m3rajk — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:59:24 +0000

hmmm.. turn off the pop up suppression and it works perfectly! apparently you were completely right. and i DEFINITELY need to do two things on the index: tell people how to turn on pop ups for my site via mozilla, (and if i have friends using opera and others find out on those) as well as to mention javascript is used.

and... make a link at the top of the page incase the pop up was missed

m3rajk — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 14:52:18 +0000

i didn't even think of that. i want it to go automatically and i'm testing in mozilla but i tested the javascript in IE.... my mozilla has pop ups turned off UNLESS otherwise noted. it might very well be that. lol. let me check

Suzanne — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 00:52:40 +0000

Assuming you want to open it automatically, when the page loads or refreshes...

<?php
<head>

// get your variable information with your function here
// this is just for example
$mid = '4';
$to = '3';


&lt;script type=\"text/javascript\"&gt;
// get the variables from PHP and set them in the JavaScript
var Tmid = =$mid;
var Tto = =$to;
var newUrl = 'http://24.91.157.113/findyourdesire/message.php?mid=' + Tmid + '&to=' + Tto;
var newWin; 

// set the function to open the window
function popUp(page, name, details) { 
newWin=window.open(newUrl,Tmid, 'height=250,width=514,scrollbars=auto,resizable=yes'); 
newWin.focus(); 
return false; 
}
&lt;/script&gt;
</head>
?>

And then:

<?php
<body onload=\"popUp()\">
?>

However, if people have popup windows blocked they will never receive these bits from your site. It's always good to have a redundant link somewhere. Such as:

<?php
<a href=\"/url/for/message/centre.php\" onclick=\"return popUp()\">get messages</a>
?>

Anyway, you need to write the JavaScript in a sensible way, write it first, then you can pass information to it. You can't just throw in instructions without context.

Suzanne — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 00:30:29 +0000

You want the window to open automatically? Or are you trying to write a link?

Show me how you have it in the HTML that actually works.

Frankly, I'd put a function in the header and then print a link unless I needed to have everything open automatically, then I'd write the function in the header via PHP.