javascript - Call PHP file without using form action

Question

I am new to php. I did a little search but did not find a good solution. So posting the question here.

I have several thumbnail images in my webpage. Something like:

 <img src="" id="thumb1">
 <img src="" id="thumb2">
 <img src="" id="thumb3">
 <img src="" id="thumb4">

I want to call load a php file when a user clicks on any of these thumbnail images and pass the id of the image to the php file. This php file queries the database with the image id and displays the relevant information. So far I used "form action" to call a php file.

Can you please tell me how to call php file and pass the image id?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Use links:

<a href="php_file.php?id=thumb1"><img src="" id="thumb1"></a>
<a href="php_file.php?id=thumb2"><img src="" id="thumb2">/a>
<a href="php_file.php?id=thumb3"><img src="" id="thumb3">/a>
<a href="php_file.php?id=thumb4"><img src="" id="thumb4">/a>

php side: $_GET['id'];