form submission

[LAMP]

I have a form like this :

<form action="index.php" method="get">
<input type="hidden" id="task" name="task" value="<?=$searchType?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="ct" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_classifiedsearch" />

Can i embed the staic values of some of the form fields in the form action like this?

<form action="index.php?option=com_classifiedsearch" method="get">
[INDENT]<input type="hidden" id="task" name="task" value="<?=$searchType?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="ct" value=""/>
<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_classifiedsearch" />[/INDENT]

[LAMP]

Actually I want to change the form to something like this:

<form action="index.php?option=com_classifiedsearch" method="get"><input type="hidden" id="task" name="task" value="<?=$searchType?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="ct" value=""/>
</form>

[kronso]

if (something) 
    {$a = '?option=com_classifiedsearch';  }


print <<<_embed_


<form action="index.php$a" method="get">
.... 

_embed

[kronso]

Sorry I didn't mean to post that, the WYSIWG thing freaked out on me, I didn't realize it had submitted, and you only have 60 seconds to correct errors.

I believe you can do what you asked about.

[LAMP]

But I have a feeling that the query string in the form action is being wiped out by the form fields when the form is submitted?

[kronso]

Now that you mention that... I believe that is right.

Ideally, you should just submit data via POST or GET, and not both at the same time.

You could do something like this

<form action="index.php" . . . . 
<input value="com_classifiedsearch" type="hidden" name="blah" ..... /> ....

and then for index.php

if (($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') 
          && ($_POST['blah'] == "com_classifiedsearch"))
          {do something}

[BrandonK]

You cannot have a query string in your form action if you are submitted a get, but you can if you are submitting a post.

Works:

<form action="index.php?this=that" method="post">

Breaks:

<form action="index.php?this=that" method="get">

[kronso]

If BrandonK says it, that's good enough for me.