how would you call a function with a button click?

[miles_rich]

how would you run a function from a button click??

say to write to a db??

[planetphp]

erm...

you can use either a hyperlink or a form field.

if its a hyperlink do it like this:

<a href="<? echo $PHP_SELF?action=action_name ?>">Click</a>

or a hidden form field:

<form method="POST" action="<? echo $PHP_SELF ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="action_name">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">

<?
function function_name()
{
function
}

// place this in your code and it will decide which action to take (you can have more than one case and more than one function!)

switch($action) {
case "action_name":
function_name();
break;
}
?>

[miles_rich]

i cant do it like that because i am already passing variable into it.

[planetphp]

pass your variables as hidden form fields as well or add them to the hyperlink string:

a href="<? echo $PHP_SELF?action=action_name&variable=$variable&variable2=$variable2 >">Click</a>

[miles_rich]

cant do that either because the variables have to be passed first and then when this button is click the variables have to be saved.

[planetphp]

parse the variables in a small snippet of code that makes up the hyperlink...!