Posted by "Gustav Wiberg" on 09/03/05 12:52

Ok! I didn't know that was wrong to "top-post"... I think I know what it is
now! :-)

/G
@varupiraten.se

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From: "Jasper Bryant-Greene" <jasper@bryant-greene.name>
To: <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Distinguishing between multiple browser windows for
thesame php session


> Gustav Wiberg wrote:
>> <?php echo $_SELF;?> ?
>
> Please don't top-post [1].
>
> This will not work. $_SELF isn't even a defined variable, unless you
> defined it yourself.
>
> PHP works on the server, *before* anything is sent on the client, so it
> has no way to know client-side things like what browser window you are in.
>
> You could place the value in a hidden form field with JS and then post
> back to the server, but something tells me you may be approaching the
> problem in the wrong way. Without more details I can't suggest
> alternatives, though.
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting
>
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