Re: several buttons in form - which one was clicked

Hi, Why do you want a checkbox beside each button? Wouldn't the button alone be enough? I'm assuming it's for something like a delete items list? This is one of many ways to do it... I can't see why you need checkboxes -- perhaps you need to tell us more abut what you want to achieve. <? for($i=1;$i<=30;$i++) { echo "<form action='anyfile.php' method='post'>"; echo "Delete Item # {$i} "; echo "<input type='hidden' name='item' value='{$i}' />"; echo "<input type='submit' name='delete' value='go' />"; echo "</form>"; } ?> This would create 30 go buttons, each one on it's own form, each one having a hidden name/value of item/$i. On anyfile.php you would be concerned with the POST var $_POST['item'] (or $item if reg globals on), and perhaps $_POST['delete'] to know that the form was submitted. Another option might be a list of checkboxes, and ONE go button to delete all checked items: <form action='anyfile.php' method='post'> <? for($i=1;$i<=30;$i++) { echo "Item #{$i} "; echo "<input type='checkbox' name='delete[{$i}]' value='1' />"; } ?> <input type='submit' name='delete' value='delete checked items' /> On anyfile.php, you would have an array $_POST['delete'] that you could loop through, getting the keys (id's of items to be deleted) and acting upon them. I could go on :) Justin on 11/02/03 12:09 PM, Vahldieck, Mike (mike@vahldieck.com) wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm new to PHP, so maybe this Q makes me look rather stupid... never mind, > asking it anyway... > > I want to have a form with several checkboxes and an OK button next to each > of them, to enable users to send data when checkbox has been changed.. > I need to pass $i to know, which button has been clicked... > > for ($i = 1; $i <= 30; $i++) { > echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"checkbox\" name=\"cbox$i\" checked>checkbox > No. $i"; > echo "...."; > echo "<FORM ACTION=\"anyfile.php?box=$i\" > METHOD=\"POST\">"; > echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"Submit\" NAME=\"OK$i\" > VALUE=\"OK\">"; > echo "<br>"; > } > ?> > > > I always get anyfile.php?box=1 ... What am I doing wrong? > Better ways to do that? > > Thanks for your help > greetings from Berlin/Germany > Mike > >