Javascript Variables into PHP?!

Does anyone know if/how I can use a variable created by a JavaScript "confirm()" field for example within my PHP script directly (without posting it as a query string again to the same page)?

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:: Best regards, Sebastian Röbke

A way I've done it in the past is to send the browser the variables through the URL. Then, when you get into the php, just do $REQUEST_URL or something(look it up on php.net), and parse_str(). You may want to have the javascript page do a setTimeOut() thing and redirect it to the php page.

If that made sense to you, great.

Have a hidden form field in your page, then have your confirm() function change the value of that variable. when the form is submitted, the next PHP page can then use it.

<script language=javascript>
function confirm()
{
document.form1.myvar.value = 'john';
}
</script>
<form name=form1 method=post action=test.php ONSUBMIT="confirm();">
<input type=text name=name>
<input type=hidden name=myvar>
<input type=submit value=Submit>
</form>

Hope that helps...

---John Holmes...

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Thanks for your replies ;-)
I´ve managed to solve the problem using your suggestions, but what I really wanted to do is to influence the further php-code by the confirm() field, without transferring the variable again by a form. I know that it´s a limitation of the client-server model at the moment.

Of course, the solution I´m now using works very fine ;-) Thanks again.

[This message has been edited by sebastian.roebke (edited December 27, 2000).]