jQuery fancybox post - php

Question

I have a jQuery fancybox that takes the content from an iframe, here's the link to popup the box:
<a class="action_btn recommend_btn" act="recommend" href="recommend.php">Recommend</a>
and here's the code for the fancybox:
$(".action_btn").not(".save").click(function() {
$.fancybox({
'width' : 560,
'height' : 530,
'autoScale' : false,
'transitionIn' : 'none',
'transitionOut' : 'none',
'type' : 'iframe',
'href' : $(this).attr('href')
});
return false;
});
now I would like to post something to this recommend.php, so I can use this attribute/value in recommend.php, how can I do this?
One way I can think of is to store a session in the page prior to hyperlinking, but doesn't seem right.. seems like there should be a better way to do this

Answer 1

You should still be able to use the _GET http variable I think so:
Click
Then in recommend.php use $_GET['some_variable']. Unless fancybox does something crazy with iFrames.

Answer 2

since you already are using jQuery and possibly want to do this on the fly use .post().
$(".action_btn").not(".save").click(function() {
$.fancybox({
'width' : 560,
'height' : 530,
'autoScale' : false,
'transitionIn' : 'none',
'transitionOut' : 'none',
'type' : 'iframe',
'href' : $(this).attr('href')
});
// example uses a json object to pass data, change here to what you need.
// will also accept jQuery objects like so:
// $.post('recommend.php', $('#myData').serialize());
$.post('recommend.php', { name: 'John', time: '2pm' } );
return false;
});