Form Question

[Dave Mennenoh]

I have a form being filled in dynamically using PHP. It's working except
I've run into an issue with the submit. I have a Select component (drop down
box) that has an onchange="this. form.submit()" so that users can simply pick
the item to be edited. Furtner down there's a standard submit button... How
can I differentiate between the two submits?
If they pick an item from the dropdown I just want to fill in the form with
the data selected from the database for that record. If they hit the submit
button, I want to post the form and save that data into the database.
Seems like it should be an easy one, but I'm just missing it.

thanks


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[Sjoerd]

Re: Form Question


Dave Mennenoh wrote:[color=blue]
> How can I differentiate between the two submits?[/color]

<input type="submit" name="foo" value="bar">
Clicking this button will post the form like there was a input field
with name foo and value bar. Look for $_POST['foo']. If it exists, the
button is clicked.


Another option is to use javascript to fill a hidden field. Something
like this:
<input type="hidden" name="TypeOfSub mit" id="TypeOfSubmi t">
<input type="submit"
onClick="getEle mentById('TypeO fSubmit').value ='1'">
<input type="submit"
onClick="getEle mentById('TypeO fSubmit').value ='0'">

[Dave Mennenoh]

Re: Form Question

>><input type="submit" name="foo" value="bar">

Thanks! I knew it was a simple one.

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