html forms: action php - then white page

[kansaschuck]

I'm using HTML forms and the action after submitting executes a php program.

I've removed all html in the PHP but when it runs it displays a clear unlabeled white screen on the browser.

Is there a way to execute a PHP program on a browser and not have any visual result?

The end goal would be just to click submit on the website html form and the PHP program would execute in background but remain on the same web page.

Thanks,

KC

[bradgrafelman]

You could use AJAX to send the data to the server, or you could have the PHP page redirect the user back to the same webpage.

[rsmith]

If you don't want to see the slight hesitation when the page refreshes, you could do what bgrafelman suggested and use PHP to redirect with the header() function. Or if you want the page to not refresh or even pause like it is refreshing, AJAX would be the way to go.