window, and then I have a "close" button to close

the

popup. Then I have to refresh the browser window manually to see the

updated

table from the database. Can I get some advice on how to accomplish (1)

and

(2) above? Many thanks, Rich