running an action behind a html checkbox

Question

I have some trouble with running an action when a checkbox is checked or unchecked. (i want to run the action as soon the checkbox is checked)

I tried with an action that makes an if statement run

<input type="hidden" name="Action" value="check">
<input type="checkbox" name="vehicle" value="">  Edited<br>

if (isset($_POST['Action']) && ($_POST['Action'] == 'check')) {
    var_dump('random check');
}

I also tried with a href that links it to another page which also didn't work.

<input type="checkbox" name="vehicle" value="" href="ingevoerd.php"> Edited<br>

The goal is to run a prepared statement with an update Mysql query. Like this one

$stmt = $db->prepare('UPDATE personen SET firstname=?, lastname=?, telefoonnummer=? where id = ?');
$stmt->execute(array($firstname,$lastname,$telephonenumber,$user['id']));

I prefer using php over javascript, but i am open for some sugestions

Do you want to run that as soon as the checkbox is checked or are you submitting a form? As in, should the page reload or redirect before the action is run? — Mike Cluck, Oct 14 '16 at 19:43
Then you're going to need yourself a dose of [AJAX.](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/AJAX) It allows you to send a request to your server and process the response without reloading the page. — Mike Cluck, Oct 14 '16 at 19:52
any sugestions? haven't used ajax alot and kinda on a deadline, thank you — sansactions, Oct 14 '16 at 19:53
Sorry, you've just got to learn how to do it. Put your HTML in one file, your PHP in another. Perform an AJAX request to, for example, `updateperson.php` [when the checkbox state changes](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8423217/jquery-checkbox-checked-state-changed-event). — Mike Cluck, Oct 14 '16 at 20:00
yeah, i thought it would have to b something like that, thanks for the feedback, i really apreciate it — sansactions, Oct 14 '16 at 20:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '16 at 19:56

Use Ajax because javascript handles the browser side operations if you want to do on the server side you must need a submit button to post the data to the server.OR put this checkbox in FORM place an event in jquery on click And submit form automatically on click event

running an action behind a html checkbox

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