Is it possoble to have a php script executed when pressing a form button
(eg. <input type="button" value="Send" onClick=this is where i want the php where JScript would normally go>) Or does the server only execute php on page load?

You can use a variation of this:
<input class='buttons' id='page' onclick="another_page.php" type='button' value='Another Page' name='another page' />

So how exactly do you get this to work? When I try putting

The button shows up, but does not take you to "./modules.php?name=automaint&page=editdata"

Can you not get the php script to run by putting the reference to the page in the action part of the form tag? Like:
<form name=myform, method=post, action=phpscript.php>

Then you just use the submit button without the onClick part - when it is clicked the php script on phpscrip.php page will run.

I think this would work?

The button would have to link to a new page in order for the PHP to take effect. PHP is a server-side scripting language, meaning that all PHP code is processed during page load (and subsequently converted to client-side code--usually HTML, but also some DHTML). Only if you load up a new page can the server process new PHP code.

Please correct me if I misunderstood your original request.

Conker

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Nope, you were bang on. I figured out how to do it anyways with a submit button and querystrings instead.

Use a javascript redirect to run the PHP code you want, for your 'onclick' event.

Oooo, pretty nifty. Thanks.