Re: Submit forms

Yes, thank you, this works! Ian. Paul Burney <burney@gseis.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:B7994352.2AFF%burney@gseis.ucla.edu... > on 8/10/01 7:50 AM, Ian Grant at ian.grant@btinternet.com wrote: > > > I've got a simply search form, on my site using PHP and MySQL. > > It writes a SELECT query using WHERE (<Field> LIKE '%thingy%') where thingy > > is the word entered in the form. It works fine if the submit button is > > pressed, but if you press return after typing the word, instead, it fails > > and writes nothing for the query, so it ends up like WHERE () > > Browsers differ on how they interpret the hitting of the return key and > which fields get submitted. I'd guess you have an <input type='submit' > name='submit' value='yes'> type field and you are checking > isset($submit). > Some browsers (Netscape on the Mac, for example) won't submit the name-value > pair associated with the button. > > One solution is to do this instead: > > <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="yes"> > <input type="submit" value="Search!"> > > No matter how the form is submitted, the submit variable will be set to yes. > > Sincerely, > > Paul Burney > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Paul Burney > Webmaster && Open Source Developer > UCLA -> GSE&IS -> ETU > (310) 825-8365 > <webmaster@gseis.ucla.edu> > <http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >