question about php, or javascript stuff
 

ok

the question i have is....


does anyone know what to use to place values back into a form, from a pop-up type page, to the original page

there is a catch though

i know how to do it with

self.opener

but it doesn't seem to work in all browsers (netscape, and some versions of IE)




do you any of you know another, better, way to do this??? Maybe in php.. without reloading the original page???

Re: question about php, or javascript stuff
 

I posted this under the wrong account. Sorry about that. It was supposed to be me that posted this.












EDIT

I messed something up there. Not all of my message is showing.

sorry guys, and thanks for the help. I think i am just going to keep using the script the way that i have it. It reloads the page, but that's ok. It will work in all browsers, no matter what.

Thanks again for the help.

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As not everybody is using a javascript-capable browser, and not everybody with one even has javascript turned on, I'd like to recommend an alternative. Process the page with PHP, and if there's anything missing/incorrect, re-output the page with little red asterisks or whatever, maybe some instructions.

It's pretty easy to do. Setup a function that outputs the page. Now, when the user submits the form, validate all the data. If something is wrong, call the function that outputs the page, and pass an array of fields with errors. The function that outputs it should see if that array is empty, and if not, output a red asterisk or something before every errored field.

I can provide further help if you need it. The advantage is, <b>everybody</b> will be able to use your form.

I think most browsers are JavaScript capable now ... A simple (fast) javascript check might be better imo, and a lot less serverload.

There's one thing that I feel you should always keep in mind when doing code that accepts data from an untrusted source. Never trust what comes from the client, always verify it. Sure, you can do a client side check, but still never trust it, it's easy to bypass or just to create some false responses. Trusting what has come from the client is a recipe for disaster.

You can never be too secure.

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exactly what i am going to do.


I am going to be selling this, so i will have to make sure it works on every browser. If it doesn't, webmasters won't use it.

thanks a lot for your advice everyone!!!

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