php counting button clicks

Question

I making a tic tac toe game I have this button, but I could like to count the number of times a user clicks it that way I can use it as my tie game condition when clicks = 8 and no winner has been determined. How do I pass and increment the number of times I click this button?

do I use the javascript onclick event?

print('<input type="submit" name="submit_button" value = "Go">');


if(isset($_POST[submit_button])) 
{
do stuff

}

submit_button should be "submit_button"

Waleed Khan
– Waleed Khan

2012-08-19 01:47:12 +00:00
Commented Aug 19, 2012 at 1:47 — Waleed Khan
– Waleed Khan, Commented Aug 19, 2012 at 1:47

SomeKittens · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-19 01:32:53Z

3

PHP won't solve your problem here, as it is only server side. Declare a variable numClicks in your JavaScript, and change the input to this:

<input type="submit" name="submit_button" onclick="increaseClicks()" value = "Go">

Then you can define increaseClicks to be

function increaseClicks(){
    numClicks++;
    if(numClicks >= 8){
        //dostuff
    }
}

answered Aug 19, 2012 at 1:32

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3 Comments

Undermine2k Over a year ago

Do I think pass the variables back into my php script? Because all my game logic is being done server side.

SomeKittens Over a year ago

If you wish to pass data back to the server, then I'd suggest AJAX. Though doing some of the game logic client-side would be much faster.

Femi Oni Over a year ago

agree with someKittens unless you want to store the number click for each user in the database, client script should handle the clicks and at the end send results to server to save game score or something

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