What about using _forward() instead?
Regards,
Saša Stamenković.
sagittariidae wrote:
>
> Thank you for all your suggestions guys.
>
> I can see why javascript would be a useful choice for this problem but I
> have opted to figure out the action to perform server-side, using php to
> determine which submit variable is present in the POST variables and its
> seems to be working for me (so cheers for the idea Mark). Now for the next
> problem (which I should probably put in a new thread) but I need to
> redirect to an external url with a POST request containing all my form
> values. From what I have read a redirect would not send the POST variables
> and creating a HTTP Client would mean that that even tho I could post to
> the external url the browser would not actually be redirected to the
> external url.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the advice, Matt
>
>
> Jurian Sluiman wrote:
>>
>> Well, even if it works on some (or most) browsers, it's not the most
>> wonderful
>> option.
>>
>> The best is imho to provide your local url as action. By pressing the
>> submit
>> button for your remote site you can change the action with javascript. If
>> javascript is not enabled, you can always check serverside at your local
>> action if the "remote submit" is pressed and forward the action with the
>> redirector.
>>
>> Then it's for the most users very friendly, but with js turned off it
>> still
>> works.
>>
>> Regards, Jurian
>> --
>> Jurian Sluiman
>> Soflomo.com
>>
>> Op Tuesday 23 June 2009 14:44:28 schreef Ramon de la Fuente:
>>> Actually.. submitting by Return key or Space fires the onClick event on
>>> the submit buttons. (go figure)
>>> [Google Chrome 2.0.172.31, IE 8, FF 3.0.11]
>>>
>>>
>>> Ramon
>>>
>>> drm wrote:
>>> > Watch out with javascript solutions, since it might give you trouble
>>> > with submits by pressing the Return key to submit a form.
>>> >
>>> > Gerard
>>> >
>>> > Ramon de la Fuente wrote:
>>> >> Also, if you have different actions depending on the button that
>>> >> submits the request, you could
>>> >> use Javascript to alter the "action" of the form prior to submit.
>>> >>
>>> >> The form tag looks like:
>>> >> <form id="testform" action="" method="post">
>>> >>
>>> >> The inputs look something like:
>>> >> <input type="submit" onClick="setAction('local');" name="buy"
>>> >> value="Local" />
>>> >> <input type="submit" onClick="setAction('remote');" name="buy"
>>> >> value="LIVE!" />
>>> >>
>>> >> And the setAction function something like:
>>> >> <script>
>>> >> function setAction(loc) {
>>> >> if (loc == 'local') {
>>> >> document.getElementById('testform').action =
>>> >> '/controller/action';
>>> >> } else {
>>> >> document.getElementById('testform').action =
>>> >> 'http://www.remoteurl.nl/someform.php';
>>> >> }
>>> >> }
>>> >> </script>
>>> >>
>>> >> Ofcorse this could probably look a little smoother using your
>>> >> favorite Javascript library...
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Hope this helps,
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Ramon de la Fuente
>>> >>
>>> >> lightflowmark wrote:
>>> >>> This is true of all HTML forms (AFAIK). I would approach this by
>>> >>> having both
>>> >>> forms submit to the same action (as you must), and using the
>>> >>> redirector to
>>> >>> conditionally redirect to the desired ultimate action, something
>>> like:
>>> >>> MyController.php:
>>> >>> public function myFormAction()
>>> >>> {
>>> >>> if($this->getRequest()->getParam('button1'))
>>> >>> {
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> $this->_helper->getHelper('Redirector')->gotoUrl('http://othersite.com/
>>> >>>',$this->getRequest()->getParams())
>>> >>>
>>> >>> }
>>> >>> else
>>> >>> {
>>> >>> //do form stuff locally
>>> >>> }
>>> >>> }
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Cheers,
>>> >>> Mark
>>> >>>
>>> >>> sagittariidae wrote:
>>> >>>> Hey all,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I might be going the wrong way about it but I am looking to include
>>> 2
>>> >>>> submit buttons on a form to choose from, one button posting to a
>>> >>>> script on
>>> >>>> another site and one posting back to an action in the same
>>> controller
>>> >>>> (with the ability to use the posted variables once there). Is this
>>> >>>> possible using Zend Form? Surely the form action has to be assigned
>>> >>>> before
>>> >>>> the form is actually created so that is why I am stumped. I suppose
>>> I
>>> >>>> could have the form post back to a single action that checks which
>>> >>>> button
>>> >>>> has been pressed but then how would I post the variables to the
>>> >>>> subsequent
>>> >>>> script, would I use Zend_Http_Client?
>>> >>>> Many thanks, Matt
>>
>>
>
>
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