SOLUTION:
echo '<script src="gears_init.js"></script>';
echo '<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if (!window.google || !google.gears)
{
location.href = "http://gears.google.com/?action=install&message=Welcome
to ABC! Please install Google Gears to enable offline
browsing&return=http://localhost/impact/tml_static/initGears.htm";;
}
//-->
</script>';
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of meerkat
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:34 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [gears-users] Re: Help Install from PHP
>
>
> OK. Back to my first effort. Some progress with this:
>
> echo '<script type="text/javascript">'."\n";
> echo '<!--'."\n";
> echo 'if (!window.google || !google.gears)'."\n";
> echo '{'."\n";
> echo
> 'location.href="http://gears.google.com/?action=install&message=Welcome
> Please install Google Gears to enable offline
> browsing&return=http://www.researchanddeliver.com";'."\n";
> echo '}'."\n";
> echo '// -->'."\n";
> echo '</script>'."\n";
>
> The two things that are not working are I can't include
> src="gears_init.js"
> otherwise this snippet gets ignored and carry onto application, and after
> installing gears, the if statement is not being checked subsequently. So
> even if gears is installed I am taken to the Install Gears web page.
>
> What next?
> meerkat
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of meerkat
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:40 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [gears-users] Re: Help Install from PHP
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > I have tried another method that is still not working:
> > $js = <<<EOL
> > <script language="Javascript" src="gears_init.js">
> > if (!window.google || !google.gears)
> > { location.href =
> > "http://gears.google.com/?action=install&message=<Welcome! Please
> install
> > Google Gears to Enable Offline Mode>"
> > +"&return=http://localhost/impact/abc_static/test1.htm";;
> > }
> > </script>
> > EOL;
> >
> > echo $js;
> >
> > I have again tried this method with a simple alert statement and it is
> > working.
> >
> > Can anyone see why the if statement is being ignored?
> > Thanks,
> > meerkat
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:gears-
> [email protected]]
> > > On Behalf Of meerkat
> > > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 9:11 PM
> > > To: Gears Users
> > > Subject: [gears-users] Install from PHP
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have to install Gears from a php page. I have this:
> > >
> > > echo '<script type="text/javascript" src="gears.init.js">'."\n";
> > > echo '<!--'."\n";
> > > echo 'if (!window.google || !google.gears)'."\n";
> > > echo '{'."\n";
> > > echo 'location.href=\"http:\\//gears.google.com\/?action=install
> > > \&message\=\<Welcome\! Please install Google Gears to Enable Offline
> > > Mode\>\"+\"\&return\=http:\\//localhost\/impact\/home\\/
> > > index.php"'."\n";
> > > echo '}'."\n";
> > > echo '// -->'."\n";
> > > echo '</script>'."\n";
> > >
> > > I have uninstalled Gears and restarted the computer but the script is
> > > being ignored. No errors received.Just going on to the next page in
> > > the application, not going to gears.google.com
> > >
> > > I have tried this:
> > > echo '<script type="text/javascript">'."\n";
> > > echo '<!--'."\n";
> > > echo 'location.href="http://gears.google.com/?action=install";'."\n";
> > > echo '// -->'."\n";
> > > echo '</script>'."\n";
> > >
> > >
> > > and it works but I need all the details in the url and the if
> > > statement.
> > >
> > > Can anyone shed some light on why the first snippet is not working?
> > > Thanks,
> > > meerkat
