how i close dialog box through php script

Question

    if(isset($_POST[submit])){  

       $exclude=array('submit');

       $sql ="insert into products set ";
       foreach($_POST as $k=>$v){
          if(!in_array($k,$exclude)){
              $sql_array[]= mysql_real_escape_string($k)." = '".mysql_real_escape_string($v)."' ";
          }
       }

       $sql .= implode(",",$sql_array);
       $q=mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
       if($q) {
          echo 'Inserted';
       }

    }

This coding is on iframe inside dialog box. I want to close dialog box after submitting form. How can i do this ?

Answer 1

step 1:

add a js function in parent window which close the iframe

function close_iframe()
{
   $('#iframe_id').remove();
}

step 2:

call this js function from iframe when successfully inserted like

if($q){
     echo 'Inserted';
?>
         <script>
               parent.close_iframe();
         </script>
<?php
     }

Answer 2

you have to do this by using javascript as php cant work on client side. use this after submitting -

echo "<script> window.close(); </script>";

this might work.