function calling

[jayrod_84]

function return info{

does a query and displays information in
text boxes that can be edited

Question is.. how do i call the below function when a user wants it to be called?
update_info(pass_vars);

}

function update_info(some_vars){

simple query to update a record with data from the above function

}

[rrijnders]

I think you are UOTC (unclear on the concept) of web forms. You have to display the form to the user first, then process the form when and if they press the submit button. Your page structure should be something like this:

if ($user_pressed_submit) {
  // process form
  // and update db
}
else {
  // display form
}

-- Rich

[jayrod_84]

Thank you.. the thing I was trying to get around a using a form. because of the way that the form is calling itself.

You open my page it uses a query to display information.

I'd like to call a function that will display another set of information on the same page. Is the only way to do this to use form submit $php_self?

Thanks for the info.. i am UOTC.

Thanks again

[rrijnders]

When the page is called, your first query retrieves some information and formats it into input fields "that can be edited" as you say. When this happens, the web server sends that page to the user's browser and your script ends. period.

If the user modifies any of the information, they must send that information back to your server. That's what forms are for. When they click the submit button, they are actually sending a whole new request to the server, the form info just tags along for the ride.

If the form was defined to call the same script again (PHP_SELF) then your script is invoked all over again. This is a new run of your script, it has no idea what happened the first time. You have to check to see if this is a first run (retrieve and display the info) or the submit of changed info by the user (so it can update the db).

No getting around using a form if the user needs to update data that you sent to their browser.

-- Rich