Reload() function not working inside another javascript function in Firefox.

[Vithya]

Hai All...
I want to refresh the page automatically ,after a function activate().
But its not working in Firefox.But fine in IE 6.

Here is the code:

function activate()
{

var where_to= confirm("Do you realy want to activate?");
if (where_to== true)
{
//some PHP code

}
window.document.location.reload(true);

}
else
{
return false;
}

return true;
}

[Vithya]

Help needed

[codeexploiter]

1. The code you've furnished in your posting seems to be incorrect and illogical. The way you've used the else part looks incorrect. Is this your complete JS code that makes the issues?

2. You use a return statement in the event of a window reloading this seems to be meaningless.

3. Provide a link of your page so that the we can have a look at it.

4. The correct one is the following:

window.location.reload(true);

[Vithya]

Is it correct now?
But needs to refresh for seeing the result?
I think error may be in this part of javascript only.
becoz there is no other place i used to execute this function

function activate()
{

var where_to= confirm("Do you realy want to activate?");
if (where_to== true)
{
<?php
//some php code
?>


}

window.location.reload(true);
return true;

}

[jscheuer1]

FF has always been more reluctant to reload pages than IE. There is some sort of logic involved, intended to avoid an endless loop of reloading, but it often goes overboard, erring on the side of caution. That said, the code you supplied makes it look as though the page always reloads, regardless of whether or not the PHP generated code is run. If activate() is called onload, it would make the likelihood of a loop very high.

In any case, it can often help to have a separate function for the reloading, and to use a short timeout to call it:

function doit(){
window.location.reoad(true);
};

Then wherever you want a reload use:

setTimeout('doit()', 20);

But, as I said, your code looks as though activate always reloads the page. If that is not your intention, try it like:

function activate(){
if (confirm("Do you realy want to activate?")){

<?php
//some php code
?>

window.location.reload(true);
}
return true;
};

Finally though, since we cannot see what the PHP code is doing, we have no way of knowing for sure what the problem really is:

Please post a link to the page on your site that contains the problematic code so we can check it out.

[codeexploiter]

function activate(){
	var where_to= confirm("Do you realy want to activate?");
	if (where_to== true){
		<?php
			//some php code
		?>
	}
	window.location.reload(true);
	return true;	
}

In the above code snippet you need understand whatever PHP code you've mentioned within the if construct of JS will be executed at the server side before sending the page's markup and JS part to the client browser.

According to your code snippet whether the condition is true or false it will reload the page. As I've mentioned earlier there is no point of returning a value from the above function as you are reloading the page which will completely change the current state to the page's initial state. Rest of the code now seems logical, though I don't know what will be the result that comes to the client browser after the PHP code processing.

[Vithya]

Thank u for the response.
Thanks for the suggestions .
function activate()
{

var where_to= confirm("Do you realy want to activate?");
if (where_to== true)
{
<?php
//some php code update query for changing the status & mail function here
?>
window.location.reload(true);
}
}

activate() is called onclick .
Changed the coding as per ur suggestion.But still its not refreshing after changing the status.needs to refresh manually.

[jscheuer1]

Perhaps:

function doit(){
window.location.reoad(true);
};

function activate(){
if (confirm("Do you realy want to activate?")){

<?php
//some php code update query for changing the status & mail function here
?>

setTimeout('doit()', 20);
};
};

Please post a link to the page on your site that contains the problematic code so we can check it out.

[Vithya]

i cant able to give the link..
becoz its in local ...

Is it correct now?
But needs to refresh for seeing the result?
I think error may be in this part of javascript only.
becoz there is no other place i used to execute this function

function activate()
{

var where_to= confirm("Do you realy want to activate?");
if (where_to== true)
{
<?php
//some php code
?>


}

window.location.reload(true);
return true;

}

[jscheuer1]

i cant able to give the link..
becoz its in local ...

At this point then:

1. Publish the code as it appears in 'view source' in FF before activate is run.
2. Try each suggestion and report back.