Reload parent page after closing popup window

Question

I am trying to have the user sign in through a popup window. When they click the link to the popup window which is a php variable they can sign in. When the window closes

Answer 1

echo '<script>window.opener.location.reload()</script>';
echo '<script>self.close()</script>';

It works well in all browsers.

Answer 2

To reload a page, you can set the location property as the current value, like this:

window.location = window.location;

So for your case, you would use, literally:

onunload="window.opener.location = window.opener.location;"

You can also use the reload method of the location object:

onunload="window.opener.location.reload();"

This is the preferred method.

Also, please refer to the accepted answer for your previous question: Refreshing Parent window after closing popup

Documentation

• window.location on MDN - https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.location
• window.opener on MDN - https://developer.mozilla.org/Talk:en/DOM/window.opener