[SOLVED] page redirect with variables help!

[countdrac]

hi

 

i really am having a difficult time understanding this:

 

i have a admin page that allows users to fill in a form

this page send the form info to a preview page which previews the form on the screen

on this page is another form (just a save and edit button)

 

when they click the save it calls a javascript function which saves the file and attempts to redirect them back to the original admin page      with info (which i have as a php variable) on what was just saved

 

i need to redirect them with the name of the file which was saved!

ie: admin?successfull=<?php $filename; ?>

i cant find anything to do this!!!

 

ive tried: document.goNext.action=

(goNext was the name of the form) - doesnt work

 

ive tried: header(Location:)

which sent but without the variables

 

and ive tried: location.href which did nothing

 

if anyone can help i would be greatly appreciated

[toplay]

I'm not sure if I totally understand you, but here's a very basic example of how to redirect and pass GET values:

 

<?php

$strFilename = 'sample.txt';

$strUrl = 'http://www.example.com/admin.php?file=' . urlencode($strFilename);

header('Location: ' . $strUrl);

exit;

?>

 

[trav]

i am a little confused as well, are you looking for a javascript event to automatically send the user to a new page once the file has been confirmed saved?

ie. so when they click the save button the info is sent to the server and saved, then retrieve the file name and send to a new page.

 

 

[countdrac]

right exactly what you said at the end

except i dont need to retrieve anything as i have the variables from the save function

(auto-forward with php if possible)

 

the redirect is itself within a redirect() javascript function.

 

but for some reason when i try the header('Location :' .$page);

 

it just reloads the current page (but it does the saving and stuff) just the redirect - this header command - doesnt work at all, the page  im currently on just reloads - not the one i indended to go to.

 

also i only want the redirect to excecute once the hit the save button (after which two functions are called - saveFile() and redirect() )

 

ive never seen the exit; command before but if thats in my code the page crashes and the the save button doesnt even appear

 

thanks

[trav]

i am less confused but still slightly, can you post some code.

 

one quick point though, the header('Location :' .$page); will only work if it is called before any html is displayed.  I don't know how this would work calling it in a javascript function but i wouldn't expect it to work. 

[countdrac]

hey

 

i ended up changing a whole lotta stuff and got used a hidden form thing

 

thanks for the help though

dave