Return nothing

I am using a flash form which sends data to a PHP script but I want the script to return nothing so the original page remains loaded in the browser window.

Normally when a PHP script is being parsed the browser window turns blank, when I do not return any text.

A simple solution is to temporarily open a small new browser window and execute the php file there. Close the window after execution and you're done. I don't think there's any way to execute a php script in the background somehow (it does have to be called by the browser, so your page will go blank anyway)

PHP script is parsed on the server side, so if you want PHP scripts to be executed a request to the server has to be made (i.e. (re)loading of a page).
Why not just execute the script on a reload of the original page. Put the script in the page and send the flashform outcome by a url-variable (page.php3?name="value") to trigger the script on reloading: if(isset($name)) { [execute script lines] }
After that the page just returns as it was, or you can modify it according to the outcome of the executed script. Just as you wish.

Greets, Peter

You can listen to them, or you can do it the right way:

<?
header("HTTP/1.0 204 No Response");
?>

and nothing else.

CBolt - You ought to write for DevShed. URL

Thanks for all your input and insight. If you're interested in talking about writing for the site, drop me a line at writers@devshed.com

or you could load the script in a 'hidden' frame?
cbolt's solution seems to be the nicest tho.

Randy, sorry but I'm too busy with my own site at the moment. Thanks for the offer though.