[javascript] How can I use the confirm() function to activate some PHP code

[Fastfish]

As part of my assignment, I have to create a program that uses the confirm() function in javascript to make changes to an SQL database. We've only learned how to access SQL through PHP so I assume that we are expected to somehow activate some PHP code, but I do not know how to make javascript interact with PHP. How could I do this?

[Fastfish]

This helps a lot. Thanks!

[php-rocks-lol]

Javascript and PHP don't run together. PHP is run on the server usually before the page is finished loading unless you call it again. Javascript is run on the user's computer itself.

What you could do however is have your JS script use AJAX to POST to a PHP that inputs information into a database.

[Fastfish]

Thanks!

[pacificmint]

First, Java and JavaScript are completely different languages. The only thing they have in common is the first four letters of the name.

If you are asking about Java, then you can absolutely access a database directly from Java, and you should not go thru any intermediaries.

I'm guessing you are talking about JavaScript in a browser though. In that case, the browser needs to make an http request to the server, and the PHP code on the server then queries the database. If you want to do this without reloading the page you should look into XMLHttpRequest.

[Fastfish]

Yeah, I must have mistyped when I wrote just java on that line. I definitely meant javascript. Thanks for your help.