Question

Currently, I’m developing an application using standard PHP. As such, there are assorted functions that are called from forms. Some examples include registration, login, logout, and others.

Rather than creating a separate file for each function, I’m using a phpscripts.php file in the includes folder. To execute a function from html input, I pad the URL with ?action=functionName. Inside the script file, I use a switch/case tree to execute the proper function based on the S_GET['action'] variable.

Is there a better way to implement HTML calls to PHP functions?

Answer 1

No, that is the correct way to interface a HTML form with a PHP script. Other alternatives would include employing URL rewriting (to convert something like /actions/functionname/param to ?action=functionname&param=x), but the basic principle remains the same.