mglover88 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Hi, I was just wondering if it were possible (and if so how) to open a page in a new window when submitting a form via php? E.g. I have a poll on my website that is directed to the reults page by $insertGoTo = "results.php";. This all works but what I want to happen is for when the user clicks submit that the results page displays in a new window (or at the very least a new tab), similar to what would happen when you put a target=_blank on a html link. Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 PHP is a server-side language. It can't control the user's browser. You may be able to accomplish this with Javascript somehow, but that's not one of my strengths at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadion Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Hmmm you mean: <form method="post" action="action.php" target="_blank"> <input type="text" name="myfield" /> <button type="submit">My Button</button> </form> The "target" attribute is deprecated in XHTML and will not validate with a Strict Doctype, but brought to life in HTML5. You can use it safely as browser support is assured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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