OT[slightly] Tables and layers

I'm sure this is possible but not sure where to look to learn. Still really at the starting stages of PHP but if someone can point me in the right direction. Basically I don't want to swap out pages but as a for instance have a php enabled form in a table that will send [whatever is returned] to another table or layer somewhere else in the same page. Is this possible? I know nothing about HTML and will only take in as much as necessary and rely on WYSIWYG type of programs like Dreamweaver or GoLive to do the bulk of the dirty work. Stuart