can i pass data to two scripts with one form?

nephish

Hey there,
i have a script with a simple date select form, the page is in two frames. a main page, and a top bar. the form is in the top bar, but the page loads in the main window. the thing is, i also need a line of the top bar to change to reflect the user input. i need the top bar to display the date selected and i also need the main page to bring up the results.

can i do this ? can i have two actions for a form ?
thanks

devinemke

why not simply point the form's action tag to a new frameset that will in turn reload both frames with the appropriate content?

nephish

umm... that could be really easy. Thanks. Both pages in the form will act on the data if i use get or post in both of them ? i will try it out ! thanks a lot

kakki

use javascript,

sth. like
parent.topFrame.href=""
parent.mainFrame.href=""

devinemke

nephish wrote:
Both pages in the form will act on the data if i use get or post in both of them?

no. you will either need to tack the POSTed data on the URL as GET variables in the two <frame> tags in your frame set or stick the POSTed data in a session and grab the session data from each frame source. if the POSTed data is large then i would suggest using a session.

nephish

ok, i have never used javascript, where do i find out how to do this with posting data in the frame tags. Use the Frame index as another php script, have it get the source and then post it to each frame that loads?
thanks

nephish

lemme be more specific. all i am passing is a month and day selection.
using $Get['Month']
$Get['Day']
unless this requires me to use Post, i dont mind.

devinemke

nephish wrote:
lemme be more specific. all i am passing is a month and day selection. using $Get['Month'] $Get['Day'] unless this requires me to use Post, i dont mind.

if it's only two short string variables then just tack them on the URLs in your frame tags.

nephish

do i need to go to a different frame set ? and if so, how do i keep both frames from loading in the one frame of the window with the form on it?

devinemke

consider this simple example

test.php

<frameset rows="200,*">
<frame src="top.php<?php if (isset($_POST['var'])) {echo '?var=' . $_POST['var'];} ?>">
<frame src="bottom.php<?php if (isset($_POST['var'])) {echo '?var=' . $_POST['var'];} ?>">
</frameset>

top.php

<form action="test.php" method="POST" target="_top">
var: <input type="text" name="var"><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>

<?php
if (isset($_GET['var'])) {echo 'you entered: ' . $_GET['var'];}
?>

bottom.php

<?php
if (isset($_GET['var'])) {echo 'you entered: ' . $_GET['var'];}
?>

nephish

THATS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR !
thanks much

nephish

everything is working well., thanks for your help
one little thing left.
when the form is activated, it loads everything in a new window.
can i stop it from doing that?
thanks