PHP Post Method via link

PHP
1

Is it possibe to use the POST method using a link instead of a form. For example something along these lines:

<?php
function testLink() {
$_POST['url'] = "YOYOYO";
}

?>

<a href='test2.php' onClick='testLink();'>yoyo</a>
2

It’s possible with JavaScript, but not like that with PHP. PHP code is executed before the webpage is sent to the browser and isn’t present in the output, so a link can’t run a PHP function on the browser.

What you’d need to do to accomplish this is create a form with its method set to POST, make your “url” variable a hidden form field, and use JavaScript to submit that form on clicking the link.

3

No it is not possible to post without having any form in the page as far as i know. But if you have a form in the page but you want to submit the form without a submit button (i mean if you want to submit the form vial a link click) then you can use javascript to submit the form.

If there anyone shows me that is possible, it would be helpful to me too.

4 

<script>
function submitForm() {
  // Can do some validation here if needed

  document.getElementById('sample_form').submit();  

  return true;
}
</script>

<form method="POST" action="test.php" id="sample_form">
<!-- form bits here -->
</form>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="submitForm();">Submit</a>

The link can be anywhere on the page … it doesn’t have to be ‘within’ the form

Hope this helps … it’s from memory so it may not be completely correct

5

Yes of course it can be submitted with the link located anywhere in the page, but at least he should have a form tag in the page.