using functions in submit form

[annimal]

Hay all i got a function that i would like to be submited by a form filed button im not sure on how the sytax should look.

This is the function i wish to send

   function sendChatMessage($message) { 
   sendCommand( "<" . $this->getNick . ">", $message); 
} 

and this is what i want to use to send it

  <form name="SNDTXT" method="GET" action="">
  <label for="textfield">Text</label>
  <input name="textfield" type="text" id="textfield" value="usertxt">
  <label for="Submit"></label>
  <label for="label1"></label>
  <input type="submit" onClick="">
  </form>

any help would be apretiated as im new to usning PHP functions!

P.S Great forum

[yjanse]

I am amazingly short on time, so a few pointers.
Change method to POST and action to "action.php".
Name the form input items. (I will fix your HTML here)
Then use action.php to get the $_POST['tfUser'] value for example.

<form name="SNDTXT" method="POST" action="action.php">
  <label>
  <input name="tfUser" type="text" id="tfUser" value="">Text</label>

  <input type="submit" name="btnSubmit" value="Send">
  </form>

Dont have time to post more, there are 1000's here who can help you.

[annimal]

thanx my form is ready to send information there is still a slight problem with sending the

    function sendChatMessage($message) { 
   sendCommand( "<" . $this->getNick . ">", $message); 
} 

$message thats going to be but in the tfUser field i know there is a way to do this but for the life of me cant get it right grrrrr lol

[Sahajin]

huh? you are trying to send $message to the function after they hit submit? then a few things. one is already pointed out to you. add a action and add POST. then you need to add the function call when the form gets submited on another page. so in the action you have the page you send to then on that page you have this

action.php

if($_POST['textfield']){
// run function
sendChatMessage($_POST['textfield']);
} 

[annimal]

this is true yea i forget to mention in this post that the function i am trying to send is from a direct connect phpclient i.e PHPDC i have the full protocol and login handshake but im missing a few functions

    function sendChatMessage($message) { 
   sendCommand( "<" . $this->getNick . ">", $message); 
} 

is planned to be sent directly to the hub/room that i am in via a send button i realy just need to put the above function in a submit form to send text to the direct connect hub/room

[dklynn]

Annimal,

As pointed out above (TWICE), PHP is a hypertext PRE processor. In other words, you've got to use other code (action.php was suggested) to send your message as it canNOT be sent as you're leaving the page -- use JavaScript for that.

Regards,

DK