Hi Rene
I think that I first used a submit button about html ver 2.0. I want to
use a button type - not submit.
regards
Martin
Rene Maldonado wrote:
> Hi I think it woulf be better this way:
>
> print "<form action = '$PHP_SELF?action=1' method = 'post'
> name = 'hello'>";
> print "<input type='text' name='var_hello'>";
> print "<input type = submit value = 'Submit' >";
>
>
> and, the var name is $var_hello
>
> this way, the value of your var do not appear in the URL,
>
> This work for me...
>
>
>
> Martin Cameron wrote:
>
>> Here is a simple form file that needs to pass a variable - $hello -
>> from
>> the form to a new function. Unfortunately, it doesn't. When you
>> click
>> the submit button, the URL looks like this:
>>
>> http://localhost/test5.php?action=1&hello=
>>
>> It should have the variable there after the "hello="
>>
>> I suspect it's something to do with parent.location. Looking for a
>> solution. Here's the script:
>>
>> <head>
>> </head>
>> <body bgcolor=white>
>> <?
>> define(INITIAL_PAGE,0);
>> define(SELECT,1);
>> function initial_page(){
>> global $PHP_SELF,$hello;
>> print "<form action = '$PHP_SELF?action=1' method = 'post'
>> name = 'hello'>";
>> print "<input type='text' name='hello'>";
>> print "<input name = 'hello' type='button' value='Submit'
>>
>> onClick=\"parent.location='$PHP_SELF?action=1&hello=$hello'\">";
>>
>> print "</form>";
>> }
>>
>> function select(){
>> global $hello;
>> print "Hellooooooooooo, $hello!";
>> }
>>
>> initial_page();
>>
>> switch($action){
>> case INITIAL_PAGE:
>> initial_page;
>> break;
>> case SELECT:
>> select();
>> break;
>> default:
>> die ("Hello, can't find that function.");
>> }
>> ?>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>>
>> The thing is that if you simply hit "enter" - rather than click the
>> "submit" button, the first directive in the <form> tag is invoked,
>> and
>> the value of the $hello variable IS passed.
>>
>> regards
>> Martin Cameron
>
