I just need some clarification.
I need to get my PHP page to move from one page to another once the 'submit' button is clicked. I presumed it was
$_SESSION['ID'] = $row['ID'];
header("location:newpage.php");
}
Any help/advice is greatly appreciated to these newbie!!
If you want to move to other page after clicking the submit button. It will be better to add action tag to your form.
Example:
<form method="GET" action="newpage.php">
<input type="submit" value="Send me to new page" />
</form>
header() only works prior to any output. You can't use it in an interactive way like this. Try zaynetro's suggestion and see if that helps.
You could output an redirect from javascript once your php is done (assuming your form processor is on the same page with the html) . For example:
$_SESSION['ID'] = $row['ID'];
if($_SESSION['ID']){
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.location = 'newpage.php';
</script>
<?php } ?>
I have these codes:
Contents of main.php:
Javascript
function grab()
{
$("#div_id").load("/test.php");
}
HTML & PHP
<? $original_value = 'Original content'; ?>
<div id='div_id'><?=original_value;?></div>
<form action="javascript:grab($('#div_id').val())">
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
also test.php
<?...
$update_value = "Update content";
echo $update_value;?>
the result of test.php will be written into #div_id and the result for div content is:
Original content
Update content
But i like to overwrite original div value and the result should be:
Update content
I mean echo append a new line in #div_id, but i like to overwrite existing #div_id content.
Change the following in your code.
Remove the javascript in your action attribute. It doesn't look right.
<form action="">
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
Add the following javascript.
$(document).ready(function () {
$('form').on('submit', function (e) {
e.preventDefault(); // Prevents the default submit action.
// Otherwise the page is reloaded.
grab();
});
});
The function grab will be called when the form is submitted. I'm not sure if this is what you want, but you should see the new contents in the div.
UPDATE 1:
I have removed the parameter from grab because the function doesn't need one.
You need to replace the content while the current code appends it, change code to:
$("#div_id").empty().load("/test.php");
In a PHP, there's a form that sends a variable to the same page.
I want to make a jQuery that shows/hides a specific div (using ID); if the value is sent (the form is sent to the same page), I want to show the div
in the PHP file, I have this form:
<form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="status" value="12345">
<input type="submit">
</form>
in the linked js file,
How can I detect the hidden value "status" is sent? and if the $_GET["status"] is not NULL,
I want to show $('specificID').show();, which was originally:
$(document).ready(function (){
$('#specificID').hide();
}
Thanks.
You'll have to embed your JS in your PHP like this:
<?php
some php...
?>
some markup...
$(document).ready(function (){
<?php
if($_GET["status"]):
?>
$('#specificID').show();
<?php
else:
?>
$('#specificID').hide();
<?php
endif;
?>
});
...
$_GET["varname"]
http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_get.asp
http://www.skytopia.com/project/articles/compsci/form.html
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 submits a form, a PHP function will be executed in the same page. The user will not be directed to another page. The processing will be done and displayed in the same page (without reloading).
Here is what I reach to:
In the test.php file:
<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="user" placeholder="enter a text" />
<input type="submit" value="submit" onclick="test()" />
</form>
The PHP code [ test() function ] is in the same file also:
<?php
function test() {
echo $_POST["user"]; // Just an example of processing
}
?>
However, I still getting a problem! Does anyone have an idea?
This cannot be done in the fashion you are talking about. PHP is server-side while the form exists on the client-side. You will need to look into using JavaScript and/or Ajax if you don't want to refresh the page.
test.php
<form action="javascript:void(0);" method="post">
<input type="text" name="user" placeholder="enter a text" />
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
$("form").submit(function(){
var str = $(this).serialize();
$.ajax('getResult.php', str, function(result){
alert(result); // The result variable will contain any text echoed by getResult.php
}
return(false);
});
</script>
It will call getResult.php and pass the serialized form to it so the PHP can read those values. Anything getResult.php echos will be returned to the JavaScript function in the result variable back on test.php and (in this case) shown in an alert box.
getResult.php
<?php
echo "The name you typed is: " . $_REQUEST['user'];
?>
NOTE
This example uses jQuery, a third-party JavaScript wrapper. I suggest you first develop a better understanding of how these web technologies work together before complicating things for yourself further.
You have a big misunderstanding of how the web works.
