Pass value from html form to php without submitting the form

Question

I have a text box. I want to take user input from there and pass it to PHP without using submit button. I would prefer a normal button and onclick should pass d

Answer 1

Several ways to do that...

It sounds like you're after a non-redirecting solution, so I'd recommend jQuery (it's my fave, but there are plenty other solutions to implementing AJAX) and doing something like the following:

Assume you have a text box and button like this:

Then do something like this

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#btn_send").click(function () {

        // Do stuff BEFORE sending... //
        callAFunction();
        var test = "asdfasdf";

        // Send the text to PHP //
        $.post("test.php", { input: $("#txt_input").val()},
             function(data) {
                 alert("test.php returned: " + data);
             }
        );

        // Do more stuff after sending.... //
        callAnotherFunction();
    });
});

I believe that'll get what your after. For more on jQuery and further options with $.post, check here: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/

Hope that helps!