html?

purpleFingers

--just learning php

Can a php script run without using inside <html>????

I want to send variables from a form to php script, then write to MySQL, but I don't want to display a page (run it in the background).

Is this possible?

bastien

🙂

crouchl

just remember that if you do it that way, they will go to a blank page and sit there.

if you want, you can have a file with this:

    // all php code in here

    header("location:url");

Then, the form will go to whatever URL you specify after executing all the php code.

greg252

If you use header(), make sure the script doesn't print anything to the screen- including blank space. If it does, you'll get a "header already sent" error.

purpleFingers

I'm either not giving enough information or I am just confused. Here's exactly what I want to do:

Send user/score information directly from a Shockwave game, using POST method, to a php script (I know it would work with Perl, but would rather use php if possible).
The php script would send the information to a MySQL database while running in the background?

Do I have to embed my php code in html? Or can I just start and end the file with php code <?php---------- ?>

😕

cgraz

You can start and end with PHP, but if you input info into a database, and that's all you do, it will go in ok, but the visitor will be seeing a blank page and not know what is going on.


<?

$query = mysql_query("INSERT INTO. . .");

?>

That's a valid page and there's no html.

Hope this helps!