Re: Self-Process php forms or not?

On Oct 2, 2009, at 3:00 AM, Manuel Lemos wrote:

Hello, on 10/02/2009 04:41 AM kranthi said the following:

I try to avoid the use of hidden form elements as much as possible, especially for tracking whether a user has submitted a form or not... I use name="submit" for the submit button instead, that will pass the value of the submit button to the action script. above all i use a template engine, smarty to take care of the presentation for me(like deciding whether to show the form and/or a success/failure message)

That only works if the user clicks on that submit button. If the user hits the enter key in a text input, the form is submitted but the submit input variable is not set. That is why an hidden input is a safer solution.

If you need the button to be *clicked*... <form onsubmit="$('submitButton').fireEvent('click');" ...> Or something along those lines. ~Philip