Re: multiple submit buttons

wont work. you cannot pass get variables in a post action. if you can its news to me. i am under the impression that the submit button is the default button right? so if someone simply hits enter you want it to pick submit. if thats the case do this: if (!isset($submit) || $submit == "submit") { /// this tests to see if submit is set to submit OR if submit was never set at all /// if it was never set and the script was ran, then obviously the user hit enter /// and if they hit enter, they want the default action, which is this one } else { /// if submit wasn't set as submit, and submit was set, then it obvious was set to cancel /// so do something here /// to be more precise you could do else if ($submit == "Cancel"), its all the same } ----- Original Message ----- From: Samantha Savvakis <samantha@cfs.net.au> To: Toby Butzon <php-lists@imawebdesigner.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 11:35 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] multiple submit buttons > > I think what I'm doing to do is this: > > Set the action of the form to "somepage.php?submitpage=true" > > Then test for Cancel first if it finds the submitpage variable is set. > > <? > if ($submitpage == "true") > { > if ($submit == "Cancel") > { > > // detect if cancel first. > file://The cancel button requires navigation to get to it > } > else > { > // The only way it could get here is to click the submit button > } > } > ?> > > Sound like a plan? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Toby Butzon [mailto:php-lists@imawebdesigner.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2000 16:22 > > To: samantha@cfs.net.au; php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] 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 || $submit == "" to your if statement? > > > > Toby Butzon > > [ criticism spurs improvement ] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Samantha Savvakis" <samantha@cfs.net.au> > > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 1:16 AM > > Subject: RE: [PHP] multiple submit buttons > > > > > > : Hi all, > > : > > : I know this thread is pretty old, but I have a few problems > > with multiple > > : submit buttons and it annoys me that this problem occurs. I > > have posted to > > : the PHP list about this before, but I'm wondering where the problem > > actually > > : lies. > > : > > : I have a page with 2 submit buttons, one for submit, one for > > cancel. It's > > : pretty simple. A few text fields. > > : > > : <FORM name=frmSubmit METHOD="POST"> > > : <INPUT type=text name=text1> > > : <INPUT type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> > > : <INPUT type="submit" name="submit" value="Cancel"> > > : </FORM> > > : > > : At the top of the page I say: > > : > > : <? > > : if ($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 >