One of the projects I inherited recently contains the following code
which is used basically to store the record ID and editstate in the
URL's querystring. When I first saw it, I was scratching my head
saying, why would anyone think they needed to do it this way?
(My preferred way to store data such as this would be in hidden fields
which are submitted with the form, but I do realize that everyone has
different coding styles. And mind you, they do have hidden fields
which do contain IDs for other purposes...)
The script in the document head is
<script language="javascript">
function jfunc(arg){
window.location='thissamedocument.php?id='+arg+'&edit=false';
}
</script>
and then throughout the page this script is called by echoing the
following:
echo "<SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JavaScript'>\n";
echo "javascript: jfunc(" . $whateverID . ")\n";
echo "</script>\n";
Would love to hear any and all comments on the above vis a vis this
discussion.
--Kristina
> Susan hit the nail on the head. She's pointing out why I said it was a
> "hack" - if you're not understanding the problem correctly (the
> difference between client-side and server-side) then the proposed
> solution might be "simple and workable" but it's still wrong.
>
> More to the point, what exactly are your goals with this code, Paul?
> Are you just trying to get the exact time on the client's computer?
> Are you just trying to create a timestamp in their timezone?
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Susan Shemin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm watching this discussion with interest since I asked a similar
question
> > last month (about sending PHP stats from a JS onclick event). The
answer
> > that came up was to put a redirect to the link page, run the PHP
script on a
> > redirect.php page and then send it on to the destination.
> >
> >
> >
> > I've set it up this way and it's working fantastically, but I have
tons of
> > links and I'm beginning to feel hesitant about sending users to a
redirect
> > when there's so many harmful redirects out there. (Of course, not
mine...)
> >
> >
> >
> > Just as this question came up here, I was again researching it on
the
> > internet, and very clearly saw that the crux of the problem is that
> > Javascript is client side and PHP server side, meaning the 2 don't
mix
> > unless in Ajax.
> >
> >
> >
> > So I'm off to brush up on my Ajax and get it working, because
except for the
> > redirect, I can only see that Ajax will work.
> >
> >
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
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