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Report Moderator Abuse Here: http://www.freecycle.org/faq/faq/contact-info Or Email Your Complaint to: faq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------ Twitter? http://twitter.com/terionmiller ------------------------------------------------ Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Terion-Miller/1542024891"; title="Terion Miller's Facebook profile" target=_TOP><img src=" http://badge.facebook.com/badge/1542024891.237.919247960.png"; border=0 alt="Terion Miller's Facebook profile"></a> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Raymond Irving <xwisdom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For me its very easy to pass php values to the client: > > echo _var($value,'name'); > > But the best part is taking control of what your client sees from the > server-side: > > C('#info')->show(); // now you see it > ... > C('#info')->hide(); // now you don't! > > Take control and start building powerful web apps with Raxan PDI - > http://raxanpdi.com > > __ > Raymond Irving > Create Rich Ajax/PHP Web Apps today! > Raxan PDI - http://raxanpdi > > > --- On Wed, 4/8/09, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: How can I echo a javascript var in an email subject > line? Possible? > > To: "Terion Miller" <webdev.terion@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: "PHP General" <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 2:34 PM > > Terion Miller wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Michael A. Peters > > <mpeters@xxxxxxx > > <mailto:mpeters@xxxxxxx>> > > wrote: > > > > > > Terion Miller wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > javascript is > > client side. > > > php is server > > side. > > > To use > > something client side in a server side script, the web > > > page > > > has to send > > it to the server from the client. > > > > > > The best way > > to do what you want to do is probably to do the work > > > count server > > side, but if you really want to use what javascript > > > produced you > > can create a hidden input with a specified id, > > > and use > > > dhtml via > > javascript to modify the input and insert the value > > > into > > > the value > > field of the hidden input. Then it will get sent to the > > > server when > > the user hits the post button. > > > > > > However, > > since you should be validating any user input server > > > side, > > > you'll need > > to validate that the variable is accurate - might as > > > well just do > > the count with php server side. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Michael I > > was kind of moving in the right direction as > > > far as the > > hidden input goes, going to have to google on how to > > > do it with the > > dhtml and all like you suggested. > > > > > > > > > Look at the various DOM > > functions - IE for > > > > > > <input type="hidden" > > name="wordcount" id="hiddenStudd" value=""> > > > > > > you coud do in your js: > > > > > > var myHidden = > > document.getElementById('hiddenStuff'); > > > > > myHidden.setAttribute('value',$yourvalue); > > > > > > > > > Thought I would go ahead and post a bit more on this, > > so here is my wordcount little function on the textarea of > > the form: > > > > > > <textarea name="Comments" > > cols="55" rows="5" wrap="hard" > > onKeyDown="wordCounter(this.form.Comments,this.form.remLen, > > 300);" > > onKeyUp="wordCounter(this.form.Comments,this.form.remLen, > > 300);"><?php if (isset($_SESSION['Comments'])) {echo > > $_SESSION['Comments'];} > > ?></textarea><br>Letters to the Editor are > > limited to 300 words or less.<br>Words remaining: > > <input type=box readonly name=remLen size=3 > > value=300> > > > > > > So I was thinking I should be able to pass that again > > to the next page which is the emailform.php page that is > > taking all the id= and printing them to an email .... > > > should be able to reuse that function right? > > > > > > <input type="hidden" id="words" value="" > > onSubmit="return > > wordCounter(this.form.Comments,this.form.remLen);" > > > > > > > or do I need to define the variable? think I'm > > starting to confuse myself lol > > > > You don't want the onSubmit in the the hidden input. > > > > I'm not a javascript guru - but I believe you can have the > > form onSubmit do the word count and insert it into the input > > field before the actual submit happens, I've never tried > > having an onsubmit function alter a value field though. > > > > I would change the textarea to have an id="Comments" field > > and the remLen input to have an id="remLen" field to make it > > easy to find via getElementById (as id attributes have to be > > unique), count the words and set them to a variable that > > then gets put into the hidden input before whatever function > > you run on the submit type onSubmit returns true. > > > > not tested - but something like this: > > > > function countTheWords() { > > var comment = > > $document.getElementById('Comments'); > > var remLen = > > $document.getElementById('remLen').value; > > var count = > > wordCounter($comment,$remLen); > > var myHidden = > > document.getElementById('words'); > > myHidden.setAttribute('value',$count); > > } > > > > Then in whatever function you run in the form onSumbit have > > it run the countTheWords() function before it exits. > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
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