Hi guys. I'm having a bit of confusion on how I can take a value from one (popped up) window and insert it into a form in another window (the winow where the popup came from).

Here is my code at the moment:

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function sendText(e, text)
{
e.value = text
}
</script>

$query = safe_query("SELECT * FROM `table` ORDER BY `manager_name` ASC ");
while($p=mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
$user = $p['manager_name'];
$id = $p['id'];

echo "<p><a href='' title='' onclick='sendText(document.sendmoney_form.to, '$user')'>$user</a></p>";

}

The form is called "sendmoney_form" and the field I want it in is called "to". I'm also trying to make it so that the window will close once a value has been entered into the form field.

Thanks.

If you opened the second window via window.open try referencing the original window as window.opener

Originally Posted by vangogh

If you opened the second window via window.open try referencing the original window as window.opener

I have tried that, it doesn't insert the value into the form.

Live example: www.betheband.org/sendmoney.php

I'm not sure I'm entirely following which page is which and what code goes where. The link to sendmoney.php is that the original window or the popup window?

The code you have in your first post above is that on the original page or on the popup window?

Could you post the code from both pages?

Sorry. My bad.

sendmoney.php

head:

<script type="text/javascript">
	<!--
	function AddressBook() {
		window.open( "./quickcontacts.php", "AddressBook", "status = 1, height = 300, width = 300, resizable = 0, scrollbars = 1" )
	}
	
	//-->
</script>

body:

<input type="text" name="to" value="<?php echo $_POST['to']; ?>" /> * [ <a href="#" title="Address Book" onclick="AddressBook()">Address Book</a> ] Who you're sending money to.

quickcontacts.php

head:

<script type="text/javascript">
	<!--
		function sendText(e, text)
		{
			e.value = text;
			window.close();
		} 
	
	//-->
</script>

body:

echo "<p><a href='' title='' onclick='sendText(window.opener.sendmoney_form.to, '$user')'>$user</a></p>";

click on address book and a popup will display the names in your address book. click the name and their name will go into the field "to" in the sendmoney file.

I understand now. This is a bit of a guess on my part, but you're setting the value of sendmoney_form.to with javascript and then trying to access it via PHP's $_POST array. I wouldn't think it would be in that array since you haven't passed it back to the original window with php.

You should be able to reference the value in sendmoney.php directly through sendmoney_form.to

The value is already parsed in the contacts (the popup). The only thing that goes to the sendmoney.php FORM is a string of text.

As I said before, if the javascript code to add the value into the form field is on the same window (file / page) it'll work. If not (eg. popup) it won't.

I guess I'm confused then. What I said above seems like it's the issue to me and I'm drawing a blank.

Are you able to access the value of sendmoney_form.to as a javascript value on the original page? Will document.write(sendmoney_form.to) show the correct value?

I have fixed it.

Popup (sendmoney.php):

<a href="javascript:;" onclick="MM_openBrWindow('quickcontacts.php','','status = 1, height = 300, width = 300, resizable = 0, scrollbars = 1')">Address Book</a> ]

The popup (quickcontacts.php):

<p><a href="javascript:;" onClick="opener.location.href='sendmoney.php?who=<?php echo "$user"; ?>';window.close();" target="_parent"><?php echo "$user"; ?></a>

Javascript:

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}

That makes sense. You're sending the URL with a get instead of a post now.

Glad you got it all working. Sorry I couldn't help more.