checking which submit button was pressed

**smittenbite** · Jun 11, 2007 13:08

i have a form and there are two submit buttons, one enters data and then goes back to the main page, one enters data and then returns to the same page to let the user continue to enter more data. i tried to follow some code from here http://builder.com.com/5102-6371-5242116.html but i cant get it to work.

the buttons :

Code HTML4Strict:

<p><input type="submit" name="addcont" value="Add More"></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="addfin" value="Add and Finish "></p>

the php:

PHP Code:


 if ($_POST['addcont']) // if (isset($_POST['addcont']))

     {

        echo "hello!";



    }

what am i doing wrong? my page never echos hello when i click on the add more button. any help appreciated.

**iulian** · Jun 11, 2007 13:28

Are you sure you have those inputs enclosed by a form tag?

**smittenbite** · Jun 11, 2007 14:38

thanks, yes they are in between <form> tags in the html

**logic_earth** · Jun 11, 2007 15:15

Code php:

<form method="post" action="">
    <input type="hidden" name="run" value="true">
 
    <input type="submit" name="runthis"><br>
    <input type="submit" name="runthat">
</form>
 
<?php
 
if (isset($_POST['run'])) {
 
    if (isset($_POST['runthat'])) {
        print 'Run That';
    } else if (isset($_POST['runthis'])) {
        print 'Run This';
    }
 
    print '<hr><pre>' . print_r($_POST, 1) . '</pre>';
 
}

**smittenbite** · Jun 11, 2007 15:22

thanks logic_earth, i put in the extra 'run' field and if statement but it still did not work. one thing i just noticed though is that after i submit , all the variables show up in the url including 'run=true' so i dont understand why my simple 'echo' did not show up still! does anyone know why my variables are showing up in the url though?

**logic_earth** · Jun 11, 2007 15:23

Can you post your full code?

I added <input type="hidden" name="run" value="true"> because it will always been sent with the form is submitted. IE tends to forget passing the main submit button if it is not clicked.

**kromey** · Jun 11, 2007 15:24

If it's in the URL, then your form is using GET, not POST. Either change your form's method to "post" (preferred) or use $_GET to access your form data.

**smittenbite** · Jun 11, 2007 15:30

yes here is the html

Code HTML4Strict:

<body>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<fieldset>
<p>Name : <input type="text" name="setname" size="50"></p>
 
<input type="hidden" name="run" value="true">
<p>Term:<textarea rows="3" name="1a" cols="40"></textarea>
   Notes:<textarea rows="3" name="1b" cols="40"></textarea></p>
<p>Term:<textarea rows="3" name="2a" cols="40"></textarea>
   Notes:<textarea rows="3" name="2b" cols="40"></textarea></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="addcont" value="Add More"></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="addfin" value="Add and Finish"></p>
</fieldset>
</form>

this is the php now :

PHP Code:


<?php
if (isset($_POST['run']))
     {
        echo "hello!";
        
        if (isset($_POST['addcont']))
            {
                echo 'add continue submitted!';

            }
        }
?>

edit*
thank you kromey, i will add the post method to the form now and run it.

**smittenbite** · Jun 11, 2007 15:33

thanks kromey that was the problem.

**kromey** · Jun 11, 2007 15:49

Interesting... I would have assumed a browser would default to the (very marginally) more secure POST when no method is explicitly stated. Guess I would have been wrong...

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