can i use submit button inside a form to access a function in other php file?because i have 2 buttons on same page but want them to do different function..one to query database other to update table..
ankit1122 -3 Junior Poster in Training
cereal 1,524 Nearly a Senior Poster Featured Poster
Yes, you can use multiple submit buttons in your forms:
submit buttons: When activated, a submit button submits a form. A form may contain more than one submit button.
and:
If a form contains more than one submit button, only the activated submit button is successful.
source: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html
to access a function in other php file?
Use the action attribute of the form to point a switcher file, there you can redirect or just use include() to perform the pre-selected operation.
Here is an example:
<?php
$print = '';
$action = '';
if($_POST)
{
$print = $_POST;
if(array_key_exists('query', $_POST))
{
// do query
$action = 'query';
}
if(array_key_exists('edit', $_POST))
{
// edit action
$action = 'edit';
}
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Yet Another Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" action="">
<input type="text" name="msg" />
<input type="submit" name="query" value="search" />
<input type="submit" name="edit" value="edit" />
</form>
<pre><code>
<?php
print_r($print);
?>
</code></pre>
<p>
<?php
echo $action;
?>
</p>
</body>
</html>
Bye!
iamthwee
You can either use two forms or you can use jquery to single out your submit functions.
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