javascript --> PHP

[Anon]

I want to pass two variables from javascript to PHP encoded in the URL..

I know I'm missing something obvious here.

The Javascript I'm using is.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" defer>
var parentwin = external.menuArguments;
var doc = parentwin.document;
var sel = doc.selection;
var rng = sel.createRange();

var str = new String(rng.text);
var date= Date();

var pass=str+date

window.open('http://www.myserver.com/upload/transfer.php?q='+escape(pass));
</SCRIPT>

The problem is that transfer.php treats the query string $q as a single variable.

How can avoid this and pass the variable names in the URL (similar to forms)?

Cheers

John

[yelvington]

Well, I'm missing something, too.

What second variable were you trying to pass? I see only one.

[Anon]

Well, yes there is only one..

but it's made of two components..

txt and date

I want to pass these as separate variables in the URL and pick them up as $txt and $date in PHP.

How do I do this?

JOhn

[yelvington]

Multiple values are passed as illustrated by the url of the page you're looking at:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=1&id=117960&thread=117945

Note the ampersands, which separates multiple values.

In your example, you passed only a single variable, named q.

[Anon]

Excellent.

Thanks for taking the time to help Steve..

I've added ampersands and varaible names for each variable separately.. works fine..

now I have...

window.open('http://www.myserver.com/upload/transfer.php?txt='+escape(str)+'&date='+escape(date));

and can pick up $txt and $date directly.