How Can I Execute a PHP Function with an HTML Anchor Click Without Page Refresh?

Calling PHP Functions on Click

Issue:
Execute a PHP function upon clicking an HTML anchor tag (without refreshing the page).

Solution:

To execute a PHP function on a click event, a multi-language approach is required, involving three languages:

PHP:

• PHP scripts execute on the server and respond to requests.

HTML & JavaScript:

• HTML and JavaScript run in the browser.

Mechanism:
Assuming a PHP file contains both code:

// Function
function runMyFunction() {
    echo 'PHP function executed!';
}

// Handle request
if (isset($_GET['execute'])) {
    runMyFunction();
}

<!-- HTML Snippet -->
Hello there!
<a href='index.php?execute=true'>Execute PHP Function</a>

When the link is clicked, it sends a GET request to the index.php page with the 'execute' parameter. The script then handles the request and executes the runMyFunction() PHP function.

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