BR After Forms

PHPGuru_2700

I Am Making Links Like This.

<?
print("
<FORM ACTION=\"test.php\" METHOD=\"post\">
<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"username\" VALUE=\"PHPGuru\">
<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"password\" VALUE=\"php548\">
<A Onclick=\"submit();\">Test Link 1</A>
</FORM>

<FORM ACTION=\"test.php\" METHOD=\"post\">
<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"username\" VALUE=\"PHPGuru\">
<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"password\" VALUE=\"php548\">
<A Onclick=\"submit();\">Test Link 2</A>
</FORM>
");
?>

I do that for every link i have. but for some reason it makes a
newline after every <FORM>! with this code Test link 2 is with
a space above it then link 1! i want it so they are right under
each other. maybe a differant way to pass variables without
cookies and sessions without having the variables in the address
bar. like it would if my link was this...

<?
print("<A HREF=\"test.php?username=$username&password=$password\">Test link</A>");
?>

plz help.
Thanks in Advance!

Rohan_Hill

Hah, strange, I just noticed that yesterday too! Anyone know a way around it?

PHPGuru_2700

THIS HAS BEEN VIEWED 140 TIMES! NO ONE HAS AN ANSWER!??!?

ok peeps.. any alternatives besides cookies and sessions?!?
im at my wits end!

goa103

Hi,

I searched for "html form eliminate line break" and found this link:
How can I eliminate the line break after a Form closing tag n-t
http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/get/www/html/lang/5.html?inline=1&nogifs

But I can't find anything about line breaks 🙁

goa103

The only thing I know it's to eliminate it from the left or right, using float and clear properties.

Could find a way to eliminate it for both sides.

nemonoman

Well, 2 ideas, actually, that might be worth trying.

First, have you tried STYLE: ? Most HTML entities provide for styles, maybe FORM does too...

Next, since you're already using the javascript submit(), why not go whole-hog? Make a function like

function mySubmit(theSubmitType)
if(theSubmitType==1) {username='phpguru; submit();}

and set

etc.

goa103

left:

 <span style="float : left">On the left...</span>

<span ID="oClear">
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
	<a href="#">click me!</a> 
</form>
</span>

right:

 <span style="float : left">
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
	<a href="#">click me!</a> 
</form>
</span>

<span style="clear : right">...On the right</span>

both (doesn't work):

 <span style="float : left">...Blabla...</span>

<span style="clear : none">
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
	<a href="#">click me!</a> 
</form>
</span>

<span style="float : right">...Blabla...</span>

The solution would be to use a fake form with values you update on submit, maybe like the above example. but I wonder why you need a link to submit a username and password. I had the problem and I was using a link because I didn't thought enough about my application design. then I logically came up with a form and some links: registration vs view...

su1d

The solution is to use a table with <form> and </form> tags placed outside of a renderable area (between <tr> and <td>, or between <table> and <tr>):

goa103

hi again,

you can also use <form> as you would use <p>, <div> or <span>:

<form>
blabla... <a href="" onclick="submit ()">click me!</a> blabla...
</form>

eriksmoen

.
why not just use $_GET and do:
<a href="test.php?username=PHPGuru&password=php548">Test Link</a><BR>
<a href="...">Test Link 2</a>

you can also mask it in the status bar by adding:

onmouseover="window.status='test link'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true"

to the <a ... somewhere.

with the onmouse... mask, it hides that 'vital' information just as well as using a form... either way, you will be able to see the unam and pass by looking at the source.

hope that helps.

goa103

Anyway trailing along your passwords is not a good idea. After the registration, the password remains in the DB as an encrypted password. No more no less.

the_Igel

Yeah, instead of passing login and password here and there you'd better store them in db and use session identifier (either true session, or simulated), and then there's no need to hide it, as it will expire anyway.