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    copied!<p>To put it simply I have this variable which carries a hyperlink:</p> <pre><code>$test3 = '&lt;a href="#" onclick="archiveMove(\''.$mulmov.'\'); return false;"&gt;Move to Quotes&lt;/a&gt;'; </code></pre> <p>and what I need is to execute this variable inside a switch case like below:</p> <pre><code>switch ($_POST['dropdown']) { case "Select Folder": echo "Please select"; break; case "One": exec($test3); &lt;-- //here i want to run (if this is not execute, my misunderstanding) the link. break; case "Two": header('Location: http://www.facebook.com/'); &lt;-- //this is just a test break; default: echo "&lt;br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;"; echo "Move multiple files:"; echo "&lt;br&gt;&lt;/br&gt;"; } ?&gt; &lt;form method="post" name="theform" action=""&gt; &lt;select name="dropdown"&gt; &lt;option value="Move to Folder"&gt;Select&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="One"&gt;One&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="Two"&gt;Two&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;input type="submit" value="Move"/&gt; &lt;/form&gt; </code></pre> <p>I'd like know how to execute the ahref link without the user clicking it, but simply set this link as a case and when the user submits the form, the selected case actions the hyperlink. </p> <p>Any help appreciated. </p> <hr> <h2><em>MORE DETAIL</em></h2> <p>I understand that javascript and php are both seperate languages and that a better option would be to use Ajax, but my understanding of Ajax is limited. </p> <p>To explain it better, this is what's going on in its entirety: </p> <p><strong>1)</strong> I have a mailbox with a selection of messages.</p> <p><strong>2)</strong> You are able to check these messages and then click a link "Trash Selected" which deletes the selected messages. This the link:</p> <pre><code>&lt;a href="#" onclick="deleteInbox(\''.$muldel.'\'); return false;"&gt;Trash Selected&lt;/a&gt; </code></pre> <p>The javascript function actions the php function in $muldel for all selected messages and updates the database.</p> <p>This is the javascript function in question:</p> <pre><code>function inboxDelete(url) { document.messages.action = url; document.messages.submit(); } </code></pre> <p><strong>archiveMove()</strong> is exactly the same, just duplicated temporarily to make things clear.</p> <p><strong>3)</strong> I have now re-used the ahref code to do the same procedure, but this time, for moving the selected messages into folders. </p> <p><strong>4)</strong> These folders can be selected from a drop down box - this is where the form comes in.</p> <p><strong>5)</strong> So although I can get it to work by adding a link like such:</p> <pre><code> $test3 = '&lt;a href="#" onclick="archiveMove(\''.$mulmov.'\'); return false;"&gt;Move to Quotes&lt;/a&gt;'; echo $test3; </code></pre> <p><strong>6)</strong> I now need this to work the same way but the link being changed, depending on which folder is selected. </p> <p>That's the full extent to my problem, I hope this is more clear.</p> <p>I am aware you can send variables into javscript using GET or POST and then carry out the function entirely through javascript. I have tried something like below, but to no avail:</p> <pre><code>&lt;form method=post name="myform" action="&lt;?php echo $PHP_SELF;?&gt;"&gt; &lt;input type="hidden" name="formVar" value=""&gt; &lt;input type="text" value="Enter Text Here" name="myText"&gt; &lt;input type="text" value="Enter Text Here" name="myText2"&gt; &lt;input type="submit" value="Send form!" onClick="readmove()"&gt; &lt;/form&gt; &lt;?php // Retrieve the hidden form variable (using PHP). $myvar = $_POST['formVar']; if ($myvar == "$mulmov"){ echo $mulmov; } ?&gt; &lt;script language="JavaScript"&gt; &lt;!-- function setText(){ document.myform.myText.value = document.myform.myText.value.toUpperCase(); } function readmove(){ document.myform.myText.value = "&lt;?php echo $myvar; ?&gt;" ; readmove2(); } function readmove2(){ if (document.myform.myText.value == "$mulmov"){ document.myform.myText2.value = "&lt;?php echo $mulmov; ?&gt;" ; &lt;?php exec ('archiveMove(\''.$mulmov.'\'); return false;'); ?&gt; } else if (document.myform.myText.value == "$mulmov2"){ document.myform.myText2.value = "&lt;?php echo $mulmov2; ?&gt;" ; } } &lt;/script&gt; </code></pre>
 

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