Wanted: Service Quick PHP Question

[Bob]

I cannot seem to figure out how to do this or find it anywhere.

I need to open a link in a NEW browser window.

In HTML, you do it with:

a href=". . . " target="_BLANK"


In JavaScript, you do it with:

window.open(". . . ");

How do you do this in PHP?

I tried:
header('Window-target: NEW');
header('Location: http://. . . ');

But I got a "Headers already sent" error in the main document.

ACK! Help please!

-Bob

 

[GiantDomains]

Why don't you just use javascript within the php document? That's the way I do it. Not sure if there is an actual php command, but I guess there must be.

 

[darrenl]

Ah you cant do this in php... its an active element which means it can only be used in browser code.

 

[WebCat]

I cannot seem to figure out how to do this or find it anywhere.

I need to open a link in a NEW browser window.
I tried:
header('Window-target: NEW');
header('Location: http://. . . ');

But I got a "Headers already sent" error in the main document.

ACK! Help please!

-Bob

Hey Bob, I'm no php guru, but I think the server is telling you you're resending http headers again, which it sounds like the server doesn't like.

I would pursue generating an html doc, with a meta equiv tag and research if there's an http header that will open a new window, similar to how the "refresh" will redirect. I definitely don't know what every one of the http headers are and do. I think there's about 60 or so, not including mime type headers.

Another possibility I'd experiment with would be to use php to generate a javascript doc that in turn executes and opens the new window.

I don't know if that helps or not. I'm probably more confused than you!

WebCat

 

[.com.net.org]

Try this Bob.

<?php
echo '<a href="http://www.dnforum.com" target="_blank">www.dnforum.com</a>';
?>

 

[ctrlnet]

Drop me a pm if you ever have any PHP-questions or if the above didn't help you out. Am fairly experienced and don't mind helping out! (That goes for all of you)