redirect parent from iframe page

[3Y3]

Hi

I'm working with a few pages that include the google maps api, and as a result I needed to implement a simple iframe fix for IE browsers.

In one case I need the page loaded in my iframe to redirect the parent page. This redirect is triggered on a form submit.
Currently this is the form action
<form id="searchForm" name="searchForm" method="post" action="<? echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']; ?>">

and once it refreshes it triggers the following code (since I have a hidden field named process)

if ($_POST['process'] == 1) {
redirect("

http://www.blah.blah");

}



any possible way for php to target the parent page with the redirect / find out if its trapped in an iframe at that point?

 

[Vragabond]

PHP has no awareness if it is inside a frame or on a single page, so php has no capabilities of referencing other frames. You would need to do that via html or javascript.

 

[3Y3]

I came up with this solution, but its only working in Firefox for some reason and not IE.

When the user submits and triggers the above $_POST['process'] if statement I jump to javascript and do the redirect, or am I insane for thinking this is possible due to the timing of php.

<?
if ($_POST['process'] == 1) {
?>
<script>
if (parent.location.href == self.location.href) {
alert ("Redirecting...")
window.location.href = '

http://www.newURL/newLink.php';}

</script>

<?
}
?>

Like I mentioned, it fires off and redirects fine in firefox (oh how I love thee) and I can see the alert, but in IE it simply looks like the page refreshes and does not trigger anything (no alert or redirect).
Any ideas?

 

[3Y3]

Never Mind, last solution was correct. I just had to knock out the if statement in my script and reduce it to

<script>
parent.location.href = '

http://www.site.com/newPage.php';

</script>