force iframe to load

[gpig]

in refernce to this post

[webmasterworld.com...]

what do you do when "if you have multiple content pages and want the container page to reload the correct content page"?

im stumped on this and haven't found a sartisfactory anser yet!

[LangDesigns]

I don't understand what you're asking.

Do you want it so wheny ou click a link that page loads in the iframe?

[gpig]

sorry, i want a content page to load itself into an iframe when called whilst replacing the original content page withing the iframe,

make sense

[DrDoc]

Welcome to Webmaster World -- both of you! :)

In the orphaned content page, use a JavaScript to change the location.href if not within a frameset:

<script type="text/javascript">
if(top==self) {
top.location.href = "index.html?page=thisone";
}
</script>

...assuming the page with the iframe is called index.html. Then just use PHP (or some other server side scripting language) to set the iframe source, depending on the

page

variable.

[gpig]

lets pretend im thick for a sec, and can you walk me through the code slowly, cheers

[DrDoc]

<iframe src="<?php
echo ($_GET['page']?$_GET['page']:"someotherpage") . ".html";
?>"></iframe>

Just replace "someotherpage" with whatever the default page is supposed to be... and replace "thisone" in the JavaScript with the name of the orphaned content page (minus the .html part).

[LangDesigns]

This may be what you want, I still don't fully understand you.

<iframe src="STARTPAGE" width="pixels" height="pixels" name="NAME-OF-IFRAME"></iframe>

<a href="pagetwo.html" target="NAME-OF-IFRAME">Page Two</a>

That will open page two in the iframe.

[gpig]

cheers but drdoc is on the case but unfortnately its not quite working, but it really is because i am horrendously dim::

the pages i am using are

index.php (main page with iframe called FRAME1)

indextext.php (default content page)

parkhopper.php (content page i wish to load in and replace indextext.php)

[DrDoc]

index.php

<iframe src="<?php
echo ($_GET['page']?$_GET['page']:"indextext") . ".php";
?>"></iframe>

---

parkhopper.php

<script type="text/javascript">
if(top.location.href==self.location.href) {
top.location.href = "index.php?page=parkhopper";
}
</script>

[gpig]

no luck, when you call parkhopper.php it loads the index.php as requested but the indextext.php stays in the frame

dagnabbit!

[DrDoc]

Are you using the PHP snippet to set the iframe src attribute?

[gpig]

yeah im using the code just as you said there

[DrDoc]

Do you use the $page variable elsewhere?
You sure you don't have another src attribute for the iframe?
What does a View Source tell you?

[gpig]

nope i dont use the page variable and in view source on the index,php, it just has the indextext.php in the srcof the iframe as if i had coded it in html

[DrDoc]

What's your PHP version?

[gpig]

gawd its a from a webhoster above 4

[gpig]

version 4.3.4 to be exact

[DrDoc]

If you simply echo

[b]$_GET['page'][/b]

...do you get anything?

[gpig]

<iframe src="<?php echo $_GET['page'];?>"></iframe>

didnt do nothing im afraid

[gpig]

FIXED it i was missing a variable in the head of the content page thanks ever so much:)))))))

[DrDoc]

Great! Glad it works ;)