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
-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset 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

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
a target, if the form is outside the frameset, it will replace the entire frameset, exactly what you describe. Warren -Original Message- From: Jody Cleveland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 11:40 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Passing

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