Re: Open window2 (javascript), enter info in a form, then close window2 and refresh window1. help.

It's possible that adding target="_top" to your form tag in the popup might solve your problem. Data Driven Design P.O. Box 1084 Holly Hill, Florida 32125-1084 http://www.datadrivendesign.com http://www.rossidesigns.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew DeChant <mdechant@insightpd.com> To: 'PHP list' <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:46 PM Subject: [PHP] Open window2 (javascript), enter info in a form, then close window2 and refresh window1. help. > I've gotten this far: > > URL to open an advanced search window(window2) from window1: > > <a href=\"javascript:newWindow = > window.open('db_viewMD.php?dsn=$dsn&db=$db&lm=$lm&advsrch=true','advsrch','h > eight=$vsize,width=310,scrollbars=$bln,resizeable=yes'); > newWindow.focus()\")>Advanced Search</a> > > > Enter text in a form (snippet from form, close window if cancel is clicked, > redirect window1 to new url, close window): > > print "<form name=advsrch method=post action=db_viewMD.php>"; > print "<td class=sansbold>field1</td>\n"; > print "<td class=sansbold><input type=text > name=field1></td></tr>\n"; > print "<input type=submit value=Submit > onclick=window.opener.location='db_viewMD.php?';self.close()>\n"; > print "<input type=button value=Cancel onclick=self.close()>\n"; > > Now the problem is that redirecting window1 isn't really helpful because the > form variables don't get loaded to window1 unless they are part of the URL > (ie. dbview_md.php?field1=textentered1&field2=textentered2) but they can't > be part of the URL because you don't know the text entered in the form until > it submits the form.) > > Is there a way to just refresh window1 after changing the PHP variable > (HTTP_SERVER_VARS["argv"]??) that holds the arguments for window1? > > -m > > > -- > 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 > >