Do you know a way to display a php result inside a div dynamically, without refreshing the page? For example, we have 2 divs: one on the top half of the page and one on the bottom of the page. The top one contains a form with 3 input fields. You type some values inside, then press a button. When you press the button, the bottom div displays the values without refreshing the page.
You can't do it with pure PHP because PHP is a static language. You have to use Javascript and AJAX. I recommend using a library like Zepto or jQuery to make it easy to implement like this:
<form>
<input name="search" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
<div id="div2"></div>
<script>
// When the form is submitted run this JS code
$('form').submit(function(e) {
// Post the form data to page.php
$.post('page.php', $(this).serialize(), function(resp) {
// Set the response data into the #div2
$('#div2').html(resp);
});
// Cancel the actual form post so the page doesn't refresh
e.preventDefault();
return false;
});
</script>
You can accomplish it using AJAX. With Ajax you can exchange data with a server, make asynchronous request without refreshing the page.
Check this out to see how it can be implemented using Jquery:- http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/