How do you set links for the same page?

Question

Im looking to make a simple text-based game, and i was wondering how you set links for actions to be on the same page, so you wouldnt have to be redirected to a different page. So basically i just want everything in the game to be on one page, jus not all displayed at once.

Answer 1

If you are trying to avoid lots of different php files on the server for every page of the game, then pass a variable to php. Eg the URL game.php?page=start would set the variable $_REQUEST['page'] in your php script and you can make a condition based off of that.

If you are trying to avoid the page refreshing, then AJAX is the correct answer.

Answer 2

Use ajax to call other components of the page. It's the best way to manipulate a page without refresh.

Answer 3

you can use jsonp.

what is jsonp :

JSONP is script tag injection, passing the response from the server in to a user specified function

see links:

• http://remysharp.com/2007/10/08/what-is-jsonp/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON

also you can use jQuery.getJSON() to give data from jsonp

Answer 4

Basically, you need to refresh the page, but this time with new variables. If your page is called game.php, and you are updating the health:

$health = $_REQUEST['health'];
$health++;
echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='game.php?health=$health'>";

This will constantly refresh the page, increasing the health by 1 every time.