How to create a link that will display the contents of a PHP variable?


 
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Old 02-09-2018
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Originally Posted by crimso
Correct, I could but this a PHP script that is in the machine's /var/www/html directory that you point your browser at.
Yes, it is; I'm not sure how this prevents you from printing something.

Your PHP script - and most other CGI scripts like it - don't interact with a web browser in real-time, it runs once on page load then quits. Your program has already quit by the time someone is looking at its output, and clicking would either cause another page load (of the same script or a different one), or trigger something to happen in the page's HTML, or execute a javascript program.

The simplest way would be to use HTML expanding sections, like this:

Code:
<details>
    <summary>Clickable Part</summary>
    Hidden Part
</details>

# 9  
Old 02-10-2018
Well thanks for that! Finally it makes sense why I've not been able to do what I thought I should be able to do. So creating the link that launches another script that runs the rpm makes the most sense to get what I want. On the front end it doesn't look any different than what I wanted it just means I need the href line in the original script and the script it calls. Thank-you kindly @Corona688 for chiming in.
# 10  
Old 02-12-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by crimso
Well thanks for that! Finally it makes sense why I've not been able to do what I thought I should be able to do. So creating the link that launches another script that runs the rpm makes the most sense to get what I want. On the front end it doesn't look any different than what I wanted it just means I need the href line in the original script and the script it calls. Thank-you kindly @Corona688 for chiming in.
You could also do so using the same script, doing different things when called with different parameters. See http://path/to/script.php?value1=a&value2=b, the $_GET superglobal, and array_key_exists($_GET,"key"
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