Re: [PHP] PHP Reference

Thanks tedd.


On Aug 14, 2010, at 7:45 AM, tedd wrote:

> At 1:08 AM -0500 8/14/10, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> I was wondering, can you reference php in a url string like you  
>> can javascript.
>> EG:
>> "javascript:someFunction()"
>>
>> Can you do something similar in php like
>>
>> "php:someFunction()"
>>
>> I am thinking that you can not do this, but was wondering if there  
>> was something like that.
>> Thanks,
>
> Karl:
>
> As others have answered, no php doesn't work that way.
>
> However, you can still send/receive strings through a url via a  
> $_GET) and direct the actions of a receiving php script and you can  
> do the same thing via a $_POST.
>
> As such, a "php:someFunction()" could be a:
>
> url?php=someFunction
>
> Where the receiving script takes the command and runs someFunction().
>
> However, I would shorten it a bit and say
>
> url?php=18
>
> Where php would be the command to run a function and 18 would be  
> the function you want to run.
>
> So, while you can't use the same syntax as javascript, you can get  
> the same performance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> tedd
>
>
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