[RESOLVED] Posting the contents of an iFrame

StevenJ

Hi,

I have written (with help from various forms on the internet) an input form that I can use to post data into my MySQL database.

There is nothing fancy about the form, but the area where the user types the text is an iFrame.

When I post the form, I can't get the value, so can't insert it into the database.

Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong? Clearly the iFrame isn't linked to the Form but I don't know how to achieve this.

MY FORM

<form id="InsertArticle" name="InsertArticle" method="POST" action="php.php">
    <input name="Article_Title"  id="Article_Title" type="text" /><br />
	<input name="Aricle_Description" type="text" /><br />
	<input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="InsertArticle" /><br />
	<input type="submit" onClick="Gettext()" />

<input type="button" onClick="dowithtext('Bold')" value="Bold">
<input type="button" onClick="dowithtext('Undo')" value="Undo">
<img src="graphics/undo.gif"   onClick="dowithtext('Undo')" />
<img src="graphics/redo.gif"   onClick="dowithtext('Redo')" />
<img src="graphics/bold.gif"   onClick="dowithtext('bold')" />
<img src="graphics/italic.gif" onClick="dowithtext('italic')" />
<img src="graphics/underline.gif" onClick="dowithtext('underline')" />
<img src="graphics/link.gif" onClick="createURL()" />
<img src="graphics/unlink.gif" onClick="dowithtext('Unlink')" />
<img src="graphics/insertimage.gif" onClick="insertimage()" />
<script language="JavaScript" src="js/jscolor.js"></script>
<!--[if IE]>
<img src="graphics/hv120x69.png" width=20" height=20"  />
<![endif]-->
<input onChange="Colour(this.value)" />
<script language="JavaScript"> colorPalette('h', 15, 10); </script>
<img src="graphics/justifyleft.gif"   onClick="dowithtext('justifyleft')" />
<img src="graphics/justifycenter.gif" onClick="dowithtext('justifycenter')" />
<img src="graphics/justifyright.gif"  onClick="dowithtext('justifyright')" />

<br />
<iframe width="500" height="120" id="Article_Title_Box" name="Article_Title_Box" ></iframe>

</form>

php.php

echo $_POST['Article_Title_Box']  ;

clearly there is no output from the echo otherwise i wouldn't be asking here, help!

sneakyimp

I'm not sure what you want. It looks like you are trying to get your form to submit to a php script which will show up in your iframe. if that's the case, you need to add a TARGET attribute to your form:

<form id="InsertArticle" name="InsertArticle" method="POST" action="php.php" target="Article_Title_Box">

At least I think that will work.

StevenJ

no, i'm not trying to post to the iFrame.

I have a form, with a number of text input fields, but instead of using a text area to write the main body of the form which I wish to post, i am using an iFrame.

I can get the values of the

<input name="Article_Title"  id="Article_Title" type="text" /><br />
<input name="Aricle_Description" type="text" /><br />

but and can print them out in php.php by using $_POST['???']

when it comes to

<iframe width="500" height="120" id="Article_Title_Box" name="Article_Title_Box" ></iframe>

though, this iFrame doesn't appear to populate a $_POST variable...........how do I get it to do so?

sneakyimp

I have no idea what you are trying to do. An iframe is not a form input.

StevenJ

I know that now (doh!)

I suspect it's a javascript issue - but wondered if there was a way to do it in PHP.

Basically I am posting a form with fields populated. Also on that same web page I am posting from is an iframe which is used to write WYSIWYG text - I just wondered if I could "grab" this somehow?

djjjozsi

i think in your WYSIWYG editor readme or config file you can find the variable name which creats when you porst your form.

those WYSIWYG editors i use all of them has a config file 🙂

But you can print with

print "<pre>";
print_r($_POST);
print "</pre>";
to find out its name.

StevenJ

the solution to this is hinted at in some of the replies..............:o

What you need to do, is use javascript to send the contents of the iframe to the form textarea, and then POST the form.......................

for information, I was using the tutorials located at http://www.almsamim.com/ for the WSYSIG editor.

thanks.

sneakyimp

if you want all the contents of the iframe, I think you can grab it this way:

var iframeHTML = document.getElementById('Article_Title_Box').innerHTML;

You can then assign it to a hidden input in your form or a text area.