javascript sending variable

[Dan]

Hi,

Is there a way to send a variable to a different page that it is
redirecting to? For example,

<script type="text/javascript">

var o;
if ( (o = top)
&& (o = o.frames)
&& (o = o.bob)
&& (o = o.document)
&& (o = o.title)
&& o == "test"
){
document.write( "yes")
} else {
document.locati on.href = "New Text Document.php "
}
</script>

If it is false, I would like it to set a variable that it will send to
the page "New Text Document.php" (that it is redirecting to). Is this
possible?

Dan

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Re: javascript sending variable

Dan wrote:
[color=blue]
> <script type="text/javascript">
> var o;
> if ( (o = top)
> && (o = o.frames)
> && (o = o.bob)
> && (o = o.document)
> && (o = o.title)
> && o == "test"[/color]

Looks like my code, although I would have spared the last assignment :)
[color=blue]
> ){
> document.write( "yes")
> } else {
> document.locati on.href = "New Text Document.php "[/color]
^ ^ ^
Err, spaces are _not_ allowed within URIs.
[color=blue]
> }
> </script>
>
> If it is false, I would like it to set a variable that it will send to
> the page "New Text Document.php" (that it is redirecting to). Is this
> possible?[/color]

Sure,

document.locati on.href =
"New%20Text%20D ocument.php?nam e1=value1&name2 =value2";

(or use concatenation and escape/encodeURICompon ent.)

In PHP, you use the $_GET superglobal (PHP >= 4.1) or
$HTTP_GET_VARS (PHP < 4.1), with safer register_global s=off.

I wonder why you did not use much more reliable server-side
redirection in the first place:

<URL:http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/reback>


PointedEars

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Re: javascript sending variable

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
[color=blue]
> Dan wrote:[color=green]
>> document.locati on.href = "New Text Document.php "[/color]
> [...]
> document.locati on.href =
> "New%20Text%20D ocument.php?nam e1=value1&name2 =value2";[/color]

`document.locat ion(.href)' is deprecated long
since, use window.location ' or just `location'.


PointedEars