Re: Header() to a different browser instance

Eric, You will not be able to redirect programmatic flow from a child window back to the parent window. You can spawn a child because the parent "knows how to" - there is no mechanism in the protocols that I've ever come accross which would allow the child to return control to a parent browser. Another of the curses of stateless protocols. The best you might be able to accomplish is to have the parent window go into a blocking state (server-side) and have the child send a semaphore of some sort. Sounds pretty flakey to me but it might work if you make sufficient allowances for the inherent unreliablility of HTTP connections. HtH, Erik ----- Original Message ----- From: "eric" <edahnke@istreetlabs.com> To: "php list" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 10:41 PM Subject: [PHP] Header() to a different browser instance > Hello List, > > I've got some javascript that pops up a new browser window. From within > that browser I call a php script that does some sql, and then does a > Header redirect back to the original page (browser instance). > > However, with the Header() redirect my original page just gets created > inside the second instance popped-up browser. > > Alternatively, the following just closes the window, and the php script > is never called from the form. > > <input type="submit" name="Submit" > value="Add"onClick="closeWindow()"> > > Can anyone share with me whether it is possible to do what I want to do > (essentially close a popped up browser and redirecting the original > browser instance), and give some advice on how to do it. > > Many Thx. - Eric > > > -- > 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 >