[closing a window after script has finished]

sorry, wrong section.

[closing a window after script has finished]

i have window.open open a window letting the user know that something is going on when the submit button is clicked. The script takes about 10 seconds to run. I am having problems getting the window to close after the PHP script is finished. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[how to close a window.open after a script has completed.]

i have tried everythign and looked everywhere. i have a submit button used for an upload. during the upload, a window is popped up for the user letting them know that the upload is going. When the script finishes(PHP), how do i close that window? This has to be js right?

[works in FF, but not IE]

I have this function that is ran when the submit button is clicked. As you can see, it will display the div that is hidden. Inside that div is an animated gif. The animation only runs in FF but not IE. Is there any way around this problem?

function do_submit()
{
  document.getElementById("wait_msg").style.display = "block";
  return true;
}

<div id="wait_msg" style="display: none;"><img src="images/progress_indicator.gif" /></div>

[session question]

Actually, I came up with another idea, but right now it is only working in FF and not IE. I'm using an animated gif, havig it display when the submit button is clicked, the animation works great in FF, but in IE it just shows the first frame of the animation, not the whole clip? I hate IE.(sometimes) Any ideas why it won't work in IE. sorry to get off subject in the PHP section.

[session question]

Lets say I have a button on a page. That button runs a script which takes about 5 seconds to complete. At the end of the script, the user is still on that same page after a refresh of the browser. Lets say this is my session var below

 

$_SESSION['waiting'] = "Please be patient";

 

Is there a way echo that session on the page while the script is running, using PHP?

[am i in the right direction with this function?]

the only div that I would like to have closed on page load is

<div id="' . $row['item_name'] . '">

 

Wouldn't that hide every div on the page?

 

[am i in the right direction with this function?]

actually looking for something to work in conjuction with this function,

function clicked(element)
{
var div=document.getElementById(element)
if(div.style.display=='none')
div.style.display='block';
else
div.style.display='none';
return;
}

This is the click function for my divs, right now the divs are open when the page is loaded. Looking to have them closed when the page is loaded and still be able to use the function above for the clicking.

[am i in the right direction with this function?]

looking to close the div on page load

<div id="' . $row['item_name'] . '">

function closeall()
{
var divs=document.getElementById(' . $row['item_name'] . ')
if(divs.style.display=='block')
divs.style.display='none';
}

[works in ie, but not ff]

wow,, my mistake, had another div overlapping this one. i was so stuck on looking at the code, i should of switched back to design view to see what was up. All better now, thanks.

[works in ie, but not ff]

This is everything right here, 

<div align="center">
        <img src="images/register.jpg" width="117" height="30">
        <a href="http://www.mysite.com/registration.php">
          <img src="images/registernow.jpg" width="166" height="30" border="0" />
        </a>
        <img src="images/registernow1.jpg" width="667" height="30">
      </div>

[works in ie, but not ff]

in ie i get the hand pointer cursor and i can click the image and be redirected. with ff i get no cursor, just the standard arrow and when i click on the image, no redirection.

[works in ie, but not ff]

I'm sorry, didn't mention what was wrong. my href isn't working if FF.

[works in ie, but not ff]

Why would something this simple not work in FF?

 

<a href="http://www.mysite.com/registration.php"><img src="images/registerjpg" width="166" height="30" border="0"></a>

[syntax help]

thank you, just escaped them, I'm still new to PHP, and I keep forgetting about that. Thanks again.

[syntax help]

i'm stumped.

 

<?php
echo '
<input type="text" name="username" value="Username" class="grey" size="15" onFocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue) {this.value=''; this.className='black';}" onBlur="if(this.value=='') {this.value = this.defaultValue; this.className='grey';}" />

<input type="text" name="ptext" value="Password" size="15" class="grey" onClick="hidepass(this);"><input type="password" name="password" value="" size="15" class="black" style="display:none" onFocus="setEnd(this);" onBlur="if (this.value=='') {showpass(this);}">
';
?>

[What would this be called?]

kinda like keywords then. so then I would just search the keyword column of the database. I was hoping not to go that route but I guess it would be the easiest. Thanks for all your help guys. 

[What would this be called?]

I won't keep going on about this subject, just one last thing to mention.

 

Here is an example of a name and description in the database

 

Name: 1965 Gibson SG Electric Guitar

Description: rare 1965 gibson sg electric guitar. original owner. frets have pearl inlays. in very good condition with only minor scratches. plays great with no string buzz.

 

Now when I type in "guitar" in the search box, 65 Gibson is given to me as a result. (Nice!)

If I were to type in "guitars" in the search, i get no results (bad)

Also, if I were to type in "guita", the 65 Gibson is a result (still nice)

[What would this be called?]

ooppss, double reply.

 

do you mean something like this.

<?php
$query = "select * from MYTABLE where SOMETHING like \"$trimmed%\"  or SOMETHING like \"$trimmed%\"  order by ID";
?>

 

Just take out the first %  ?

That only allows me to retrieve the exact word if it is the first word.

 

[What would this be called?]

I was searching 2 different columns in the database, name and description columns, something and something were just rough examples.

[What would this be called?]

I wanted to search 2 different columns in the database, an name and description . I just put something and something in there as an example.

[What would this be called?]

"SOMETHING" is the column in my database where I want my search to look for matches with my $trimmed var.

[What would this be called?]

it seems to be that you are going to try to make almost a database of plural form words,

 

would it not be better to use like?

 

eg in your query have LIKE 'crash%'

 

that would return crash, crashed, crashing, crashn (for those who like to abbreviate) ect

So my query,

<?php
$var = @$_GET['whatever'] ;
$trimmed = trim($var);
$query = "select * from MYTABLE where SOMETHING like \"%$trimmed%\"  or SOMETHING like \"%$trimmed%\"  order by ID";
?>

 

lets say I have the word "guitar" in my database, with this code, it will not return a result when i enter in "guitars" only if i enter "guitar". Didn't you say that it should return a result or is the query still wrong?

[What would this be called?]

Now I'm confused. Someone told me(this person says they have been coding for a long time) when I use LIKE, that I shouldn't use the "=".  How would you have it. Any other opinions would be great.

[Loggin with session help??]

just by having  a cookie established, doesn't mean you have to have the user automatically logged backed in. The browser would just recoginize that this user has been here before and then from there, you could do whatever you want. Such as saying Welcome back for the 25th time, or 26th time, etc.