3 submit buttons 3 different destinations

manishsethi · #1 26-Jun-2009, 19:19

hey friends.... i need some help... i want to create one form... in which i want to have three submit buttons. and the difficulty is these different buttons has different destinations....
means multiple actions in a form.......
and restriction is i must use only HTML coding. no JAVASCRIPT

MisterChucker · #2 27-Jun-2009, 13:34

Give the three submit buttons the same name but different values.

HTML Code:

<form action="director.php" method="post">
    <p>
        <input type="submit" name="go" value="One" />
        <input type="submit" name="go" value="Two" />
        <input type="submit" name="go" value="Three" />
    </p>
</form>

Use a switching script (director.php) between the form and the three processing scripts. It is important to use include() rather than header() in the switching script because the POST variables will be lost if you use header().

PHP Code:


<?php
if (isset($_POST['go'])) {
    switch ($_POST['go']) {
        case 'One' :
            include 'a.php';
            break;
        case 'Two' :
            include 'b.php';
            break;
        case 'Three' :
            include 'c.php';
            break;
        default :
            exit;
    }
}
echo '<pre>', print_r($_POST, 1), '</pre>';
?>

manishsethi · #3 01-Jul-2009, 02:41

thanks for answer "MisterChucker ".
but if i want to use only Simple HTML then is it possible...

MisterChucker · #4 01-Jul-2009, 09:12

Forms were designed to be submitted to a single processing agent, which is designated by a single URL in the form's action attribute.

W3C: Form Submission

To cause the form to choose among multiple processing agents, a language capable of making decisions must be used in addition to HTML. The language can either be a client-side scripting language like Javascript or a server-side language like PHP. If you want to use a client-side script, change the form action when a submit button is pressed but before the form is submitted. If you want to use a server-side script, have the server figure out which submit button was pressed and include the appropriate processing page.

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