A little PHP variable help...

dspeer

I am trying to pass a variable from one page to another through a form. The second page that needs to receive the variable is actually a frames page (nested left) where the left side menu and the main page BOTH need the variable in question. What is the best way to pass it along to both pages?

mykg4orce

Basically what you have to do is pass the variable to each frame and any other page individually. If you have a frameset that would mean you have an index file or a frameset file which holds the html code for the frameset. This is where you have to distribute the variable.

I took 5mins and made a little sample for you 🙂

The way its gonna work is like this:

<frameset cols="157,*" frameborder="NO" border="0" framespacing="0" rows="*"> 
  <frame name="leftFrame" scrolling="NO" noresize src="left.php?newVar=<?php echo $textfield; ?>">
  <frame name="mainFrame" src="main.php?newVar=<?php echo $textfield; ?>">
</frameset>

You have to determine the name for the variable that carries the value, in my case its "$textfield" from the first page. But then each of the frames have to have this code in them (or where ever in the frame you want your variable to appear):

<?php echo "$newVar"; ?>

Do you see how it all connects?

Basically we are sending the ORIGINAL var to the Index File that contains the frameset code. "left.php?newVar=<?php echo $textfield; ?>" That is telling the LEFT PAGE to recieve a value for the "$newVar" variable and that value = "$textfield"

I have attached the 4 files set...look at them. 🙂

dspeer

You're the man... Thanks!