Popup and Close Window In PHP

bkeathley

I have a PHP application and am using PHP classes. I am building an application for a small business where the current applications they use have many popup windows to enter information into the parent window. I have a class for example and order class. It has items in the order, much like a shopping cart. I am trying to build a table that will be sent to the customer that looks much like this: http://iship.com/priceit/price.asp?F=78738&L=10012&W=0%2E5&MType=1&ACCOUNTNO=AISHIP&hei=10&wid=10&len=10&I=5&AB=5&WL=0%2E5&TC=US&RT=1&c_1=1&c_2=1&c_3=1&c_4=1&S__matrix=GO

In order to send multiple shipping options to the customer. The order class has a link to an array of shipping class objects. When the user clicks on the Add Shipping Option button the following should occur:

a window should popup and run a PHP url
let the user fill in the information and submit it.
then close the window after the submit.
Populate the new PHP class for shipping options.
Refresh the referer window.

I can do all of the above, but the javascript window.close WILL not work after a submit within the context of the popup window. An onclick="window.close()" will work if there is no submit happening.

Short of converting the entire thing to java classes and writing in complete java, does anyone have any suggestions about how to do this?

Thanks,
BK

silent

This sounds supiciously like a JavaScript question, but I will try to help.

In order to close the script on a form submission, you must set the onSubmit handler (in the <form> tag)
Like this :

I am looking into how to refresh the parent window after sich an action...

I will post again soon with that for you.

Weedpacket

I'd say it is a Javascript question, and inappropriate to the forum. (Clue: it talks about popping up windows, closing windows, and refreshing windows - which all involve these "windows" things PHP doesn't have anything to do with.)

Of course (it's ambiguous from the post, but) if the form is in the popup, PHP could just send back a minimal page that includes an onLoad handler to self.close() as its response. Of course, PHP can't do anything to the parent window then (it doesn't know about "windows", remember) ..... it's a Javascript problem, and hence inappropriate to the forum.

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=10453973#post10453973