PHP Pop-up

keyser_soze

Is there a function or whatever to make a new window that displays a page?

I tried using php in the javascript openwindow() function, but to my dismay, it didn't work.

Any idea's?

Thanks!
-Keyser

rebelo

tha_mink

Wha???

Javascript didn't work???

PHP is a server side language...you want client side magic.

Apples != Oranges
Here is some javascript that will work unless the client can't do javascript

EasyChen

in php tag

echo '<script>window.open("your url")</script>';

outside the php tag

hope help.

keyser_soze

no, that's not quite was I was asking,...

This is the code I'm using, but it doesn't work:

	if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)
				{
   					// iterate through resultset
   					// print article titles
  					while($row = mysql_fetch_object($result))
  			   	  {
				  ?>
	   	   			<font size="-1" color=#666666>- <a href="javascript:openwindow()"><? echo $row->headline; ?></a></font>
	   				<font size="-2" color=#666666>[ <? echo formatDate($row->timestamp); ?> ]</font><br>
				  <?
  				  }
                }
				mysql_close($connection);
               ?>

            <script language="JavaScript">
            function openwindow()
            {
            window.open("usernews.php?id=<? echo $row->id; ?>","<? echo $row->headline; ?>","toolbar=mp,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=auto,resizable=no,copyhistory=yes,width=500,height=300")
            }
            </script>

any ideas? (yes, my tables are set up properly)

tha_mink

I have a suggestion...

Is the openwindow() function defined in the <head></head>?
It needs to be and also you should pass the url and the headline through the function like so...(syntax may be wrong but you get the idea)

Then when you build the link in your body...pass all that php via the javascript function like...

<a href="javascript: openwindow('http://urlhere.com/phppage.php?variablename=$row->variablename', '$row->headline')

That will work as you need it to.

tha_mink

NiXXeD

Looks like you're using a link just like you normally would in HTML... Why don't you use the 'target' attribute?

a href="java script:openwindow()"><? echo $row->headline; ?></a>
//should be replaced with
<a href="usernews.php?id=<? echo $row->id; ?>" target="_blank"><? echo $row->headline; ?></a>

I don't understand why you would use javascript? Maybe just to adjust the size of the window? I think you could possibly have that usernews.php have a little javascript in it to make it 500x300... or if there was attributes in the HTML...

keyser_soze

I don't just use plain html because i want it as a popup window...

and it's still not working properly.
What you're saying is the code shcould look like this?:

<html>
<head>
	<title><? echo $valid_user ?>'s user page</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="league.css">
<script language="JavaScript">
function openwindow(url, headline)
{
window.open('url','headline'," toolbar=mp,location=no,directories=no,status=no,me
nubar=no,scrollbars=auto,resizable=no,copyhistory=
yes,width=500,height=300")
}
</script>
</head>

<body bgcolor=#000000>
<center><h2>Welcome, <? echo $valid_user ?></h2></center>
<table border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tr>
    <td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" bgcolor="#999999" width="200" height="150">
	<tr>
		<td>
		<table width="100%" valign="top" bgcolor="#333333" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="150">
			<tr>
				<td>&nbsp;</td>
				<td valign="top"><div align="center"><font size=2 color=#999999><u>User News</u></font></div><br>
				<font size="-2">
                <?
                $query = "SELECT id, headline, timestamp FROM usernews ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 0, 5";
				$result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query. " . mysql_error());

			// if records present
			if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)
			{
				// iterate through resultset
				// print article titles
				while($row = mysql_fetch_object($result))
		   	  {
			  ?>
   	   			<font size="-1" color=#666666>- <a href="javascript: openwindow('usernews.php?id=<? echo $row->id ?>', '<? echo $row->headline ?>')"><? echo $row->headline ?></a></font>
   				<font size="-2" color=#666666>[ <? echo formatDate($row->timestamp); ?> ]</font><br>
			  <?
			  }
            }
			mysql_close($connection);
           ?>

(I have already established my MySQL connection and al that jazz, but to save space didnt include it.

keyser_soze

Well,.. isn't there an easier way of doing what I'm trying to do?

I NEED the $row->id, but it obviously wont work with the openwindow() function...

Is there a funtion in php called: openawindowjsutlikejavascriptopenwindow() ?? 🙂

tha_mink

Nope...actually...Nixxed is right...

use the method he describes...it will pop up a new window...same size as the open one or the default window.

keyser_soze

ok,...

thanks for helping me though,...

I really appreciate it

tha_mink

If you really want to use the javascript it should read like this...

<html>
<head>
    <title><? echo $valid_user ?>'s user page</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="league.css">
<script language="JavaScript">
function openwindow(url, headline)
{
window.open(url,headline,"  toolbar=mp,location=no,directories=no,status=no,me
 nubar=no,scrollbars=auto,resizable=no,copyhistory=
yes,width=500,height=300")
}
</script>
</head>

<body bgcolor=#000000>
<center><h2>Welcome, <? echo $valid_user ?></h2></center>
<table border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tr>
    <td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" bgcolor="#999999" width="200" height="150">
    <tr>
        <td>
        <table width="100%" valign="top" bgcolor="#333333" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="150">
            <tr>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td valign="top"><div align="center"><font size=2 color=#999999><u>User News</u></font></div><br>
                <font size="-2">
                <?
                $query = "SELECT id, headline, timestamp FROM usernews ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 0, 5";
                $result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query. " . mysql_error());

            // if records present
            if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)
            {
                   // iterate through resultset
                   // print article titles
                  while($row = mysql_fetch_object($result))
                   {
              ?>
                      <font size="-1" color=#666666>- <a href="java script: openwindow('usernews.php?id=<? echo $row->id ?>', '<? echo $row->headline ?>')"><? echo $row->headline ?></a></font>
                   <font size="-2" color=#666666>[ <? echo formatDate($row->timestamp); ?> ]</font><br>
              <?
                }
            }
            mysql_close($connection);
           ?>

keyser_soze

No, that doesn't work either...

I'm just going to have to find out a way to resize the browser window on the load of the page so i can just use the target"_blank"

(any ideas?)

tha_mink

Yes...it WILL work...just a few things.

in your head...the window.open stuff needs to be on one line.

in your <a href> link...its "javascript" not "java script".

I just tested it on my server and it works fine.

keyser_soze

I did exactly that,...

I made all of the javascript (window.open) on one line, and i had already fixed the javascript <a href> before...

It's not loading the window, because of an error:

"Object expected"

I don't get this,... why it isn't working...