Hi guys,

I have existing values on my index.php like, $car, $boat, etc, on my existing index.php page... however, my ajax page can't use it... looks like i have to put the whole ./config.php and mysql select commands into that ajax page in order for it to work...

can somebody please guide me to an easier way to do this?

thank you in advance.

Provide some details. Are you trying to pass variables to a php page from a js page?

yes, perhaps... it's a ajax page: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ajaxtabscontent/index.htm

that's what I'm using...

this is what I have on my called out ajax/js page:


$attach2_db = mysql_query("SELECT attachmentid from tb_vbnews.attachment WHERE postid=$fpid ORDER BY dateline DESC LIMIT 3") or die(mysql_error());

while($attach2 = mysql_fetch_array($attach2_db)) {

echo "<a href=\"/news1/attachment.php?attachmentid=$attach2[attachmentid]\" rel=\"enlargeimage::click\" rev=\"loadarea\"><img src=\"/news1/attachment.php?attachmentid=$attach2[attachmentid]\" width=\"126\" height=\"110\" alt=\"$girl_title\" border=\"0\" /></a>";

}

looks like i have to put the whole ./config.php and mysql select commands into that ajax page in order for it to work...If I understand that right, yes you will. Each AJAX request is a new request quite separate from the original page load - your PHP script will need to connect to the database, make any required queries and generate the response. And don't forget to sanitize any input data from the AJAX request...

oh boy, is there anyway we grab the $values from the original main page php file?

Only if you cache them somehow. But if you can do that you probably don't need AJAX - could you just load all the content into hidden divs in the first place?

oh yeah! that's a great idea! How would I go about hidding the div and then making it apear when click on that tab?