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

sure this would work but it'd be VERY inefficient in my application. It's a file browser application so i have hundreds of folder icons on a page .. the 'submit' element will pass back the name of the button clicked and it would be available immediately/directly, which is what i want. BUT an 'image' element would require me to loop through ALL buttons doing an 'isset' test on each one. I can't believe html provides no means for using an icon as a submit button. well i'm off pursuing a javascript solution now. by the way .. unrelated question ... why would one want to use $_REQUEST['foo'] instead of just $foo? doesn't php give you access to form variables using the latter construct which is much cleaner? "Philip Olson" <philip@cornado.com> wrote in message news:Pine.BSF.4.10.10301300503280.83137-100000@localhost... > > [snip] > > I assume i could use solution "A" above, and parse the _x out of the "name" > > value .. but this seems pretty hoaky and it's my understanding soultion B is > [snip] > > This is how it's done. If this is set, the button > was clicked. For example: > > if (isset($_REQUEST['thebuttonname_x'])) { > > print "The button was clicked"; > } > > Regards, > Philip > >