NYCPHP Meetup

[Ken Robinson]

At 11:58 PM 2/18/2008, Susan Shemin wrote:
>thanks, Mike and Ken
>
>first off, I'm not using a form (so no POST); the link is in an 
>anchor tag.  I could put a form around it, but that seems to me 
>making a simple link complex.

You don't understand. The POST method is defined in the AJAX code you 
write, it has nothing to do with having a form or not.

>
>I want to run this php code when the link is clicked
>
>  $webpage="";
>  $link_clicked="";
>
>Function capture_click($webpage,$link_clicked)
>{
>      $entry_date=date("m-d-y-H-i");
>
>       $sql = "INSERT INTO click_details " .
>              "SET webpage='$webpage', link_clicked='$link_clicked', 
> entry_date='$entry_date'";
>       $ok = mysql_query($sql);
>       if ($ok) {
>         //error checking
>       }
>}
>?>
>
>and then the anchor text (or how I guessed would work)
>
><a href=www.nyphp.org onclick="<?php 
>capture_click(name_of_my_webpage,link_name); ?>";>info on PHP</a>

But, Austin, is correct, you don't need AJAX here.

Ken