Basically, things happen this way:
User (well, the browser) requests test.php from your server
On the server, test.php runs, everything inside is executed, and a resulting HTML page (which includes your form) will be sent back to browser
The browser displays the form, the user can interact with it.
The user submits the form (to the URL defined in action, which is the same file in this case), so everything starts from the beginning (except the data in the form will also be sent). New request to the server, PHP runs, etc. That means the page will be refreshed.
You were trying to invoke test() from your onclick attribute. This technique is used to run a client-side script, which is in most cases Javascript (code will run on the user's browser). That has nothing to do with PHP, which is server-side, resides on your server and will only run if a request comes in. Please read Client-side Versus Server-side Coding for example.
If you want to do something without causing a page refresh, you have to use Javascript to send a request in the background to the server, let PHP do what it needs to do, and receive an answer from it. This technique is basically called AJAX, and you can find lots of great resources on it using Google (like Mozilla's amazing tutorial).
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 } ?>
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>
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.
That's now how PHP works. test() will execute when the page is loaded, not when the submit button is clicked.
To do this sort of thing, you have to have the onclick attribute do an AJAX call to a PHP file.
in case you don't want to use Ajax , and want your page to reload .
<?php
if(isset($_POST['user']) {
echo $_POST["user"]; //just an example of processing
}
?>
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>
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.
HTML
<form method = 'post' action = '' id = 'theForm'>
...
</form>
JavaScript
$(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=" + $("#user").val();
(You will need to tag each form field with an 'id', the above id is 'user'.)
After the PHP script runs, the success function is called, and any and all output produced by the PHP script will be stored in the variable html.
...
success: function(html) {
alert(html);
}
...
This is the better way that I use to create submit without loading in a form.
You can use some CSS to stylise the iframe the way you want.
A php result will be loaded into the iframe.
<form method="post" action="test.php" target="view">
<input type="text" name="anyname" palceholder="Enter your name"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"/>
</form>
<iframe name="view" frameborder="0" style="width:100%">
</iframe>
Hiya:
i know some people would be so tired of my questions, but I'm working on a uni project and need to get it done as soon as possible. This question is about using JS on a button(button) and sending a php_my_sql update on the same button. The problem is JS uses button, right? but PHP uses button(submit). How can I get these two to work on one of these buttons, cuz there has to be only one button.
this is my code for JS
<script type="text/javascript">
function formAction(){
var x=document.getElementById("collect")
x.remove(x.selectedIndex)
}
</script>
HTML
<form method="post">
<select id="collect" name="Select1" style="width: 193px">
<option>guns</option>
<option>knife</option>
</select> <input type="**submit/button**" onclick="formAction()" name="Collect" value="Collect" /></form>
PHP
<?
if (isset($_POST['Collect'])) {
mysql_query("UPDATE Player SET score = score+10
WHERE name = 'Rob Jackson' AND rank = 'Lieutenant'");
}
?>
This can be a way
Submit the form through JS after removing parameter
<script type="text/javascript">
function formAction(){
var x=document.getElementById("collect")
x.remove(x.selectedIndex);
document.forms[0].submit();
}
</script>
Input type button
<input type="button" onclick="formAction()" name="Collect" value="Collect" />
Embed jQuery and use $.post() to send an AJAX request.
JavaScript can interact with the button whilst the user is navigating the page and entering data into the form. The instant the user pushes the submit button and the request for the form submission is sent JS no longer has control. The request is sent to the form's action (most likely a PHP file) which processes the request and gives an answer back.
If you really need to combine the two, look into AJAX.
<?php print_r($_POST); ?>
<script type="text/javascript">
function formAction(){
var x=document.getElementById("collect");
x.remove(x.selectedIndex);
submit_form();
}
function submit_form() {
document.form1.submit();
}
</script>
<form method="post" name='form1'>
<input type='hidden' name='Collect'/>
<select id="collect" name="Select1" style="width: 193px">
<option>guns</option>
<option>knife</option>
</select> <input type="button" onclick="formAction()" name="Collect" value="Collect" /></form>
<?
if (isset($_POST['Collect'])) {
//do whatever update you want
}
?>
Simple Solution
Make this modification in the form tag
<form method="post" onsubmit="return formAction()">
In JavaScript function add a line "return true;" at the end of the function.
Voila ..!!! you are done..!!
Enjoy..!!