Re: multiple submit buttons

> Not really an issue of what PHP doesn't realize, but more an issue of what > IE doesn't send. Since you didn't click the button, it's just not setting > the value. > > What if you added || $submit == "" to your if statement? > that would produce an error. if the variable $submit itself is never passed you cannot evaluate it. i think the best method would be what i described in the previous post, end it with an else statement to handle all default posts. you could also check before hand. if (!isset($submit) || $submit == "Submit") { // process submit page } else { // jump to cancel page, of course you could also do else if ($submit == "Cancel") { but whats the diff =P } > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Samantha Savvakis" <samantha@cfs.net.au> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 1:16 AM > Subject: RE: [PHP] multiple submit buttons > > > : Hi all, > : > : I know this thread is pretty old, but I have a few problems with multiple > : submit buttons and it annoys me that this problem occurs. I have posted to > : the PHP list about this before, but I'm wondering where the problem > actually > : lies. > : > : I have a page with 2 submit buttons, one for submit, one for cancel. It's > : pretty simple. A few text fields. > : > : <FORM name=frmSubmit METHOD="POST"> > : <INPUT type=text name=text1> > : <INPUT type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> > : <INPUT type="submit" name="submit" value="Cancel"> > : </FORM> > : > : At the top of the page I say: > : > : <? > : if ($submit == "Submit") > : { > : // do something to submit the page > : } > : else if ($submit == "Cancel") > : { > : // redirect to calling page > : } > : ?> > : > : Now, this all works fine if I actually move the mouse to the button and > : click on it, or if I tab to the button itself and hit the enter key. > : > : But - this is where the problem is. If I have the cursor in the text > field, > : I hit the enter key (which enters on the default button), $HTTP_POST_VARS > : has no recollection of "submit" as a post variable. Hence, $submit has no > : value, hence none of the if/else statement actually works. > : > : I have this problem in IE browsers (since Netscape doesn't have a default > : button). Is there a fix for this? I thought PHP would be able to realise > : that the page has submitted because of the default button and place it > into > : HTTP_POST_VARS. > : > : Any ideas? > : > : Sam > : > : > : -- > : PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > : To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > : For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > : To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > : > : > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >