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I need to get variables from a html link, this is the link and when it is clicked it shows the popup window.

<a href='#' onclick=\"show('poruka');var idporuke=$porid; \">Pogledaj<a>

And I have var idporuke=$porid; which is working like a charm. But I need to pass that variable to php script? I can't use GET or POST methods.

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If you can't use the "GET" or "POST" methods to send you data you are SOL. –  secretformula Aug 20 '11 at 12:53
 
I'm afraid you're going to have to, or some form of AJAX –  benhowdle89 Aug 20 '11 at 12:53
 
How can i do it ? ... I can use "GET" and "POST" but how do i do it with link ? .. Btw. When i use post and get the popup window dissapear :S –  haris Aug 20 '11 at 12:56
 
@haris: Can you use jQuery ?? –  NAVEED Aug 20 '11 at 12:57
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You have to use Javascript's XMLHTTPRequest object to create a request (GET or POST) and send it. It will load without refreshing the current page. Or, you could use an iframe HTML element. –  RSully Aug 20 '11 at 12:59
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<img src="about:blank" id="fake_request" style="position:absolute; top: -20px;left:-20px;width:1px;height:1px;" />

<a href='#' onclick=\"show('poruka');var idporuke=$porid; document.getElementById('fake_request').src='/myPhpScript.php?idporuke='+idporuke+';">Pogledaj<a>

something like this

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I would not consider this very elegant, an iframe would do just as well, plus it is more correct for a request –  RSully Aug 22 '11 at 1:34
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Try this:

<a href='#' onclick="show('poruka');var idporuke=$porid;">Pogledaj<a>

Your welcome!

–SilverHorn

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It sounds like you are trying to pass a browser side variable to a server side script. PHP does all of its processing, then the HTML/Javascript takes over. The only methods you have for passing a variable through from browser to server are via either a page refresh or Javascript AJAX. If you absolutely cannot use POST or GET, you could use Cookies (http://techpatterns.com/downloads/javascript_cookies.php) or Sessions...although I am pretty sure sessions are not supported in Javascript. I would recommend using POST or GET depending on the variable size - Cookies come with a lot of limitations and conditions.

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