reload after alert box

[chesneil]

Hi all,
A silly question I'm sure, but I don't do much JS work. I want a page to refresh after an alert box is clicked. How do I do it?
I've tried various methods with self.reload() but the correct one eludes me :mad:

Thanks in advance.

[Choopernickel]

if (alert('something') ) { location.reload(); }

[cheesebagpipe]

Interesting conditional.


alert('blah'); window.location.reload(true);

[Choopernickel]

well, chesneil did say "alert box is clicked" - I believe that typing escape cancels the alert, effectively returning false, does it not? it's been a while since I used alert for anything outside debugging.

[cheesebagpipe]

afaik, window.alert() always returns 'undefined'. Might be thinking of .confirm()....

[chesneil]

Thanks for your replies. OK, I didn't think it was relevant, but the Javascript is in the middle of php. None of the above work. After I click the alert button the script just continues running. Here's what I have:

<?php
if ($submit=="ADD TO DATABASE") {

if ($secondmatsmonth!=0 &&$firstmatsmonth!=0 && (($secondmatsmonth-$firstmatsmonth)!=6)) {

?>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--

alert('blah'); window.location.reload(true);

//-->
</script>
<?php

}

Any reason why it's not working...and an alternative??