This is the two code I have for one of my projects. The goal of this project is to have first page send information that opens into a new tab with the message from the information selected in the form. I am not fimilair with coding that much so my question is the following:
When I click submit the php page will open in a new tab showing the message and information. How do I or what direction should I look into to achieve the following tasks:
- click submit => open new tab with the php page
- click submit again => refreshes the php page tab that's already open with the updated information without opening up a new tab.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function dynamicdropdown(listindex) {
document.getElementById('senator').className = listindex;
}
</script>
<style>
optgroup {
display: none;
}
select.agriculture
optgroup.agriculture
{
display: block;
}
div#header{
padding: 1px;
color: yellow;
padding-left: 9px;
background-color: #000080;
}
.room130{
padding: 9px;
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="header" id="header">
<h1>test header</h1>
</div>
<div class="room130">
<h3>Room 130</h3>
<form target="_blank" action = "room130.php" method="POST">
<div class="category_div" id="category_div">Committee:
<select id="committee" name="committee" onchange="javascript: dynamicdropdown(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);">
<option value="">Select Committee</option>
<option value="agriculture">AGRICULTURE</option>
</select>
</div>
<br>
<div class="sub_category_div" id="sub_category_div">
Individual:
<select name="senator" id="senator">
<option value="">Select individual</option>
<optgroup class="agriculture">
<option value="the chair">THE CHAIR</option>
<option value="the presenter">THE PRESENTER</option>
<option value="test">test</option>
<option value="test">test</option>
<option value="test">test</option>
<option value="test">test</option>
<option value="test">test</option>
<option value="test">test</option>
<option value="test">test</option>
<option value="test">test</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
</div>PHP:
<html>
<header>
<title>Room 130</title>
<style>
div {
height: 200px;
width: 400px;
position: fixed;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
margin-top: -100px;
margin-left: -200px;
background-color: #000080;
color: white;
}
</style>
</header>
<body>
<div class="message" id="message">
<h2>Message <?php echo $_POST["senator"]; ?>. Thank you. </h2>
</div>
</body>
</html></div>
