Question

I have both php and javascript in my code. There are links which change javascript variables which are then passed to php via $get. To change the values I’m pretty sure I would have to refresh the page. Where could I put default values such that they load the first time the page does but not on every successive refresh as they would overwrite the values I have already? Thank you!

Answer 1

If cookies are allowable, you could set a cookie the first time you load the page. Then, every subsequent page load, your js function checks for the cookie.

<div id='name'></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
    function setDefaults() {
        //SET PAGE DEFAULTS - ONLY RUN AT INITIAL PAGE LOAD
        var nameDefault = "djronde";
        document.getElementById('name') = nameDefault;
        document.cookie = "page_loaded=1";
    }
    if (document.cookie.indexOf("page_loaded") != -1) {
        setDefaults;
    }
</script>