How to write PHP scripts in a new window

[Anon]

Hi. I am having troubles performing the following:

I have a selection box, and whenever I choose a selection, it will call a JavaScript funtion and write to a new window using document.open() and document.write()...

something like this:

newWin.document.open();

newWin.document.write('<'+'?\n');

newWin.document.write(' echo "Kelvin";\n');

newWin.document.write('?'+'>\n');

newWin.document.close();

however, the result window will not parse the PHP script (i.e. when I view the source of the new window, I can still see the PHP scripts)... what am I missing?

Thanks

[madmada]

This issue here is that you are doing client side page generation instead of server side. PHP works by parsing a file as it is being served up by the web server. The idea is that when someone requests a PHP file, the server parses it for php code, acts on that code and sends on the output as HTML to your browser. By using JS commands and writing code directly to a window, you're bypassing the server and therefore preventing any PHP parsing from occurring. This is why your PHP code is simply showing up as plain text in the window. In order for PHP code to work, it must be loaded from a page on the server with a file extension that has been associated with PHP so that the webserver knows to run the code through the PHP engine before sending it on to the client. Hope this helps.

Adam