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[Eoin]

 

i am having a problem passing variables from a php file to a html file using a javascript funtion. here is the code i have.

/////////InteractiveMap.HTML//////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
<script type="text/javascript">  

 // This function is called when a building is clicked.     
 function buildingClick(id,name,desc) 
 { 	 
 var mywin;
 var isOpen = false;	 
 var searchInt;
 var passVal;	
 passVal = desc;
 mywin = window.location.href = "informationPage.html";
 searchInt = setInterval(function(){if(isOpen){var      display=mywin.document.getElementById("infoArea"); 
display.value = passVal;}});}	 
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////////InformationPage.html///////////////////////////////
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function(){window.opener.window["isOpen"] = true;};
</script>	
<textarea disabled id="infoArea"></textarea>
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////

I am just tryin to display the variable desc in the textarea "infoArea" but it wont work.Any help would be appreciated.

eoin

[scootstah]

<textarea disabled id="infoArea"><?php echo $desc; ?></textarea>

 

Like that?

[Eoin]

Unfortunately not.the variable $desc is a variable from a different page which is being passed when the buildingClick() function is called.

[Jessica]

In the URL? use $_GET['desc'];

[ignace]

  Quote

mywin = window.location.href = "informationPage.html";

searchInt = setInterval(function(){if(isOpen){var      display= mywin.document.getElementById("infoArea");

display.value = passVal;}});}

 

ROFLMFAO ... you just started writing JS or something? *Creative* solution

 

Do as jesirose said:

window.location.href = "informationPage.html?desc=" + desc;

 

And what scootsah said:

<textarea disabled id="infoArea"><?php echo htmlentities(strip_tags($_GET['desc'])); ?></textarea>

 

But it's quite possible the .html has to be .php otherwise the PHP will not get parsed (until you tell it to parse .html as well of course).