I\'m trying to execute a PHP function in the same page after the user enters a text and presses a submit button.
The first I think of is using forms. When the user s
Here is a full php script to do what you're describing, though pointless. You need to read up on server-side vs. client-side. PHP can't run on the client-side, you have to use javascript to interact with the server, or put up with a page refresh. If you can't understand that, there is no way you'll be able to use my code (or anyone else's) to your benefit.
The following code performs AJAX call without jQuery, and calls the same script to stream XML to the AJAX. It then inserts your username and a <br/>
in a div below the user box.
Please go back to learning the basics before trying to pursue something as advanced as AJAX. You'll only be confusing yourself in the end and potentially wasting other people's money.
<?php
function test() {
header("Content-Type: text/xml");
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" standalone=\"yes\"?><user>".$_GET["user"]."</user>"; //output an xml document.
}
if(isset($_GET["user"])){
test();
} else {
?><html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function do_ajax() {
if(window.XMLHttpRequest){
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
} else {
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
{
var xmlDoc = xmlhttp.responseXML;
data=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("user")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
mydiv = document.getElementById("Test");
mydiv.appendChild(document.createTextNode(data));
mydiv.appendChild(document.createElement("br"));
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>?user="+document.getElementById('username').value,true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="user" placeholder="enter a text" id="username"/>
<input type="button" value="submit" onclick="do_ajax()" />
</form>
<div id="Test"></div>
</body>
</html><?php } ?>
This is the better way that I use to create submit without loading in a form.
You can use some CSS to stylise the iframe the way you want.
A php result will be loaded into the iframe.
<form method="post" action="test.php" target="view">
<input type="text" name="anyname" palceholder="Enter your name"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"/>
</form>
<iframe name="view" frameborder="0" style="width:100%">
</iframe>
Without reloading, using HTML and PHP only it is not possible, but this can be very similar to what you want, but you have to reload:
<?php
function test() {
echo $_POST["user"];
}
if (isset($_POST[])) { // If it is the first time, it does nothing
test();
}
?>
<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="user" placeholder="enter a text" />
<input type="submit" value="submit" onclick="test()" />
</form>
You can submit the form without refreshing the page, but to my knowledge it is impossible without using a JavaScript/Ajax call to a PHP script on your server. The following example uses the jQuery JavaScript library.
<form method = 'post' action = '' id = 'theForm'>
...
</form>
$(function() {
$("#theForm").submit(function() {
var data = "a=5&b=6&c=7";
$.ajax({
url: "path/to/php/file.php",
data: data,
success: function(html) {
.. anything you want to do upon success here ..
alert(html); // alert the output from the PHP Script
}
});
return false;
});
});
Upon submission, the anonymous Javascript function will be called, which simply sends a request to your PHP file (which will need to be in a separate file, btw). The data
above needs to be a URL-encoded query string that you want to send to the PHP file (basically all of the current values of the form fields). These will appear to your server-side PHP script in the $_GET
super global. An example is below.
var data = "a=5&b=6&c=7";
If that is your data string, then the PHP script will see this as:
echo($_GET['a']); // 5
echo($_GET['b']); // 6
echo($_GET['c']); // 7
You, however, will need to construct the data from the form fields as they exist for your form, such as:
var data = "user=" + $("#user").val();
(You will need to tag each form field with an 'id', the above id is 'user'.)
After the PHP script runs, the success
function is called, and any and all output produced by the PHP script will be stored in the variable html
.
...
success: function(html) {
alert(html);
}
...
Take a look at this example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$name = $email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
$name = test_input($_POST["name"]);
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
$website = test_input($_POST["website"]);
$comment = test_input($_POST["comment"]);
$gender = test_input($_POST["gender"]);
}
function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Name: <input type="text" name="name">
<br><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email">
<br><br>
Website: <input type="text" name="website">
<br><br>
Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea>
<br><br>
Gender:
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="female">Female
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="male">Male
<br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
echo "<h2>Your Input:</h2>";
echo $name;
echo "<br>";
echo $email;
echo "<br>";
echo $website;
echo "<br>";
echo $comment;
echo "<br>";
echo $gender;
?>
</body>
</html>
Use SAJAX or switch to JavaScript
Sajax is an open source tool to make programming websites using the Ajax framework — also known as XMLHTTPRequest or remote scripting — as easy as possible. Sajax makes it easy to call PHP, Perl or Python functions from your webpages via JavaScript without performing a browser refresh.