Is there anyway to run a php file inside a php file. Eg: your on index.php but you want to run another php file in the background when you click on a certain link but it does not open up a new window?

Kind of like when you run a cronjob it runs another file inside the same window.

Also would it be possible to via ajax refresh a bit of the page. Just an option main thing is the one above^

cron.php runs because it's included as an img, as in <img src="cron.php" width="1" height="1">. This causes your browser to request the file and thus the server executes it.

Within cron.php is this line:
header('Location: ' . $vbulletin->options['cleargifurl']);
which basically means the <img> data is the clear image, and the height and width of 1 pixels means a 1x1 blank image is shown in the browser.


(Incidentally, this is how the "intelligent" image producers work - those ones that tell you your ip/host & browser - it's run as a php and the image is returned as data)

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ok, let me rephrase that, when you click a button would it be possible to run a bunch of code eg:

Actually, i realise i can do it all by ajax

If you want a PHP file to be run inside another PHP file you can use the include() function.

Is there a way to run it upon mouse click?

With AJAX it should be possible I suppose.

tell me, tell me :p

I don't know, hardly ever use AJAX :p