ALERT

[jwk811]

when i use an alert on a link i want it to either stay there is canceled or go to whereever it was supposed to if clicked ok.. right now either one i click does the same thing.. how can i do this?

[AndyB]

An alert?  Do you mean a javascript 'confirm'?  Sounds like your js is mis-coded.

[jwk811]

yes a confim oops.. i dont know what i should put for the true and false.. to continue with the action will be true and to not do that and stay where you are would be false... would you know how to do this?

[fenway]

I'm not sure what you mean.

[wildteen88]

When you create the confirmation dialog box using the confirm function you store it in a variable:
[code]myConf = confirm('my confirmation message here');[/code]

Now the variable myConf will hold the value of true if the user clicks the OK Button, or false if the user clicks the cancel/close button. So to see what button they chose you use a if statement like so:
[code]if(myConf) {
    // TRUE - OK Button
} else {
  // FALSE - Cancel/Close Button
}[/code]

[jwk811]

so i could just put this at the top of my script?:
[code]
confirmLogout = confirm('Are you sure you want to logout?');
if(confirmLogout){
// TRUE
} else {
// FALSE
}
[code]
and an onclick="confirmLogout" where i need it?[/code][/code]

[wildteen88]

You'll need to add that code into a function like so:
[code]function confirmLogout()
{
    confirmLogout = confirm('Are you sure you want to logout?');

    if(confirmLogout) {
return true;
    } else {
return false;
    }
}[/code]

Then for your log out link, it'll be like this:
[code]<a href="logout.php" onclick="return confirmLogout()">Logout</a>[/code]

Now what it will do is if you click the link it'll wait until your press the OK or Cancel button on the confirmation dialogue box that will popup. If you press the Ok button it will then continue on to logout.php or whatever the destination is for the link. If you click the Cancel button or close the confirmation dialogue box it will do nothing and keep you on the same page.

[jwk811]

thanks but im getting another problem with that.. when the user clicks logout it shows the pop up but when they click cancel, after that it wont pop up anymore and just go ahead