close browser-window with php

[Anon]

Hallo!

I am looking for the way to close the browser-window.

In Javascript you can use a button and: onClick="self.close();"

how can I do that with PHP? I do not know how to adress the window-objects...

Thanks for help in advance,

Connie

http://www.avantart.com

[Anon]

It is not possible, PHP is a server software, not a client.

[Anon]

Simply do:

echo "<a href=javascript:onClick="self.close();">\n";

This pretty much places the javascript in your html...of course tweak the js because I suck at js 🙂

• Jim

[Anon]

echo "<a href='javascript:onClick=\"window.close();\"'>\n";

That's properly escaped and tweaked. Note the change from self to window - that ensures that the window is being addressed, as opposed to other things...

-Sado

[Anon]

You don't even have to put it in an <a...> tag.

Just...

<script language="Javascript1.1">
window.close();
</script>

...and then have your php code print it in order to (hopefully) close the browser down.

Probably redundant, but I figured I'd mention it.

--Robert

[Anon]

Thanks, Jim, and all others, who answered!

I wanted to get rid of the JS at all...
I dont want to write the JS and the <noscript>...</noscript> stuff

so I see it is not possible, I did not realise that a server-side 'process' can't manage the 'client side'...

in german we say: zu kurz gedacht = thought too shortly....;-)

thanks again, this is a great place here,

Connie
http://www.avantart.com

[Anon]

No problem Connie...and I thank everybody who built on my comment and fixed/tweaked my line as well. Thanks folks.

-Jim

[Anon]

Hi

this was really helpful
But my problem is that this page on which i can put this javascript for closing the browser is a part of the entire page
That is its a frame

There are like 3 frames on the page
And this page on which this text would appear is one of the frame.

But when i want to close the browser, i want the entire webpage to close and it is not working this way

It works with just one frame but with multiple frames on a page it doesn't work.

Is there a way out ?

Thanks in advance

[Anon]

I believe if you change 'window' to 'parent' it will work but I haven't tested it:

<script language="Javascript1.1">
parent.close();
</script>

Check me ...

~S

[Anon]

to be sure use "top" so no other frame is above...

<script>top.close()</script>

greetings,
absyss