Make A Window Close Itself After Running The Php Code?

i know how to do the link thing that if u click it it closes the window. but im wondering if theres a way to automatically close a window after the php code is done running. cause i have an inbox and theres a link to delete the message if you click on it it will open up a new windows and run the php script to delete the message then it will say message deleted. im wondering how instead if just saying msg deleted it can close itself(the window) as well? does anyone know how? can i do it with pure php or do i need javascript too? i figured javascript.