Form Calling Itself

[liquidchild]

How can i make a form call its owning class but with a different method. For example:

/** Displays the search form to the user, depends on searchType **/
function _displaySearchForm( $searchType )
{
	/** Display the search form **/
	$this->_layout->newLine(true);
	echo "<div class= 'content'>";

	$this->_layout->newLine(true);
	echo "<div class= 'phoneSearchTitle'>Search Phone Directory By $searchType </div>";

	$this->_layout->newLine(true, 2);
	echo "<form action= '' method= 'post'>";

	$this->_layout->newLine(true);
	echo "<div class= 'phoneSearchField'>";

	$this->_layout->newLine(true, 3);
	echo "<label for= 'searchType'>Please Enter $searchType: </label>";

	$this->_layout->newLine(true, 3);
	echo "<input type= 'text' id= 'searchType'>";

	$this->_layout->newLine(true, 3);
	echo "</div>";

	$this->_layout->newLine(true, 3);
	echo "<div class= 'phoneSubmitButton'><input type= 'submit' value= 'Search'></div>";

	$this->_layout->newLine(true, 2);
	echo "</form>";

	$this->_layout->newLine(true);
	echo "</div>";
}

The above form exists in phone.class.php, After the form is submitted by the user i want it to call a different method from this class that will search the database I have seen this done but can't remember how!

Thanks

[saronoff]

Well you're going to have to submit the form to some page somewhere. In that page include the class and go from there.

To get the actual class object to carry over pages though you're going to have to create a session or use cookies.