if condition window.open

fuzzy1

Hey all,

Trying to verify a condition based on a form post.
No easyway to tell if field has been posted.
Can't echo or echo alert as the php in question is layers below display.

Is it possible to open a new window in php something like the following?

$email_ba = $_POST['email_ba'];
if($email_ba='1'){
window.open('about:blank', 'about_blank', 'height=400,width=600'); 
}

which of course DOESN'T WORK but... you get the idea.

nemonoman

To force the browser to open an additional window, you're going to have to use javascript.

if($email_ba='1'){ 
echo "<script>window.open('about:blank', 'about_blank', 'height=400,width=600');</script>";
}

Note that all pop-up blockers will block this sort of javascript window.open -- they will allow window.open to work when initiated with an onClick event, but not with with a non-event-driven script.

fuzzy1

Thanks nemonoman,

That was my first impulse, however as stated the php in question is burried layers deep within crm web app module such that nothing echoed there ever sees the
light of day else I would have employed simple echo "ba_email true"; or
echo "<script>alert('ba_email true');</script>'; neither of which work.

Thought maybe window.open would, is there a work around for the pop-up blocking? (intranet base so matters not for general public)

bradgrafelman

fuzzy1 wrote:
Thought maybe window.open would

That's what is being suggested - output the JavaScript code to open a window.

What you're expecting is for PHP to open a window, but the problem is that PHP is server-side code; it doesn't know what a "browser" or a "window" is, let alone how to open one.