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**shane.carr** · 06-03-2006, 09:22 PM

HTML Code:

<object name="combo" height="35">
<embed src="[php url]"></embed>
</object>

The php runs just fine. I put code into the php that echos a combo box. So, now there is a combo box with the values that I want. However, I don't know how to transfer the values from that to html. Does anybody know haw to do that?

PS: I don't know if this thread should be on php, html or javascript, so I chose html.

**mgraphic** · 06-03-2006, 09:36 PM

Is the php url comming from another source other than your own website? If so, php only gives parsed output (html, binary) so there is no values from it.

**shane.carr** · 06-03-2006, 09:57 PM

I have pages on two servers. Why? My main server doesn't support php. So, when I started coding php (about two weeks ago) I had to put my php files on the other server. So, yes, the php is on a different server.

Are you saying that it's not possible to extract variables from a php on a different server?

And, assuming that I put them on the same server, how would I access the variables then?

**mgraphic** · 06-03-2006, 10:36 PM

Within the script itself, you can use file functions (depending on the php version) to open and read file contents from another server. Once php outputs html to the user, it can not pass varibles back except through the proper request procedures ($_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIES)

**shane.carr** · 10:54 PM

I don't really understand what you're saying. I have an html where users go. I load a php into that html using <object><embed>. The php contains an echoed combo box. The php dynamically makes that combo box. If it was static, I would make the combo box in the html. And, the php isn't writing anything to the html. It might be writing a combo box, but not to the html. It's making it within itself. The html loads that php and it then echos the combo box to the object in which it's contained (I think).

And, how would I transfer information through the $_GET and $_POST methods?

PS: I like your quote.

**mgraphic** · 06-03-2006, 10:58 PM

hmmm... This is a really strange senario for me!

The only thing I can think of is possibly using javascript output (from the php page) giving a var value to the parent document (the html page).

I think having your site hosted on the same server would be much less headache tho!

**shane.carr** · 06-03-2006, 11:11 PM

Brilliant! But, how do I do the javascript output?

**mgraphic** · 06-03-2006, 11:27 PM

I tried to test, but I can't get the php script to display using the object > embed method

**shane.carr** · 06-04-2006, 12:03 AM

HTML Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Combo Box</title>
</head>
<body>
<object>
<embed src="[url of the php]"></embed>
</object>
</body>
</html>

PHP Code:


			
<?



echo "

<select>

<option value='number1'>Value 1</option>

<option value='number2'>Value 2</option>

<option value='number3'>Value 3</option>

</select>

"



?>

And, the combo box shows up when you load the html. It works on my computer.

Also, this would be a good restarting point for the conversation. Let's just get the selected value to pass between these two simple codes. Sound like a good idea?

**mgraphic** · 06-04-2006, 12:33 AM

Nope - not working on my localhost setup, sorry

**shane.carr** · 12:50 AM

Well, trying to just figure out the proper code without being able to try it is a possibility.

**mgraphic** · 06-04-2006, 12:46 AM

Same result I'm getting locally. I now think its IE that is blocking the object embed, are you using FF?

**mgraphic** · 06-04-2006, 12:48 AM

I tried in FF, and it wants to install an unknown plugin

**shane.carr** · 12:51 AM

I'm using apple's Safari. And, trying to just figure out the proper code without being able to try it is a possibility. That might be hard.

**shane.carr** · 01:51 AM

I checked it in FireFox, and you're right, it doesn't work. Doesn't work in Opera either. I don't have IE. However, if you have the newest version of RealPlayer (Yes, RealPlayer) you can load the page.

Note: There are more messages on the next page.

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**shane.carr** · 06-04-2006, 01:46 AM

I checked the other pages on my website where I embed an html in FireFox. It didn't work! Thank you for notifying me. So, is there another way to embed the php in the html, maybe an easier and more efficient way with the ability to pass variables?