Re: Run php function with user click

but that would take you off the current page wouldn't it? or would you return false? Jim Lucas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leotta, Natalie (NCI/IMS)" <LeottaN@ims.nci.nih.gov> To: "'Jim lucas'" <phplist@zonedzero.net>; <sweeney@verisity.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Cc: "Dave Shacket" <dshacket@believethis.org> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:25 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Run php function with user click > JavaScript could do a similar thing with onClick. > > -Natalie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim lucas [mailto:phplist@zonedzero.net] > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 4:21 PM > To: sweeney@verisity.com; php-general@lists.php.net > Cc: Dave Shacket > Subject: Re: [PHP] Run php function with user click > > > use flash to open a tunnel to the server and run a script, therefor it > never has to leave the current page. ::) > > Jim Lucas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Sweeney" <sweeney@verisity.com> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Cc: "Dave Shacket" <dshacket@believethis.org> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 10:36 AM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Run php function with user click > > > > On Friday 31 May 2002 05:44, you wrote: > > > I know how to have my php code run a function within itself. But is > there a > > > way that upon an event (clicking a button, etc.), you could run a > > > php function without having to go to a new page? > > > > No. PHP is a server side application. The only way to run a function > > or > php > > program is to send a request to the server. When you do that the > > server > sends > > back a response and your broswer refreshes the page. > > > > ..michael.. > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >