Passing along data through websites 2

magicandmight · Apr 22, 2005

Is there a way to set a character combination on either a link or a drop down list that can be forwarded onto the next page so that javascript command can commense from the previous decision?

cLFlaVA · Apr 22, 2005

1) cookies
2) through the url string

*cLFlaVA
----------------------------
[tt]your mom goes to college[/tt]
[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.coryarthus.com/[/url]
[banghead]

magicandmight · Apr 22, 2005

And thus I ask an inevitable question: how do you pass it through the url string? Ive seen it before but never have thought about it. Any support documents that you know of?

tsdragon · Apr 22, 2005

Check out the keywords "querystring" and/or "get method".

Briefly:

http://www.who.com/page.html?var=value&var=value

Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard. [dragon]

cLFlaVA · Apr 22, 2005

Code:

<a href="thenextpage.html?mycoolvariable=stuff">Click Me</a>

then, on the next page...

Code:

<script type="text/javascript"><!--

function doSomethingSpectacular() {
    var splitAtEqual;
    var theWholeUrl = document.location;
    var splitAtQMark = theWholeUrl.split("?");
    if ( isArray( splitAtQMark ) ) {
        splitAtEqual = splitAtQMark[1].split("=");
    }
    if ( isArray( splitAtEqual ) ) {
        alert( splitAtEqual[0] + " equals " + splitAtEqual[1] );
    }
}

//--></script>

and

Code:

<body onload="doSomethingSpectacular();">

*cLFlaVA
----------------------------
[tt]your mom goes to college[/tt]
[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.coryarthus.com/[/url]
[banghead]

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Passing along data through websites 2

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