Re: New PHP User with a simple question

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>wrote: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:03:20AM -0600, Micah Gersten wrote: > > > Paul M Foster wrote: > > > <snip> > > > In case this has yet to be answered to your satisfaction... > > > > > > Your page will *have* to reload when the user presses the button, but > > > the majority of content can look the same, except for the content you > > > want to change. > > > </snip> > > > > > > > This is absolutely not true. You can make the button call a PHP script > > with AJAX and just update the textbox. > > Check out: > > http://xajaxproject.org > > > > Please show me how *without Javascript* and *only with PHP* you can > change the content on a page interactively as the user described > *without* reloading the whole page. Xajax contains Javascript, which is > how it manages this feat. > > For Pete's sake people, this is a *new* PHP user who wanted a *simple* > solution to a relatively simple webpage problem. He's not looking for a > Javascript solution, or a framework solution, or an OOP solution. He's > not necessarily looking for a bulletproof, high security solution. He's > a *new* PHP user. He just wants to figure out how to do this simple > thing. Give him a *simple* answer. If you have to give him provisos > about security, OOP, or Javascript afterward, fine. > > Paul > > -- > Paul M. Foster > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > The only real way then to avoid a page refresh with just PHP / HTML (for the links) would be to use (i)frames and load the new content into the frame -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat