Multiple form submissions buttons

Worker Joined: Feb 18, 2004 Posts: 244

How do you set up a form so that it can have two different submissions buttons?

I want to have a submit and a preview button.

This isent right:

Code:

echo "<form method=\"post\" action=\"admin.php\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" value=\"insertCourse\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cid\" value=\"$cid\">"


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echo "<br><br>"


 ."<input type=\"submit\" name=\"op\" value=\""._PREVIEW."\">&nbsp;&nbsp;" 


 ."<input type=\"submit\" name=\"op\" value=\""._COURSE_ADD."\">&nbsp;&nbsp;";

I have never seen the syntax for two submit buttons.

Thanks,
Darrell

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

This, of course, is as much an HTML issue as a PHP issue Smile

Actually, your syntax is correct. Your php program will have to test for the value of $op and then respond accordingly. Does that make sense? Here's a quick snippet to demonstrate

Code:

<form method="post">


<input type="submit" name="op" value="Preview">&nbsp;&nbsp;


<input type="submit" name="op" value="Submit">&nbsp;&nbsp;


</form>


<?


if (isset($_POST['op'])) {


   if ($_POST['op']=='Preview') {


      echo 'Do Preview Stuff Here';


   }


   else if ($_POST['op']=='Submit') {


      echo 'Do Submit Stuff Here';


   }


}


?>

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:16 pm

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm not sure I understand where the isset test goes.

My function was working before I decided I wanted to add the ability to preview the submission.

Here's what I have now.

Code:

/* Add Course */


function addCourse() {


   


   if (is_super()) {


      include("header.php");


      universityMenu();


      OpenTable();


       echo "<center><font class=\"title\"><b>"._COURSE_ADD."</b></font><br><br>"


         ."<font class=\"content\"><i>"._COURSE_ADVICE."</i></font></center><br>";


       CloseTable();


       echo "<BR>";


      OpenTable();


//       echo "<form method=\"post\" action=\"admin.php\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" value=\"insertCourse\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cid\" value=\"$cid\">" // original


       echo "<form method=\"post\" action=\"admin.php\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cid\" value=\"$cid\">"  // testing


         ."<font class=\"option\"><b>"._COURSE_ADD."</b></font><br><br>"


         .""._UNIVERSITY_TITLE.": <input type=\"text\" name=\"title\" size=\"50\" value=\"$title\"><br><br>"


         .""._UNIVERSITY_DESCRIPTION.":<br><textarea name=\"description\" cols=\"90\" rows=\"15\">$description</textarea><br>"


          ."<font class=\"content\">"._HTMLALLOWED."<br>";


      displayAllowedHTML();


      echo "<br><br>"


         .""._COURSE_PRICE.": $<input type=\"text\" name=\"price\" size=\"6\" maxsize=\"6\" value=\"$price\"><br><br>"


         .""._UNIVERSITY_STATUS.": <select name=\"status\">";


         if ($status==0) {


            echo "<option value=\"0\"selected>inactive</option>"


            ."<option value=\"1\">active</option>";


         } else {


            echo "<option value=\"0\">inactive</option>"


            ."<option value=\"1\"selected>active</option>";


         }   


      echo "</select><br><br>"


      ."<input type=\"submit\" name=\"op\" value=\""._PREVIEW."\">&nbsp;&nbsp;" // testing


      ."<input type=\"submit\" name=\"op\" value=\""._COURSE_ADD."\">&nbsp;&nbsp;" // testing


//      ."<input type=\"submit\" value=\""._COURSE_ADD."\">" // original


      ."</form>";


       CloseTable();


      displayCopyright();


      include("footer.php"); 


   } else {


      accessDenied(2);


   }


}

If I take the hidden op value out at the top of the form and then add two new op values at the bottom of the form, where would I put the isset test?

Originally I was branching off the switch statement at the bottom of the course functions.

Code:

//   case "insertCourse":


   case ""._COURSE_ADD."":


   courseInsert($title, $description, $price, $status);


   break;

I don't understand how the program is supposed to flow after the submit buttons.

Sorry,
Darrell

Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 2:21 pm

Nevermind,

I got it a little bit closer to working. I needed to include the language file in the the case file.

I'll letcha' know if I can't get it...

Thanks,
Darrell