Inserting information

[Jaan]

Well.. i have this little problem.. I have one page where.. there's one input.. and then i have to click on one link.. and it opens one popup window.. there i have to select something.. and when i click "use" in this popup window.. it closes this popup window and it inserts this information into input..

maybe someone knows how to do it..

[Jordan]

When you click the link execute HTTP Request that connects to a PHP script and submits the data. On return (when your PHP script finishes) close the window using JavaScript.

[Jaan]

umm..can you give me a little example? because i'm not good with ajax yet

[John]

<a href="#" onClick="close()">Close</a>

var xmlHttp

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
    var xmlHttp = null;

    try {
        xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    } catch (e) {
        try {
            xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {
            xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        }
    }

    return xmlHttp;
}

function close()
{
    xmlHttp = GetXmlHttpObject();

    if (xmlHttp == null) {
         alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
        return;
    }

    var url_update = "file.php";
    url_update = url_update + "?var1=" + document.FORM_NAME.INPUT_NAME1.value;
    url_update = url_update + "&var2=" + document.FORM_NAME.INPUT_NAME2.value; 
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4) {
            window.close();
        }
    }

    xmlHttp.open("GET", url_update, true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);


}

mysql_query("INSERT INTO `db` (`var1`, `var2`) VALUES($_GET['var1'], $_GET['var2'])"); 

untested...

[Jaan]

wait.. what it should do?

[tecktalk]

hmmm yes it can be done by here....
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[wahkiz]

var url_update = "file.php";
    url_update = url_update + "?var1=" + document.FORM_NAME.INPUT_NAME1.value;
    url_update = url_update + "&var2=" + document.FORM_NAME.INPUT_NAME2.value;

Basically sends two GET input to file.php. So if your Form's input_name1 textbox is A and input_name2 textbox is B. It requests the server via Ajax "file.php?var1=A&var2=B"

<?
mysql_query("INSERT INTO `db` (`var1`, `var2`) VALUES($_GET['var1'], $_GET['var2'])");
?>

This belongs to the file.php. Asks mysql to save the two variables into the database. Obviously won't work tho, you are lacking mysql_connect and mysql_select_db.

[MrGamma]

You could try this...

var newframe = document.createElement("IFRAME");
document.body.appendChild(newframe);
newframe.location.replace('http://mydomain.com/mypage.html');

The contents of the iframe could call a function with an onlcick event handler...

<a href="#" onclick="top.newframe.style.display = 'none';">Click Me></a>

[Jaan]

hmm.. I'm not stupid but i still can't get it.. I believe if I don't understand it now then I don't need it now.. so this means I have to use another way.. :/

[Orjan]

hmm.. maybe noone have really understood your question?

I have a guess how you mean:

you have an ordinary text input that you want to fill with a value, either you can write the value, or, you want ppl to be able to seach for them, so if they want to search, they klick an adjacent button and gets a new popup window with a search function.
when they have fount the hot they want, they choose it by clicking a button in this popup button, which closes the popup and enters the correct value into the base page input?