[RESOLVED] Adding content from DB into a popup window

rnunes

Hello,

I'm trying to accomplish something, and would really appreciate it if I could be pointed in the right direction.

Right now I have an index.php file that queries the DB, which then uses a tpl file to display the content.

The script works in categories, it then goes into sub categories. I've already created a cell to assign which categories I would want to be opened in a popup, with a form and TINYINT in SQL. That works fine. However, I wanted the information that would be displayed within that category, to display in the popup. How would I pass the information from that category into a new popup without the current template of my index file?

thanks in advance!!

leatherback

You can pass variables through the link-url:

Which you can ret5rieve in the popup:

$var1 = $_GET['var1'];

Which you can then use in your popup to query the database, and get the info to display.

rnunes

Okay, so I tried that method. On the index file I'm using smarty. On the popup file I'm not.

Output Link:

<h2>{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_REWRITE}<a href="{$cat.TITLE_URL|escape}/">{$cat.TITLE|escape}</a>{/if}{if ($cat.POP_UP) == 1}<a href="popup.php?c={$cat.ID}" target="_blank">{$cat.TITLE|escape}</a>{else}<a href="index.php?c={$cat.ID}">{$cat.TITLE|escape}</a>{/if}

Looks like: popup.php?c=1

My popup.php page looks like this:

<?php
require_once 'init.php';
$cat.ID = $_GET{cat.ID}
echo $cat.ID;
?>

My error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in /localhost/popup.php on line 5

I know I'm screwing up something somewhere, lol. I just have no clue where.

Thanks again.

leatherback

popup.php?c=1

<?php
require_once('init.php');  // Note the brackets
$cat.ID = $_GET['c']  // note the STRAIGHT brackets, as in my code; note: you 'get' c, as c is what you pass in the url
echo $cat.ID;
?>

rnunes

Okay, understand everything, except for : $cat.ID = $_GET['c']

Why would 'c' be in the bracket?? does the static letter always go into the bracket?

btw, I still get: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' on line 3

rnunes

Got it fixed, thanks again!