Re: How to submit form via PHP

On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 21:37 -0700, Waynn Lue wrote: > >No it doesn't... without an action statement... > > Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I just saw this. Is that true of > all browsers? I'm wondering because I just coded a site to use this > behavior, then I saw that the html specification says the action > attribute is required. > > Thanks, > Waynn > > On 8/15/08, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 13:30 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote: > >> [snip] > >> Hello. I'm pretty noob in PHP and would like to know how can I submit > >> some HTML form got via file_get_contents(URL). For example: > >> > >> <form name="someform" method="post"> > >> <input type="submit"> > >> </form> > >> > >> so how can I submit 'someform' form. > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > >> [/snip] > >> > >> Click 'Submit' > >> > >> > >> > >> Your form tag needs an action statement > > > > No it doesn't... without an action statement it will submit to the same > > URL in which it was presented. > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > > -- > > http://www.interjinn.com > > Application and Templating Framework for PHP > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > Without the action attribute, the form submits to itself, i.e. a form on contact.php submits to contact.php without an action attribute being specified. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk