[SOLVED] Small question, nothing complicated for you. Me on the other hand - I'm lost in

[mnielsen]

Hi, I'm newish to PHP but I do have a very basic understanding.

 

My question is, When using PHP for example on a standard php page and I want to expand the text to reveal more of the story, like on facebook when you click on a question mark the link has a '#' at the end. What is the code behind it.

 

If you can understand that question some replies would be great. Thanks in advance for any help.

[unsider]

Like a 'Read More' type thing, where it goes to the article?

 

Or like JavaScript where it reveals more of the content, when you click the click or an image icon?

 

I'm not familiar with facebook so sorry if I don't completely understand.

 

But if it's one of those 2 it's either done with JS, or PHP.

[mnielsen]

yes like java script but its in php.

[unsider]

Well what you're describing is AJAX (back-end PHP with a JS interface).

 

Although that's odd because when dealing with JS and AJAX the content is loaded without refreshing/reloading the page, that's the entire point.

 

Would it be possible to provide a link to a page that contains these question marks? I don't have an account so keep that in mind. This wuld porbably help me more.

[mnielsen]

Click on one of the question and note the '#' at the end of the link in the status bar of your browser.

 

http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=715

[waynew]

That's Ajax. Have a look here for a simplified example of how to implement Ajax.

 

http://w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_intro.asp

[JasonLewis]

That can just be done with Javascript, no PHP required.

 

Just toggle the display state of a span or div. Simple.