HELP how to: Pass value from a form to iframe

**kidcajes** · 09-23-2009 11:52 AM

I have a payday.html with iframe in it:

HTML Code:

<html>
<body>

<iframe name="payday_info" src ="https://www.quote-advisor.com/iframe?i_type=payday&affid=8242&i_td1_color=bababa&i_td2_color=ededff&i_title_color=bfbfeb&i_submit_color=f0f0f5&i_width_td_left=20&i_width_td_right=80&i_width_table=100&i_align_left=&i_align_rigth=&subacc=1&i_width_table=100%" width="40%" height="460">
  <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>
</iframe>

</body>
</html>

in my index i need a textboxes for Name and Street Address and a Submit button. After the user enters the data and click the submit button it will open payday.html and displays the Name and Street Address in it.

Can anyone help me with the code i really cant figure it out, been trying reading other forums but no luck. I am new to iframe and haven't tried it before. Your help is greatly appreciated, TNX

**ichwar** · 09-23-2009 01:21 PM

Don't use iframes. Instead, use the php get() or post() function.

**smithee** · 09-23-2009 02:05 PM

iframe's are handy for when you want to display a new page in a portion of an existing page, so you still view the original one. Therefore you can seamlessly have the form on the same page as the iframe, and have it submit it like that.

It sounds like you want the form on the index page, and that leads to "payday.html" with an iframe... What will be in the iframe? The name and address? If so, why can't you put it on the same physical page as payday.html?

Oh yeah, and one final thing... a PHP page will be better instead of an HTML, so therefore it'll be "payday.php". Then it will be able to receive the data from the form via $_GET[] or $_POST[], like what ichwar has just said.

**kidcajes** · 09-23-2009 02:57 PM

Thank you very much guys for the suggestions. I understand that using php get and post is more appropriate to use. But i don't have a choice this is one of the assignment given to me by my professor.

I need solutions here. PLEASE if there is someone who can help me solve this. I greatly appreciate it, THANK YOU in advance

**ichwar** · 09-23-2009 03:53 PM

kidcajes, in that case, they you will have to use an iframe. Better yet, just tell your professor that iframes are clunky, messy and outdated, and that he shouldn't be making you use them when a php get() or post() will be so much simpler. ;)

On the practical side, I did do something like that once, but I had to use javascript to do it. Are you allowed to use javascript?

**kidcajes** · 09-23-2009 04:02 PM

Yes, i think we are allowed.

**descalzo** · 09-23-2009 04:26 PM

It's not really clear what you want to do.

You have "index", you have payday.html. You have an iFrame.

You want index.html with a submission form on it. Right?
Submitting the form will send you to payday.html which will have an iFrame it in. Right?
That iFrame will display the input from the form. Right?

**ichwar** · 09-23-2009 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by descalzo

It's not really clear what you want to do.

You have "index", you have payday.html. You have an iFrame.

You want index.html with a submission form on it. Right?
Submitting the form will send you to payday.html which will have an iFrame it in. Right?
That iFrame will display the input from the form. Right?

Yes, I think that's what he wants. As far as I know, the best way to do this is with cookies. I'd code the whole thing up for you kid, but I think that since this is your school, you would be better off doing it yourself so that you would learn how to do these things in the future. ;)

But I can help you with specific areas if you need help. Here's a good place to start: http://w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp

**smithee** · 09-24-2009 03:53 PM

Here's a little hint... to control iframe's from outside itself, give the iframe a name (which is "payday_info", so that's a good start) and any links/form buttons you want the page to load when the user clicks them, which is pretty obvious. To make it load into the iframe, you give the link/button a "target" variable which is assigned to the name of the iframe. For example:

HTML Code:

<a src="http://www.google.co.uk" target="payday_info">Click here to load Google into the iframe!</a>

Not giving too much away obviously ;)

**kidcajes** · 09-25-2009 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by descalzo

It's not really clear what you want to do.

You have "index", you have payday.html. You have an iFrame.

You want index.html with a submission form on it. Right?
Submitting the form will send you to payday.html which will have an iFrame it in. Right?
That iFrame will display the input from the form. Right?

Yes that is all i needed to do.

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