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Tsundoku
Tsundoku

Reputation: 9408

PHP live updating

I was wondering if there is a way to use php to return the values from a search without having to reload the whole webpage or using iframes or anything like that. I've tried searching for it but I always end up with AJAX and I was wondering if there is a PHP way for it...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3762

Answers (5)

sam
sam

Reputation: 11

Yes I did the same using PHp and Mysql. What you can do is first create a PHP search page1 with a text box and write down some jQuery function for the onkeyup event of text box. Pass the value of the Text Box to the PHP search page2 and display its data in another blank DIV tag on your search page1. Let me know if you were able to get the concept, else I will forward you some link for that. infact I found a youtube video for this. Its not a difficult task.

Upvotes: 1

Andrew Ensley
Andrew Ensley

Reputation: 11697

PHP is server-side. It can't do anything unless a web request is made (i.e. the user clicks on a link, requesting a page). This is why AJAX exists. The javascript on the client side is able to initiate a web request in the background and decide what to do with the response.

Check out jQuery. It makes AJAX a snap:

http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax

Upvotes: 1

Wouter van Nifterick
Wouter van Nifterick

Reputation: 24086

PHP is a server-side technology, and what you describe is mostly a client-side issue.

Every technology that does what you want is going to be very close to Ajax, so I suggest to just take a little time and get yourself going with Ajax. There are plenty of javascript frameworks around that make life easier for you as an Ajax programmer.

Upvotes: 1

Paolo Bergantino
Paolo Bergantino

Reputation: 488394

I suggest you read up on AJAX and what it is, as it is exactly what you are describing.

What AJAX is generating a request on the browser with javascript, sending the request to a server, generating content with whatever technology you want (be it PHP, .NET, etc.) and returning it to the browser, without the page ever 'reloading'. That's all it is, and that's what you want.

I recommend you check out something like jQuery as it is far away the most popular javascript library. It makes doing AJAX requests a piece of cake.

Upvotes: 5

JW.
JW.

Reputation: 51638

AJAX is what you're looking for. It means using JavaScript (on the browser) to initiate a request to the server (which may be running PHP, or any other language).

Upvotes: 1

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