Execute php function only when clicked (wordpress)

Question

For one of my wordpress site php files, I have the following code:

  

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Answer 1

You can't really call a PHP function from javascript because by the time the browser sees the page, the PHP has already executed (or in your case, not executed )

The only way for you to do what you want is to spin the PHP function off into a separate script and then call that file using AJAX. Have the script echo HTML, and then insert the HTML into the tab1 div in the AJAX callback.