having trouble passing variable

[urbley]

i need to pass a variable in a php echo "<script>parent.location='page2.php';</script>"; line. and in the php in the next code i need to use this variable.. does anyone know how i could do this? the data for the variable is irrelovant... it's just like a little flag piece of data that says the person got to the second page from the first and is not directly linkin to it.

Hope someone can help cos i'm absolutely stumped on this one!

Thanks.

Steve

[Birdman]

You could add a GET parameter to the URL:

echo "<script>parent.location='page2.php?ref=1';</script>";

...Then, in the parent window's script(page2.php), look for the GET var:

if(isset($_GET['ref']) && $_GET['ref'] == 1){
...yes, they came from the correct script...
}

[urbley]

Awesome thanks! worked a treat.