Form processing: change the "action=" based on pull down menu

[Sylvie Stone]

Hi group -

I have an html form for that uses username and password to login to a
specific area of the website. The "area" the user wants to go to is
based on a pull down menu. Becasue the user/password info is in
differnet databases, how can I call different validation scripts based
on this input ?
THANK YOU!

See below please. Somethinglike this:

form.html:
<form name="loginform " method="post" action="login.p hp">
<select name="loginform ">
<option value="one">Sec tion 1</option>
<option value="two">Sec tion 2</option>
</select>

login.php:

@extract($_POST );
if($_POST[loginform] == "one") {

echo "action = /forums/scc/dispatch.cgi/_admin/AVFLogin"
NAME="LoginForm " >
echo "<input type=hidden name=\"autologi n\" value=\"1\">\n" ;
echo "<input type=hidden name=\"formstyl e\" value=\"standar d\">\n";
echo "<input type=hidden name=\"returnfo rum\" value=\"_admin\ ">\n";
echo "<input type=hidden name=\"returnms g\"
value=\"acahome page\">\n";

} else {

echo "action = /path to different cgi \n";
echo :different values for hidden fields".

}

[Erwin Moller]

Re: Form processing: change the &quot;action=&q uot; based on pull down menu

Sylvie Stone wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi group -
>
> I have an html form for that uses username and password to login to a
> specific area of the website. The "area" the user wants to go to is
> based on a pull down menu. Becasue the user/password info is in
> differnet databases, how can I call different validation scripts based
> on this input ?
> THANK YOU![/color]

Hi,

This is actually a javascript trick you need.
You can dynamically set the action of a form, just by assigning a new value
to it.

Try something like this:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>formacti ontest</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="GENERATOR " content="Quanta Plus">

<script language="javas cript">

function doSubmit(){
// get the chosen option
selind = document.forms. mydynamicform.s electaction.sel ectedIndex;
// get the value
selval = document.forms. mydynamicform.s electaction[selind].value;

// now set this value as action for the form
document.forms. mydynamicform.a ction=selval;

// and submit
document.forms. mydynamicform.s ubmit();

}

</script>

</head>
<body>

<form action="unknown yet" METHOD="POST" name="mydynamic form">

Choose your action:
<select name="selectact ion">
<option value="login1.p hp">go to login 1</option>
<option value="login2.p hp">go to login 2</option>
<option value="login3.p hp">go to login 3</option>
</select>
<br>
Your name? <input type="text" name="yourname" size=10>
<br>
<input type="button" onClick="doSubm it()" value="Go!">

</form>

</body>
</html>


Regards,
Erwin

[Sylvie Stone]

Re: Form processing: change the &quot;action=&q uot; based on pull down menu

sylviestone@can ada.com (Sylvie Stone) wrote in message news:<181a24a8. 0309160650.45b7 44df@posting.go ogle.com>...[color=blue]
> Hi group -
>
> I have an html form for that uses username and password to login to a
> specific area of the website. The "area" the user wants to go to is
> based on a pull down menu. Becasue the user/password info is in
> differnet databases, how can I call different validation scripts based
> on this input ?
> THANK YOU![/color]


THANKS A LOT to Erwin and NC for posting two excellent solutions.
i have taken bits from each and implemented the code and it's working very well.

Thanks again,

Syl.