Hi guys,

I am fairly new to php. I am developing a ringtone reseller site. The ringtones,games and graphics are provided by another site.
Calls to the database are passed by URL to a php file on the server.
(eg http;//yadayadayada.com/returnval.php?x=1&y=2)

This part is working fine.
However I decided to use iframes. Passing variables to files that display in the iframes can be done using relative addresses.
But when trying to pass variables by relative address out of the iframe it will not work. I can do this only by using absolute Urls (eg ......).

I think it has to do with the parent page but I am not sure.

This is not really a problem but as I am developing in a different site I will have to change the absolute URLs when I move.

Does any body know the correct way to pass variables with a relative path from an iframe.

The development folder is viewable if you want to laugh at my layout.
I may change my mind about the use of iframes or try to make my own mysql database.
Feel free to pop in and watch the pages develop. I dont have browser checking this is just to test the php, the css is broken on MOZILLA.
Dont worry I will fix this in the future.

www.cashformulas.com

as you can see the index is a static html page.

junk ked

I have passed variables via iframes and never had a problem before, maybe a snippet of code where this fails will help.

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Hi there,

I use this to pass variables to the frame

<a href="#" onClick="content.location='display.php?CID=892&TID =2'">

I use this to pass to an included file on my own server

include "http://www.cashformulas.com/tunaphptemplate/showgroups.php?CID=$CID&TID=$TID" ; (this works)

I tried

include "showgroups.php?CID=$CID&TID=$TID" ;

and

include ('showgroups.php?CID=$CID&TID=$TID') ;

niether format works inside a frame but both work outside the frame!

I also checked
include ('showgroups.php') ;
include "showgroups.php" ;

both opened showgroups from inside the frame.It just wont work with variables!

By the way the book that I am studying "luke welling & laura thompson, php and mysql web development" uses the bracket single quote (' as their prefered method. Which is the proper way? the double quote " was used by the reseller in all their examples.

Looking at this problem for the third time I think it is probably a javascript DOM foible of iframes.

Any suggestions. Do not go out of your way , like I said it is not a real problem and once I have tested all the php and deployed the first version, I will start work on importing the database.

Now THAT will be fun!!

Thanks for the interest

Junk Ked

Looks like you've figured it out? The sample page looks all okay now... in any case I STILL had problems understanding the second explanation of the issue, to be honest.

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"Include" is a language construct, not a true function, so either way is correct re brackets or not. As for quotes (single vs. double), the normal parsing rules apply -- if there are no interpreted statements (e.g., constants or variables), use single quote for a slight speed boost (tells the parser to ignore what is inside the quotes, and treat it as a literal).

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