[SOLVED] click button without page refresh

[nutt318]

I have the following code when clicking the button in modifies a text file. Is there a way that I can click the button without the page refreshing? Basically there is a video feed on this same page and i have to restart it when clicking the button because it refreshes the page.

 

<?php
if($_POST['Submit']){
   $open = fopen("test.txt","a+");
   $text = "Left\n";
   fwrite($open, $text);
   fclose($open);
}
echo "<form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<input name=\"Submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Left\" />\n
</form>";
?>

 

Can I use a frame or a different type of php code?

 

Thanks.

[Maq]

Not with PHP.  You would have to use AJAX to make a server call without a page refresh.

[premiso]

You can use an IFRAME or look into AJAX.

[Goafer]

AJAX is definitely worth looking into, seems a bit hard at first but once you've worked out the dynamics of it, it is very useful.

[nutt318]

Well it looks like I need to look at AJAX then. Is there a certain section or functions that I should be looking at in order to duplicate the PHP code?

 

Thanks guys.

[mat-tastic]

Go here:

 

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,115581.0.html

 

That will get you started on AJAX.

[nutt318]

Thanks for the link mat-tastic.