Passing a variable to a popup

[Wolfman]

Hi guys

I thank you for being the most helpful and responsive tech group around, and I have a new one for you.

Have you ever embedded Hulu on a page before? I use it quite extensively in popup "player" windows, and as each popup page requires slightly varied object/embed parameters specifying to which Hulu file to link, I've been creating a different HTML page for each popup. Now however, I face creating a multitude of individual popup pages, when the only thing that really changes on each one is the that one simple variable that's part of the basic object/embed code as shown below.

Could I not write the variable parameter into the embed code as the popup opens so that I can use just one landing page?

Here's an example of the basic Hulu embed code:

<object>
<param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/BPQUxVjl4taQoI4Op0vt6w/174/208">
</param>
<embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/BPQUxVjl4taQoI4Op0vt6w/174/208" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
</embed>
</object>

The only variable that actually changes from clip to clip is this part:
BPQUxVjl4taQoI4 Op0vt6w/174/208

How can I write the object/embed code into the popup page, including the appropriate variable, based upon which href link is clicked?

To see it in its current form, just select an episode from the dropdown:
http://www.airwolf.tv/welcome.html

[Dormilich]

you can pass that string by url and in the html file echo its value out

// something like that
<param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/<?php echo $_GET['param']; ?>">

you could also improve the php code further to protect against any kinds of hacking attacks though...

[Wolfman]

Thanks - but how would I write the url string? I assume the popup page itself would need to be php, while keeping the master page HTML.

[Dormilich]

@Wolfman
yupp.(although you can have the master page in php too)

// maybe you need to urlencode the "/"
hulu.php?param=BPQUxVjl4taQoI4Op0vt6w/174/208