Header + Target

[Wien]

Hi,
I'm trying to do in PHP something very easy in Javascript. Look at the code below :

echo "<SCRIPT>top.location=\"mapage.php\"</SCRIPT>"; 

This going to redirect the top of my window, ok

If I want to do the same thing in PHP, I'll try something like :

header("Location : /mapage.php"); 

but it redirects only the current frame... So I'm wondering how to redirect the top window with a HEADER. something that will look like :

header("Location : /mapage.php, Target=_top"); 

Any idea ?
Thanks for your help
I've just suscribed to the forum, seems good, I'm from france and we don't have that much good php forum (we used to have a very good one but it just closed 🙁 )

[planetsim]

Well this doesnt seem possible.. Also i think you already posted this in another forum am i correct??

No i just looked through most of the header function in the manual this is not possible with PHP

have a look for yourself

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php

[julesdw]

The thing you are trying to do, I always thought, is a thing only possible with javasript. Unless you use header to locate you back to the same page with a paramenter to tell you which top frame to use then I don't see you have much choice.

I personally would not use frames as the chance that it won't format correctly on both Netscape and IE is higher. If you have to use frames then stick with the javascript.

[gOloVasTicK]

http://www.jahns-home.de/rentmei/html/frames.html
Very good text about your problem

[Wien]

Well thank you for your answers, I was expecting it is not possible with PHP and you confirm this, so I'd better stick to javascript which is not embarrassing but I wanted to satisfy my curiousity. bye.