Display a page based on a a variable

NZ_Kiwis

This is easy but the variable is a javascript vairable

I have this javascript code

function PhotoID(id){
	var myID = id;
	alert(myID);
}

Now i want to include a page

require('page.php?ID=myID');

is this possible?

bradgrafelman

For one, this:

require('page.php?ID=myID');

is looking for the file with a name 16 characters in length that includes a question mark (a character that isn't legal on the NTFS file system).

For another, how is PHP supposed to require() something after it has already generated the output and exited?

Instead, you'd have to have the Javascript code redirect the user to the appropriate URL, or use AJAX to dynamically alter the page's contents after making a background request to the appropriate URL.

NZ_Kiwis

How would I return a picture then?

if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
document.getElementById("bigview").innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responsetext
}

??? the get function on my ajax points to a script which resizes a picture

bradgrafelman

Create a new <img> element and point its 'src' attribute to your script. Or, if you're simply replacing a picture on the page, just change that picture's src attribute to be the new URL (might have to append some random garbage to the end of the URL if you're trying to "refresh" the image located at the same URL).