Use Ajax to call PHP function for HTML button Onclick

Question

I have a an HTML button where I want the onclick to call a PHP function. I need to use AJAX to do this but I am totally lost. There is more that occurs inside the php functi

Answer 1

Using jQuery (untested):

function PrintDist() {
    var submitButton = $(this).find('*:submit');

    $.post(this.action, $(this).serialize(), function() {
        alert('Form submitted!');
        submitButton.attr('disabled', 'false').attr('value', 'Enter');
    });

    submitButton.attr('disabled', 'true').attr('value', 'Posting...');

    return false;
}

Use a proper form as your HTML (for people without Javascript, and for the script to work nicely):