link to do a command

[flemingmike]

hello, i was wondering if there is a way to have a link do a command, but not to goto a page.  my reason being is that the music player software i use has a built in web server and if you goto a certain page, it will process that command.  so right now, i have an iframe that i do a target to.  its pretty mickey mouse, but its what i knew how to do.

 

thanks

[jdavidbakr]

You'll have to either do it the way you're doing, or use some AJAX tricks.  If you don't want to take the time to learn ajax, I don't think what you're doing is necessarily a bad way to do it.

[flemingmike]

here is my iframe

 

<iframe name="control" width="1" height="1" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" src=" "></iframe>

 

and here is example of a button to start playing

 

<a target="control" href="http://'.$mp[host].':'.$mp[port].'/1.0/?method=player.play">
<img border="0" src="images/Button-Play-icon.bmp" width="64" height="64">

[flemingmike]

now if i keep it the way i have it now, is there a way to make it so when i click on a button, it also refreshes the page?

[jdavidbakr]

If you want to ping the server and load a new page at the same time, then you can actually have the link take you to the php script, then at the end of  the script execute a 'header("Location: xxx.html");' command to load the page again.

[flemingmike]

ok, i will give that a try.

 

PS.  if anyone wants to maybe work with me on this music conrol from web (also mobile device) i wouldnt mind the help.  i have all the main code completed.