[Resolved] calling onload inside BODY

zzz

... Not quite a PHP question but for a PHP page 🙂

need to put

onload="blah(zzz)"

statement. normally it goes into <BODY> tag but in this particular case I can not put it there.

How else can I call it?

paulnaj

Hi zzz,

The following ...

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> 
window.onload = function(){
    alert('Hello world!');
}
</script>

... can be put in the head.

Paul.

Drakla

You don't need to put that in the head - I use the same method all the time and you can do it anywhere.

paulnaj

Hi Drakla,

I'm sure you could put it anywhere, but, seriously, why would you want to do that?

Paul.

Drakla

Maybe in case he's got a page structure like

include ('header-inc.php'); // all the stuff from <html> until <body> here

do your stuff for the main

include('footer-inc.php');

There you'd have to include it outside the header. I also noticed that loads of webfiliters like Webwasher could be oblivious to things declared later in the program. You can even just call a function later in the script and circumvent onload altogether - just make sure all the elements the script might reference are present before it's called.

zzz

Indeed This particular page has an included header and i'd rather call this locally then messing with the <head>.

paulnaj

Dear All,

The fact can you can do something doesn't mean you should.

If you pre-build a header function to be included at the top of every page then just put any 'head' javascripts in the header function.

I can't see why you'd want to spead javascript over the page when it's completely straightforward to keep it in one place and much much easier to organise and debug.

I accept there are occasions when you absolutely need javascript in the body (e.g. for document.write()) but this is definitely not one of them.

Paul.

thorpe

I can't see why you'd want to spead javascript over the page

i 2nd that!

zzz

Because it's an isolated case on one screen only and the header is used throughout.

paulnaj

Hi zzz,

What about the title of your page? Under your setup, you wouldn't be able to have a different title per page (unless you put another snippet of javascript in the body of course).

There are loads of ways of handling this sort of issue whilst still having universal 'header-inc.php' pages.

But, everyone has his/her own way, and as long as it works ...

Paul 🙂

zzz

Now, that's simple.

My header has a title setup like this:

<TITLE><? echo $title; ?></TITLE>

So all you have to is set that $title var on each page before you call your header.

😉

paulnaj

Exactly! So why not do the same thing for the javascripts! It's no different.

Paul.