Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 04/13/06 21:00

Mark Towner wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Does anyone have a solution for this problem:
>
> - I would like a PHP script to execute an action before a user clicks
> on a link (updating the value of a variable, for instance).
>
> Is there an easy way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

Mark,

If I understand your question correctly, no, you can't do anything before the
user clicks on a link. PHP is server-side only, and nothing happens until the
user does something to request the page.

It sounds like you need something client-side, like javascript.

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