Re: multiple submit buttons

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Deepak Chawla wrote: > Hi all, > > I need two submit buttons in a html form, and i need them to do two > different things...eg: a text box for a filename and two submit buttons, > one for opening the file and another for deleting it. Since both require > the filename field.. both have to be submit buttons. > html in itself doesn't provide means for doing this... is there any way > to do it ?? HTML does provide a way for doing this, and it worries me how many people suggested using JavaScript, or even seperate forms to accomplish this. First, using seperate forms is just silly. Why would that ever be a good idea? You'd have to have two seperate text fields, which is redundant. Second, relying on JavaScript is a very bad habit if you're interested in your code working everywhere. It's quite simple. Your form: <form method="post" action="action.php"> Filename: <input type="text" name="filename"><br><br> <input type="submit" name="action" value="View File"><br> <input type="submit" name="action" value="Delete File"> </form> The action.php: <? // This could also be a series of if/else if's switch ($action) { case 'View File': echo 'You chose to view the file.'; break; case 'Delete File': echo 'You chose to delete the file.'; break; } ?> Matt