embed php within an HTML hyperlink

[Greg Crowe]

This is the code for the hyperlink on a web page.
<li class="current_page_item" ><a href="</p>http://active.com">Logout</a></li>

How do I add php code to be executed when "Logout" is clicked. I've tried adding the php code, but it continually executes the php code when the page is loaded.

[Rabbit]

PHP is for before it reaches the client. Which is why it is called a server side language. For something to happen on the client side, you need to use a client side language, i.e. javascript.

[Markus]

To log a user as 'out', you'd typically point that anchor (the <a>) at a PHP page that does the processing. Something like:

// Some HTML file
<a href="logout.php">Log Out</a>
 
// logout.php
<?php
$user->logOut();
?>
 

[Greg Crowe]

thanks for instruction. That worked. Here's the logout.php file I created.

<?php
//start session
session_start();

//remove session variables
session_unset();

// destroy the session
session_destroy();

?>