Posted by d on 11/18/20 11:42

"Steve" <stuck@need_help.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I currently have a problem passing a variable value from one page to
> another. Once a form submit button is pressed java pops up a window and
> displays some information. The problem being is variables value needs to
> be passed from the main page to this popup window ... but it isn't. why?
>
>
> the submit button one the PHP page is
>
> $s_download_action = "index.$phpEx?page=downloads";
>
> $download_url = "download.$phpEx";
>
> $hidden_download_vars = '<input type="hidden" name="download_id"
> value="' . $d_id . '" />';
> $u_download = "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"get_download\" value=\"" .
> $lang['Download'] . "\" class=\"mainoption\" onClick=\"window.open('" .
> $download_url . "', '_spdownload', 'HEIGHT=250,resizable=yes,WIDTH=
> 400');return false;\" />";
>
>
> echo '<form action="' . $s_download_action . '" method="post">';
> echo $hidden_download_vars . '' . $u_download;
> echo '</form>';

Your form is not actually submitting anything. The submit button is
returning false, which will cancel the form being submitted anywhere. You
could replace the submit with a button, have that create a new window, have
the new window (once loaded) call the opening document, and submit the form
to itself. You can specify a name for the window in the javascript that
creates it, and you can specify a "target" in your <form>. It's messy, but
will have you submitting to a pop-up box.

Posting to a pop-up box seems somewhat dirty. :-P

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