reloading frames

aliyesami

hi Iam aware of reloading forms and header location for reloading pages but can someone tell me how do I reload a page made of frames? If I try to use header location to reload a page thats made up of four frames, he puts all the four frames into the center frame.

thanks

NogDog

Well, for a number of reasons I'd prefer not to use frames at all, but if you are, you could try:

header("Window-target: _top");
header("Location: http://www.example.com/main_page.php");
exit();

aliyesami

what are the disadvantages of using frames ?
I am using header("location:http://localhost/screen1_frame.htm");
this page comprises of four frames with different menus but after executing the above command I get all the four frames loaded into the center frame , you know what I mean? so i see all garbage and duplicate things on the screen.

NogDog

A couple of the problems with frames is that they are generally not search engine friendly, and they tend to make it hard for users to bookmark internal pages. And of course, you've run into a 3rd issue with them. 🙂

As far as the location headers, if what I suggested with the Window-target header before the Location header does not work, you could try it as one header:

header('Location: http://localhost/screen1_frame.htm;Window-target: _top");

PS: I edited my previous reply, changing "_parent" to "_top", as it's been awhile since I used frames, and forgot which target to use. 😉

aliyesami

Thanks for your help.
i tried your window-target: _top qualifier but I get error now :

Access forbidden!
You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 403
localhost
04/26/08 16:34:40
Apache/2.2.8 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.5

aliyesami

btw if I use your earlier suggestion (see below) then I get two frames from original page (left and center) get displayed in the center frame.

    header("Window-target: _top");
	header("Location: screen1_frame.htm");

exit();

NogDog

You might need to do this from the HTML side then, by adding target="_top" to whatever link or form tag is initiating this action.

aliyesami

a php script creates a form with the action as the script that has the header line in it.

echo "<form method=post name=changeform action='dept_selection.php'>";

at the end of dept_selection.php i want to put the screen in original form (all four frames intact)

I didnt understand you want me to put the target="_top" where.