A button to start php script how

Question

I want to make a button that starts my php script after I click it  So do I just make 2 separate files and have action post to the php file and then let it start  or is there a better way to do this  Possibly in one document   Update   Well  I basically made a script that would do a series of a loops until it s finished  So usually when I visit the page it automatically starts  so I m making a button to start it only when I need it    More info  Answer to one of the questions   starting the script  as in it would only execute the script   More info  I really don t need to pass any data from the submit form to the php script  I just want my script to run when I hit a button  I just want to know what s the best way to do this

User · Accepted Answer

Having 2 files like you suggested would be the easiest solution.

For instance:

2 files solution:

index.html

(.. your html ..)
<form action="script.php" method="get">
  <input type="submit" value="Run me now!">
</form>
(...)

script.php

<?php
  echo "Hello world!"; // Your code here
?>

Single file solution:

index.php

<?php
  if (!empty($_GET['act'])) {
    echo "Hello world!"; //Your code here
  } else {
?>
(.. your html ..)
<form action="index.php" method="get">
  <input type="hidden" name="act" value="run">
  <input type="submit" value="Run me now!">
</form>
<?php
  }
?>

User · Answer

I know this question is 5 years old  but for anybody wondering how to do this without re-rendering the main page   This solution uses the dart editor scripting language   You could have an  lt object gt  tag that contains a data attribute   Make the  lt object gt  1px by 1px and then use something like dart to dynamically change the  lt object gt  s data attribute which re-renders the data in the 1px by 1px object   HTML Script    lt object id  external source  type  text html  data    width  1px  height  1px  gt   lt  object gt    lt button id  button1  type  button  gt Start Script lt  button gt    lt script async type  application dart  src  dartScript dart  gt  lt  script gt   lt script async src  packages browser dart js  gt  lt  script gt    someScript php    lt  php echo  hello world     gt    dartScript dart   import  dart html    InputElement button1  ObjectElement externalSource   void main         button1   querySelector   button1             onClick listen runExternalSource        externalSource   querySelector   external source       void runExternalSource Event e        externalSource setAttribute  data    someScript php        So long as you aren t posting any information and you are just looking to run a script  this should work just fine   Just build the dart script using  pub Build generate JS   and then upload the package onto your server

User · Answer

You could do it in one document if you had a conditional based on params sent over  Eg   if  isset   GET  secret param            lt run script gt    else        lt display button gt      I think the best way though is to have two files

User · Answer

This one works for me   index php       lt  php        if isset   GET  action                                        your code                  echo  Welcome                         gt         lt form id  frm  method  post   action   action   gt       lt input type  submit  value  Submit  id  submit    gt       lt  form gt    This link can be helpful   https   blogs msdn microsoft com brian swan 2010 02 08 getting-started-with-the-sql-server-driver-for-php

User · Answer

What exactly do you mean by  starts my php script   What kind of PHP script  One to generate an HTML response for an end-user  or one that simply performs some kind of data processing task  If you are familiar with using the  tag and how it interacts with PHP  then you should only need to POST to your target PHP script using an  button of type  submit   If you are not familiar with forms  take a look here

[php] A button to start php script, how?

2 files solution:

index.html

script.php

Single file solution:

index.php

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