Methods

[Berry B]

Hi!
Is it possible to use the methods attribute in the tag <a> like the method
attribute in forms?
What I want is a link to send some values to a php page. Is that possible,
and could someone please give me an example on how to do that?

Tnx!

 

[Have]

Hi!
Is it possible to use the methods attribute in the tag <a> like the
method
attribute in forms?
What I want is a link to send some values to a php page. Is that
possible,
and could someone please give me an example on how to do that?

Well, you cannot send POST variables without having a form, but yes, you
can send values to a php page with the <a>-tag: <a
href='page.php?something=123&someother=234'>link</a> ... etc, if that's
what you meant(?) ... This will work like having a form with method=get.

 

[chris]

Hi!
Is it possible to use the methods attribute in the tag <a> like the method
attribute in forms?
What I want is a link to send some values to a php page. Is that possible,
and could someone please give me an example on how to do that?

Tnx!

You can pass yor variables within the url.

test.php?var1=somehting&var2=somethingelse

which is the same as using the GET action in forms. Simply append that after
the filename. Theres no POST action in <a> tags as far as i know.

chris

 

[Steve Pugh]

Is it possible to use the methods attribute in the tag <a> like the method
attribute in forms?

No. Normal links produce GET requests.

What I want is a link to send some values to a php page. Is that possible,
and could someone please give me an example on how to do that?

<a href="page.php?label1=value1&amp;label2=value2">link text</a>

Steve

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Is it possible to use the methods attribute in the tag <a> like the
method attribute in forms?

No. The methods attribute was contained in early HTML specifications,
but it was not implemented and it was dropped out.

Any reason to avoid a submit button if it's a matter of submitting data
for processing, using the post method?