Re: Using custom "button" form element instead of standard "submit"?

This suggested solution is not quite what i was looking for (I was aware of it already): A: input TYPE=IMAGE NAME="parent" VALUE="foo" SRC="icon.gif"> The above uses an image as a bitmap and gets the x,y values where it was clicked. I'd like to use an ICON (instead of a standard submit button) and only care about WHICH icon was clicked, not where on the bitmap. Presumably the correct HTML is to use the BUTTON type as follows: B: <button type="submit" name="parent" value="foo"><img src="icon.gif"></button> but this does not work. And of course, C: <input type="submit" name="parent" value="foo"> gives the standard submit button. One suggestion was to add a "src=icon.gif" attribute to the submit type directly above (example C), but that didn't change the button ... it still had the standard button. I assume i could use solution "A" above, and parse the _x out of the "name" value .. but this seems pretty hoaky and it's my understanding soultion B is "correct" HTML and SHOULD work! Is it a bug in php that it is causing it not to work? or is the "button" construct depricated? or am i misunderstanding how that "BUTTON" construct is supposed to work? Sorry to be dense about this but it seems like a simple concept that's frustratingly difficult. -Durwood "Don Read" <dread@texas.net> wrote in message news:XFMail.20030129141031.dread@texas.net... > > On 27-Jan-2003 Durwood Gafford wrote: > > I can't figure out how to tell which button was pressed by a user when i'm > > using a "button" instead of a standard "submit" form element. > > > > This works: > > > > <input type="submit" name="parent" value="foo"> > > $parent will equal "foo" > > > > This doesn't work: > > > > <button type="submit" name="parent" > > value="foo"><img > > src="icon.gif"></button> > > $parent will equal "<img src="icon.gif"> NOT "foo" > > > > How do I get the value of "foo" to be returned in $parent and still use a > > graphical icon instead of a standard submit button? > > > > <input TYPE=IMAGE NAME="parent" VALUE="foo" SRC="icon.gif"> > > Regards, > -- > Don Read dread@texas.net > -- "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."