Posted by Tom Scales on 05/25/05 13:03

OK, will do. The reload works, but I'd rather not do it.

Tom
"Paul" <freelance@dezignage.net> wrote in message
news:v7Wke.1477987$6l.577106@pd7tw2no...
> That's a good way to do it, as long as it works right :)
>
> You don't have to reload... you can reload without reloading ;) but it is
> quite a bit more complicated... using and dynamically created iframe
> object (with Js) ... if you want to know more about that, just search for
> something like iframe rpc on google...
>
> peace
>
> paul
>
> Tom Scales wrote:
>> It does. I ended up using cookies and it works reasonably well. I have
>> to force reload the page, though, as the Javascript sets the cookies
>> AFTER PHP renders the page, so the reload picks up the new cookie values.
>>
>> It works well. It's intended for my photography pages. The thumbnails
>> now resize themselves when the window is resized. It's actually kind of
>> cool.
>>
>> Tom
>> "Paul" <freelance@dezignage.net> wrote in message
>> news:uALke.1471779$6l.530601@pd7tw2no...
>>
>>>"Passing" variables from PHP to JavaScript is much easier than the other
>>>way around.
>>>
>>>ie: echo "<script type='text/javascript'>thisPage =
>>>'{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}';</script>";
>>>
>>>(very basic example).. but as soon as you're trying to pass variables
>>>from JavaScript to PHP it gets quite a bit more complicated. As far as I
>>>know, you will not be able to do it in any other way other than
>>>submitting the page with a form (hidden fields and what not) .. or
>>>through the URL .. (which can reveal data).
>>>I would say the easiest and best way is to create a form with hidden
>>>values that javascript sets... and the only way to get to the second page
>>>(where you need php to get your Js vars) is through javascript form
>>>submission.... so any link that's on the page would call a js function
>>>for instance loadPage(url) and that function would verify you have the
>>>data you need and then submit the form... (form's action attribute
>>>ofcourse would be the url to your second page.)
>>>
>>>I hope this makes sense to you :)
>>>
>>>take care,
>>>
>>>Paul
>>>
>>>Tom Scales wrote:
>>>
>>>>I need a set of variables that I can access in both PHP and in
>>>>Javascript. There are just a few things I can do in one that I cannot do
>>>>in the other.
>>>>
>>>>I've tried:
>>>>
>>>>- URL parameters (i.e. ?a=a&b=b)
>>>>
>>>>This works, in fact very well in php, but poorly in Javascript which has
>>>>no facility to split them. Also, I have more variables than I would like
>>>>to pass in the URL
>>>>
>>>>- Hidden form fields (as described in a recent post)
>>>>
>>>>Contrary to the implication of the post, then don't seem to cross pages.
>>>>For example, if page 1 has an <a href> to page 2, page 2 is unaware of
>>>>the hidden form fields on page 1
>>>>
>>>>Any better suggestions? I'm leaning towards cookies, as both handle
>>>>them reasonably well, but many people turn off cookies.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Tom
>>
>>

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