Passing a javascript variable inside window.open

benf posted this at 19:12 — 16th February 2007.

Joined: Feb 2005

I have a function that opens a new window when a button is pressed. However i want to pass a global variable in the link. This is what i have and stops the window opening altogether:

function submitChk(){

    window.open ("http://localhost/date/chk.php?"+<strong>check</strong>+",
    "mywindow","width=300,height=300, location=yes");

}

check is the variable im trying to pass.

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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 21:06 — 16th February 2007.

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Joined: Jul 2001

If you do something like this:

var mywin = window.open ("http://localhost/date/chk.php", "mywindow","width=300,height=300, location=yes");
mywin.foo = "value";

You'll find [incode]foo[/incode] is available to Javascript in the new window.

If you want the Javascript variable to be passed by HTTP request, then you would do something like what you tried, without syntax errors:

var mywin = window.open ("http://localhost/date/chk.php?check="+check, "mywindow","width=300,height=300, location=yes");