[PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Jay Moore
Jody Cleveland wrote: Hello, I've got a website here: http://beta.menashalibrary.org/about On every page, i've got a search box at the top. This search box searches the library's web catalog. The problem is, when someone searches, it takes them away from the site. What I'd like to do is take

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Dan Shirah
Frames?! As a fellow Wisconsinite and a web developer, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the state. Minnesota can have you. :P Jay PS - No, but seriously, frames?!?! There's nothing wrong with a Frame every once in a while! Granted they aren't used much anymore, but sometimes

RE: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Boyd, Todd M.
-Original Message- From: Dan Shirah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:20 AM To: Jay Moore Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset Frames?! As a fellow Wisconsinite and a web developer, I'm going

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Jody Cleveland
On Aug 15, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Dan Shirah wrote: Frames?! As a fellow Wisconsinite and a web developer, I'm going to have to ask you to leave the state. Minnesota can have you. :P Jay PS - No, but seriously, frames?!?! There's nothing wrong with a Frame every once in a while!

RE: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Warren Vail
Actually you may want to check back with basic html at the target parameter on your search form statement. HTH, Warren Vail Vail Systems Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jay Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:03 AM To:

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Jody Cleveland
On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Warren Vail wrote: Actually you may want to check back with basic html at the target parameter on your search form statement. HTH, Warren Vail Vail Systems Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Target won't work for me because the originating page with the search box

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Stut
On 15 Aug 2008, at 19:39, Jody Cleveland wrote: On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Warren Vail wrote: Actually you may want to check back with basic html at the target parameter on your search form statement. HTH, Warren Vail Vail Systems Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Target won't work for me

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Jody Cleveland
On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Stut wrote: On 15 Aug 2008, at 19:39, Jody Cleveland wrote: On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Warren Vail wrote: Actually you may want to check back with basic html at the target parameter on your search form statement. HTH, Warren Vail Vail Systems Technology

RE: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Warren Vail
Probably something I don't understand about your implementation, but the form parameter will allow a target parameter, and if the frameset contains a frame that is named (even one different from the one that contains the search form), the results should be placed in the target frame. Without a

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Stut
On 15 Aug 2008, at 19:50, Jody Cleveland wrote: On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Stut wrote: On 15 Aug 2008, at 19:39, Jody Cleveland wrote: On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Warren Vail wrote: Actually you may want to check back with basic html at the target parameter on your search form statement.

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Dan Shirah
That is exactly what I want. I apologize for the confusion. I was having a hard time trying to put what I was trying to do in words. But, yes, your second paragraph is exactly what I want to do. My knowledge of PHP is very limited, and I've tried to search for something that will do this, but

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Jody Cleveland
On Aug 15, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Stut wrote: On 15 Aug 2008, at 19:50, Jody Cleveland wrote: On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Stut wrote: On 15 Aug 2008, at 19:39, Jody Cleveland wrote: On Aug 15, 2008, at 1:22 PM, Warren Vail wrote: Actually you may want to check back with basic html at the

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Stut
On 15 Aug 2008, at 20:21, Jody Cleveland wrote: I work for a consortium of 30 libraries. Each library has their own website, but they all share the same web catalog. On each library's website there is a search box to search the catalog, which is on a completely different server from the

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Jody Cleveland
On Aug 15, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Stut wrote: On 15 Aug 2008, at 20:21, Jody Cleveland wrote: I work for a consortium of 30 libraries. Each library has their own website, but they all share the same web catalog. On each library's website there is a search box to search the catalog, which is on

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Dan Shirah
I work for a consortium of 30 libraries. Each library has their own website, but they all share the same web catalog. On each library's website there is a search box to search the catalog, which is on a completely different server from the websites. We've been finding that once people use

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Stut
On 15 Aug 2008, at 20:34, Jody Cleveland wrote: On Aug 15, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Stut wrote: On 15 Aug 2008, at 20:21, Jody Cleveland wrote: I work for a consortium of 30 libraries. Each library has their own website, but they all share the same web catalog. On each library's website there

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Dan Shirah
GET should work too. Do you know of any examples anywhere online for this? My brain shuts off at the thought of how I'd do that. - jody When you GET a value you are retrieving a passed value that appears in the address bar: Example http://www.mysite.com?name=joe www.mysite.com is the

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Dan Shirah
On 8/15/08, Dan Shirah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GET should work too. Do you know of any examples anywhere online for this? My brain shuts off at the thought of how I'd do that. - jody When you GET a value you are retrieving a passed value that appears in the address bar: Example

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Dan Shirah
There you go! Entering in the search criteria pulls up the search in a new window and automatically pulls results based on your search. Then I can just close the window to return to where I was on your site. I think that is simple and easy to use. And I'm sure not much of a headache for you!

Re: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset

2008-08-15 Thread Jody Cleveland
On Aug 15, 2008, at 2:58 PM, Dan Shirah wrote: There you go! Entering in the search criteria pulls up the search in a new window and automatically pulls results based on your search. Then I can just close the window to return to where I was on your site. I think that is simple and