Opening Windows

[Anon]

Hello

I have a link that opens a pop window with a few links in it. What I need is when the links in the popup are clicked they should open in the window that opened the popup.
Is this possible with PHP and how.

Thanks

[djg_uk]

Hi Rui,

I'm not sure if it is possible in PHP, but I know that you can refer to a parent window in Javascript using the window.opener property.

So, you'd write a link like so:

<a href="javascript:window.opener.document.location.href = 'mylink.html';">LinkText</a>

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

David Grant

[kudel3]

It's not possible in PHP, since PHP is working on the server side, whereas this kind of functionality would require something on the client side. So JavaScript would be the way to go, yes. It amazes me how many people mix up the client vs server side thing.

[Anon]

Hello Again

I was using javascript in the first place but I was using the window.open method with the name of the parent window.
This proved not to be very effective, that why I was asking if it is possible in PHP.
I don't confuse server and client scripting, my knowledge of Javascript is not as good as I would like.

Thanks for the replies, I will try your solution.