php/form updating database without submitting to a new page

[joemorris86]

Lets say I have my index.php page, at the moment I am using a form which submits to update.php to update records in my database. It then uses a redirect code to return to my index.php page.That all works fine, but I was wondering if there was a way to update the records directly from the index.php page?

[thescientist]

yes. either have the UPDATE logic in beginning of index.php or make the request via AJAX.