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Posted by Olaf Schinkel on 12/23/07 23:33
Utopar schrieb:
> On Dec 22, 12:38 pm, Carla Fong <carla.xspamx.f...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Utopar wrote:
>>> On Dec 21, 6:49 pm, Carla Fong <carla.xspamx.f...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>> Hello - I'm trying to learn HTML and PHP and have hit a wall with some
>>>> odd behavior I can't fathom. I'm pretty good with C and this just seems
>>>> strange.
>>>> <form method=POST action="<?php TestPhp();?>">
>>>> <tr>
>>>> <td> Input Prompt:</td> <td> <input type=text name="Line_1"
>>>> value = "<?php echo $_Line1; ?>" maxlength=24
>>>> </td></tr><BR>
>>> When you first display the Form, and specify action= you drop into PHP
>>> and actually call the TestPhp() function. The function runs at that
>>> time and updates your value =After Function.
>>> Instead, your POST action should call the original script. You already
>>> have a way to detect that form data is present, so within that test
>>> call the TestPhp() function to updated the value.
>>> <?php
>>> // a debug statement that shows $_POST is empty prior to form action
>>> if (empty ($_POST)) echo "POST data is empty";
>>> else TestPhp();
>>> ?>
>> Ah, I think I see....
>>
>> So, when I put that <?php TestPhp();?> inside the action= quotes, I'm
>> not calling the function as a result of the action click, we're just
>> inserting whatever text that function returns into the 'action'
>> parameter at the time the 'action' item is first parsed - is that right?
When you make this:
action="<?PHP bla();?>" and function bla returns 5 so the result is :
action="5"
See:
PHP is a server language, NOT a client language.
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