[SOLVED] copy() on submit. Not when page loads

[A2xA]

I'm copying an html file with a different name for my script and it works fine.  I just need it to copy when I press submit instead of when the page loads.

 

The copy code:

<?php
$file = './x/x.html';
$newfile = "./x/x/".$rnd_id. "" .".html";

if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {
    echo "failed to copy $file...\n";
}
?>

 

My current submit button:

		<input type="submit" value="Post" />

[JasonLewis]

PHP is server-side, meaning it executes before anything is loaded to the client. So, you can't use PHP's copy() without reloading the page.

 

Or can you... Look into AJAX, it may help you out with your problem.

[A2xA]

alright thanks.  I wasn't sure

[DarkWater]

No, ProjectFear, he means something like:

 

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

 //code

}

[/php

[JasonLewis]

I just need it to copy when I press submit instead of when the page loads.

 

From reading that my first thought is "Oh so the OP want's to do it without reloading the page. Meaning client-side, not server-side."

 

Isn't that what the OP was asking? ???

[DarkWater]

"I just need it to copy when I press submit instead of when the page loads."

 

He just needs an if statement to see if the button was pressed.

[JasonLewis]

Ah yeah I can see that now.

Question need's to be explained a lot clearer for me.