tep_href_link () and target="_blank"

[paulm2003]

Hi,

 

I am working on a simple "improved image popups" contribution, now I need to open a page in a new window without loosing the session info if possible.

 

I would like to use target="_blank" combined with the tep_href_link () function.

 

Probably easy or "impossible", but I am a still bit new to PHP so I am not sure if/how it should be done. Any ideas welcome (even only knowing if it is possible would help a lot)

 

Paul

[Noobish-n-stuff]

i can't say i've ever seen that use before. chances are, there is another way around what you are trying to do. if you need help, let me know.

[moonstone]

Consider this line in product_info.php:

 

<?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $product_info['products_image']) . '" target="_blank">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $product_info['products_image'], $product_info['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT, 'hspace="5" vspace="5"') . '<br>' . TEXT_CLICK_TO_ENLARGE . '</a>'; ?>

 

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[paulm2003]

Wow fast reply!

 

i can't say i've ever seen that use before

Maybe it sounds strange what I want so I explain a bit more:

 

If someone only has the image popup window opened, I want a link to the product in the shop, that part works, no problem. But if a costumer already has a "shop window" open, and clicks on that same link I don't want him to loose the session info.

 

(Hiding the link if a session already is opened would be ok to, then I would need to detect if a session is opened somehow?)

 

Hope this explains what I am looking for,

Thanks

[paulm2003]

Consider this line in product_info.php:

 

<?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $product_info['products_image']) . '" target="_blank">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $product_info['products_image'], $product_info['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT, 'hspace="5" vspace="5"') . '<br>' . TEXT_CLICK_TO_ENLARGE . '</a>'; ?>

 

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Hi Patrick,

 

that exactly looks like what I needed!

Thanks! :D

 

Please ignore my previous post I did not read Patricks yet when I wrote it

 

Paul

(That flood control and too many MySQL connections can be a real pain :( sometimes)

[paulm2003]

Sorry third post in a row and even quoting myself :rolleyes: will a be banned now?

If someone only has the image popup window opened, I want a link to the product in the shop, that part works, no problem. But if a costumer already has a "shop window" open, and clicks on that same link I don't want him to loose the session info.

Noticed a strange thing: it does not happen!

I tried IE and Mozilla, totally disabled all cookies, when I go to a shop page without "tep_href_link" links the cart is empty after I click the link, as expected. But when I click the "non tep_href_link" in the popup box the cart is still full! (even if I close all windows but the popup)

 

It isn't a problem, but I would like to understand why, does anybody have an explanation for this strange behaviour?