[RESOLVED] Help needed with passing var from javascript to PHP iframe

lindeack

Hi,

I have this code, but it is not working :

a file "test.html" containing :
<html>
<script language="javascript">
imain.location = "showparams.php?param1=hello";
</script>
<iframe src="showparams.php" id="imain"></iframe>
</html>

a file "showparams.php" containing :
<?php
echo "<h1>Parameters received:</h1>";
echo "Param1 : ".$_GET['param1']." //";
?>

When I call http://myserver/test.html, the value of param1 is not passed ( it is empty )

When I call http://myserver/showparams.php?param1=hello, then the value of param1 in the php file is OK !

I use Firefox 2 ( or IE6 ) with Apache2/PHP5 server.

Many thanks for your help !

bpat1434

Sounds like the DOM isn't loaded when you call the iFrame location method.

<script language="javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
window.onload = function () {
    imain.location = 'showparams.php?param1=hello';
}
// ]]></script>

See if that works.

lindeack

Hi,

Ok, I forgot to load the function which changes the src property.
Thanks for pointing this out.

bpat1434

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