Trigger PHP function by clicking HTML link

Question

Is it possible to trigger a PHP function by just clicking a link? Or should I stick with the form submit method? If clicking the link will work, where should the link refer

Answer 1

You can do this by means of loading the entire page over again by the use of form submission, or by loading specific page contents directly into the page without needing to go from page to page. The second method is called "AJAX" (Asynchoronous Javascript and XML). Here are two examples, one of each specified.

Form submission approach

form.php

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AJAX approach

ajax_file.php

form.html

click to call function