passing hidden field vars to 2 Frames

kusarigama

Hi 🙂,

I`m trying to pass hidden field variables
to two frames via one link. I'm using javascript but it won't work. Can anybody help me ?
Is there a way to do it with php only ?
Olli

function javafunction(formular)
{
document.formular.action.value = "data.php4";
document.formular.target.value = "model";
document.formular.submit();
document.formular.action.value = "roll.php4";
document.formular.target.value = "bottom";
document.formular.submit();
}
<?
$reader = "model_data";
print"<form name=\"$reader$modelcount\" method=\"post\">";

$modelcount++;

.....Here are the hidden fields ...
.....Here are the hidden fields ...

print"</form>";
?>

andrin

Hmm...

JavaScript = client script programming.
PHP = server script programming.

Those two things are different. I think it´s something wrong with your JavaScript code. Probably you just need to write the right DOM path. But I can be wrong...

/Andrin

kusarigama

Hello,

I'm pretty new in PHP. What do mean with DOM path,

Olli

zalath

You're trying to do two posts at the same time, which is AFAIK not possible. Do you have a good reason to do this? I mean, I'm sure there are a number of workarounds for whatever you're trying to accomplish.

-L-

andrin

DOM stands for Document Object Model. It has nothing to do with PHP. It´s a client thing (HTML, JavaScript). Say you want to get to the first form in HTML document. Then you write:
document.forms[0]

if you want to get the second form:
document.forms[1]

and so on... With DOM you "step" your way "down" in the document. Much the same way you do when you want to get to a file on your computer. The file may be residing in say wwwroot in Inetpub on harddrive C hence:
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot. So if you want to get to the file you have to "step" your way "down":
C: -> Inetpub -> wwwroot -> the_file.file

It´s the same with DOM:
document -> forms[0] -> name

This would give you the name of the form.

Conclusion! DOM is NOT a PHP matter :-)

If I understand your problem you should do like this:

Having say 3 frames (top, main and bottom). In main there is a form that the user actually can see and fill with information. Top and bottom both has a hidden form each. You could when the user press submit send the information from the form in main to the hidden forms both in top and in bottom. After this you POST the form in top and the form in bottom. Why now you would like to do a thing like this is a mystery to me ;-)

Good Luck and get back to me if you have any trouble

/Andrin

kusarigama

Hi,

i want the two other frames to remember the hidden field variables which were send from the first frame. Therefore I wanted to do it that way 🙂.

Oliver

kusarigama

Hi,

oh, thanks for the explenation 😉 !

I just want the other to frames to get/remember the value of the the hidden fields which were set in the navigation frame

Oliver

Anon

try calling a frameset with dynamic urls in the frameset links .. something like this

this way, you can pass one variable to two different pages. I hope this is what you meant.

andrin

Have you read this article? http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/mattias20000312.php3

I think it´s very good if you want to use sessions :-)

/Andrin

kusarigama

Hi,

thanks, it helped me very much. So if I want to send it to frames, i do have to put it in a form, so that the frameset knows which variables are set. Is that correct ?

So another question is:

I have a navframe with a lot of pics. Each pic is a link to the second frame (main frame). Via a form (the pics) I send the hidden fields which I set in the first frame to the Main Frame. Everything works fine. In the main frame there are also pics with links which are, whwn I klick on it, update a picture in the same frame but two rows above. The problem now is, that all pictures are gone when I klick on one of these pictures which are also in a form.

All data will be read out of a text file that'a why I use hidden fields. The main frame couldn't remember the values. Do I have to put hidden fields in the main frame too ?

Sorry,

Oliver