html -> php -> html

[Anon]

Hi again,

i m wondering is this possible:

in html with a form user click a button to submit. this calls a php script.

once the php script do its thing; it wants to send the processed data (from php script)
BACK to the caller html page.(so that i can display the processed info to the specified places in that html page).

i have tried to create the html page as php;
so its like php calling php
so the variable would be in the same file; but it seems not to work (or could i do it in a rush and do something wrong?)

thanksss.

[Anon]

You can't send data to an html file, only to a script.

You started right, change the html file into a php script.
This script can be used to print the first html page, and also to process the data when that page is submitted.

Tell the script to check if it was called by a submit button or not,
so you can decide if you need to process the variables.

Then, simply print the html page and use the cgi variables to fill out the form.
If you call the script for the first time, that variables will be emtpy so your form will be cleared too.