Reload frames with PHP

[Rod]

Hi,

I have a page with 3 frames. A top banner frame, a left menu frame and a main content frame.

When a user logs in (through a form in the main frame), the validation is done in php by looking up a mysql db. If the user is allowed to login, I then want to refresh the menu frame with the correct menu options for that user. I have the menu code working correctly to display the allowable options, I just need to know how to refresh it.

Is it possible to reload/refresh a page in another frame using php, or would I have to load the main page and then refresh the menu using javascript?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Rod

[sarahk]

Personally, I'd do it using javascript once the main frame has reloaded because you don't know if the user will successfully log in.

You can tell a form to load in a particular frame but you need two to reload.

another option is that you have 3 frames - a banner, a side menu and main.

index.php loads the banner frame and "frame2"
frame2 loads menu and main.

Now using html (not php) you can make your login form target be frame2 which forces both to reload
BUT
frame2 would have to process the login and setup the menu and main frames according to the result.

[jackinva]

You can simply have the form target attribute specify the frame that you want to have the script action run within.

However this may not solve your problem if you don't want the log in form to remain in the frame. For a similar problem I just resolved, I have the form action be the main document (that contains the frames). The main document is a PHP file that can process the form items and pass the necessary values to the other frame PHP documents.

It does require the forms to be redrawn, but at least it does reload the desired frames with the correct content.

Hope this helps.