Fetching html with php through JavaScrip

[shikko]

Hello all,

I have a strange situation, and I don't even know if it's possible to accomplish what I want to do.

I am interested in using PHP to isolate some HTML that is generated through two javascript pages. What happens is this: on page 1, you fill out a form that returns an index of names after you submit it (done with javascript). On this "index" page, if you click on a name, another page is displayed with name and contact information.

If that's not clear, go see http://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov/web/jobSearch
for an explanation.

Is there any way that I can create a php page that will, if given the information a user enters into the form, cache the resulting page? To my way of thinking, this means that I must load the page that is generated by triggering the javascript, and I have no idea how to do this.

Thank you very much.

[terje-s]

Well, I'm not even sure if I understood your point, but if I did, I solved a somewhat similar problem.

document.forms[0].pageData.value = '' + document.body.innerHTML;

and I had an <input type="hidden" name="pageData" value=""> in the script.

Using this, the entire current page content is stored in $pageData, and I was able to filter out what I needed from there. I'm not even sure if this is relevant, but I hope it is.. 🙂