Automatically close HTML page

Question

I have a Php document where after executing a query it will need to close the page.

My problem is that I cannot close the page.

I tried using javascript window.close(); but that does not work.

I also tried using simulated key press(that is using control + w to close the tab) but was unsuccessful in making it work.

Some windows cannot be closed, depending if they were opened by the `Window.open()` method or not. Was the window opened by a script? See the MDN Documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/close — insyri, Oct 19 '21 at 11:20
Hi, `window.close()` or just `close()` have to work. Could you provide a piece of your code please? — Adrian Zavis, Oct 19 '21 at 11:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 19 '21 at 11:23

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You can use

window.open('', '_self', '');
window.close();

answered Oct 19 '21 at 11:23

naxsi

As @insyri commented above, it won't work. The browser remember whether was opened from js or not – Adrian Zavis Oct 19 '21 at 11:24
@AdrianZavis try, anyway this works. – naxsi Oct 19 '21 at 11:26
What's your browser? – Adrian Zavis Oct 19 '21 at 11:27
@AdrianZavis i tried in Brave Browser, Mozilla and Chrome – naxsi Oct 19 '21 at 11:27
It does work, I don't understand why but it works, or why this is overcomplicated to do so. I used Chrome v94.0.4606.81 in the experiment and it works. – insyri Oct 19 '21 at 11:29
in any page you can open another page, with this script you open page inside page (??) , so you can close, cause this is a script oppened page. – naxsi Oct 19 '21 at 11:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '21 at 11:25

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I remembered this from a another post. javascript close current window

window.open('','_self').close()

answered Oct 19 '21 at 11:25

Chrissy

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