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@NogDogJul 28.2008 — #You don't really need any PHP for this. Just define the link with a URL query string to pass the desired values, and then use the "target" attribute to target the IFrame. The PHP page in the IFrame would then receive the values via the $_GET array.
Of course, you could use PHP to control the actual values used in the query string.
Alternatively, you might want to consider not using IFrames at all, and look into an "AJAX" solution using JavaScript to call a PHP file on the server and then update the page contents based on what it receives.
Passing Variables from Main Page to iFrame
Hi everyone,
I am having lots of trouble here. I tried searching google for a good hour +, and I simply cannot find anyone that gives a good example or what I am looking for.
Here is what I am trying to accomplish:
I have an iFrame located on a page, we’ll call it mainpage.php. The iframe is iframe.php. I am trying to make an <a> tag, or a submit button (whichever is easier, doesn’t matter to me) that when you click it, it passes a variable from mainpage.php to the iframe.php. This should cause the iframe.php to refresh, using the data that was passed to it from mainpage.php. However, mainpage.php should not refresh, only the iframe (iframe.php) should.
Any little bit would help. Thanks.
-webDevShane
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@NogDogJul 28.2008 — #You don't really need any PHP for this. Just define the link with a URL query string to pass the desired values, and then use the "target" attribute to target the IFrame. The PHP page in the IFrame would then receive the values via the $_GET array.<i>
</i><a href='iframe_page.php?var1=value1&var2=value2' target='iframe_name'>Click
me</a>
<iframe name='iframe_name' src='iframe_page.php'></iframe>
Of course, you could use PHP to control the actual values used in the query string.
Alternatively, you might want to consider not using IFrames at all, and look into an "AJAX" solution using JavaScript to call a PHP file on the server and then update the page contents based on what it receives.