Re: Saving form input fields to MySQL br clicking on a button

From: Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 20:57:04 +0000
Subject: Re: Saving form input fields to MySQL br clicking on a button
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Hi, > Hi, > > I have a form where the user enters some information. For a particular > section of the form, I'd like the user to be able to save what he/she > entered so that the next time they feel out the form, they can recall > without the need to retype. This is not for the entire form but only for a > few input text fields. > > I created a button called "Memorize" but how do I have the page save the > values to my MySQL database when the user clicks on the button. I > understand that I can only use JavaScript to trap the "OnClick()" function > and not PHP but I cannot use JavaScript to write to a MySQL table. I do > not want to submit as that would reload the form and the user would lose > other changes to other fields. > > Any idea? > > Don As you say it yourself, you can't use mySQL with JavaScript. Do a submit to a php-script, and "restore" the original page in that php-script. -Sascha

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