one form two buttons again :-)

[sindre]

Hi,

In quite a long time I have tought that this question have only one answer.
It wont work. But then I tried it and it did work.
So the question is do it always work? Is there a reason to not do this?
Why I ask is if this work I can set php to figure out what to do with the
input based on the submit name/value!

What I tried is
<input type="submit" name="save" value="Save">
<input type="submit" name="save2" value="Save2">

Both sends the form input.

Sindre

 

[SpaceGirl]

Hi,

In quite a long time I have tought that this question have only one answer.
It wont work. But then I tried it and it did work.
So the question is do it always work? Is there a reason to not do this?
Why I ask is if this work I can set php to figure out what to do with the
input based on the submit name/value!

What I tried is
<input type="submit" name="save" value="Save">
<input type="submit" name="save2" value="Save2">

Both sends the form input.

Sindre

Rather than have the 2nd button submit your form, have it run a
javascript that collects the values of the form elements and posts them
for you to the alternate form processor. That way you can have as many
submit buttons as you care for.


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[Jukka K. Korpela]

In quite a long time I have tought that this question have only one
answer.

It's best to start from the question. What was it, really?

It wont work. But then I tried it and it did work.

Sounds like a zen thing.

So the question is do it always work?

Maybe, maybe not.

Is there a reason to not do this?

Depends on "this" (and the current definition of "reason").

What I tried is
<input type="submit" name="save" value="Save">
<input type="submit" name="save2" value="Save2">

Both sends the form input.

Ummm... not surprisingly, right?

If the question is whether you can reliably recognize which button was
used, then it _is_ a frequently asked question. Do you want us to carry
out the Nth iteration of the discussion, or would you like to peek at the
FAQs? (Remember that on Usenet, the Nth iteration is usually an
improvement over the (N+1)th iteration.)

The short answer is that such a scenario, with adequate server-side code,
works reliably in the special case where the form has no text input
fields.

 

[sindre]

If the question is whether you can reliably recognize which button was

used, then it _is_ a frequently asked question. Do you want us to carry
out the Nth iteration of the discussion, or would you like to peek at the
FAQs? (Remember that on Usenet, the Nth iteration is usually an
improvement over the (N+1)th iteration.)

The short answer is that such a scenario, with adequate server-side code,
works reliably in the special case where the form has no text input
fields.

It's fine. Thank you.
I could take a look at the FAQ!
Sindre

 

[Toby Inkster]

Rather than have the 2nd button submit your form, have it run a
javascript that collects the values of the form elements and posts them
for you to the alternate form processor. That way you can have as many
submit buttons as you care for.

You don't need javascript to have multiple submit buttons.
http://examples.tobyinkster.co.uk/2-submit-buttons/