Calling PHP scripts from Javascript without leaving current page

Question

I\'m having some trouble calling PHP scripts from Javascript without leaving the current HTML page (if it is at all possible). I understand it is possible using AJAX, althou

Answer 1

PHP is a server-side language. JavaScript is a client-side language.

If you want to execute server-side code, you don't have the choice to do a round-trip to the server. If you don't want to leave the page, your only option is doing an asynchronous request (aka AJAX).

Using a JavaScript library such as jQuery or MooTools greatly simplifies that kind of task. For example, you could use MooTools to do a request at the end of your script as such:

var req = new Request({url: '/backend/doPHPInsert.php'});
req.send();

There are ways to do so without AJAX by, for example, creating an iFrame dynamically (or any other element that fetches a resource).