From: "Carl Natale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I need some help passing a variable to a popup window. The following form
> collects input from the user and stores it in the variable $summary.
>
> <?
> print "<FORM action=\"hint.php\" METHOD=\"post\">";
> $summary = "Hellow universe";
> print "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" name=\"summary\" value=\"$summary\"> ";
> print "<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Try This\"
> onClick=\"window.open('hint.php', 'remote',
> 'menubar,scrollbars,resizable,width=350,height=200,left=20,top=20');
> return false;\">";
> print "</form>";
> ?>
Try:
window.open('hint.php?summary=" . urlencode($summary) . "', ....)
Realise that the pop-up window is a totally separate document, from the web
server's point of view, hence hint.php cannot magically get the value of
$summary from the form page.
>
> When you click on the "Try This" button, hint.php opens up in another,
> smaller window just like I wanted. But the variable $summary doesn't show
> up
>
> <?
> file://hint.php script says this
>
> file://THIS LINE PRINTS
> print "Here's the hint:<BR>";
> file://BUT NOT THIS ONE
> print $summary;
> ?>
>
> If I take JavaScript out of the submit coding, the browser window moves
> to hint.php and prints the $summary variable.
>
> I'm much more comfortable with PHP than JavaScript. How can I deliver the
> text in $summary to a second, smaller window?
>
> Thank you.
>
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