change to HTML button from input type button

joon

</FORM>

The above code does work well,

If I click the button, the SearchList.php page will show every data that included the word "toy".

However, this time I don't like the looking of input type button.
I like the HTML button.

So I tried change the code as follow.

(trial1)
<FORM name=search action="SearchList.php" method="POST">

</FORM>

(trial2)
<FORM name=search action="SearchList.php" method="POST">

</FORM>

Both of trials doesn't work.
They lead the SearchList.php to show not only every data that iinclude the word "toy" but also all data from mysql.

I think that The URL(SearchList.php) comes two times in "FORM action" and "A href" is not logical.

I hope you help me that into logical and workable.

andrin

Using <a href... > will NOT post the form only link you to a new page. If you want a HTML link to post your form you have to use JavaScript.

Try:

<a href="javascript:document.forms['FORMNAME'].submit();">Submit</a>

joon

<a href="java script:document.forms['FORMNAME'].submit();">Submit</a>

Is the "FORMNAME" a "search", "group", or "item" in this case?

(try1)
<FORM name=search action="SearchList.php" method="POST">

<input type="hidden" name="group" value="0">
<a href="javascript:document.forms['search'].submit();">Submit</a>

</FORM>

(try2)
<FORM name=search action="SearchList.php" method="POST">

<input type="hidden" name="group" value="0">
<a href="javascript:document.forms['group'].submit();">Submit</a>

</FORM>

(try3)
<FORM name=search action="SearchList.php" method="POST">

<input type="hidden" name="group" value="0">
<a href="javascript:document.forms['item'].submit();">Submit</a>

</FORM>

all 3 tries has error message on the status bar(" errors on the page") or "The requested URL java script:document.forms['item'].submit(); was not found on this server.

I don't know how I can fix it...

xblue

Hi Joon,

please don't start multiple threads on the same problem.

The suggested solution seems quite reasonable assuming you don't have written the php code yourself and therefore don't know very much about the code processing the form yet (as I understood from your last thread). It won't work for visitors that have javascript disabled though.

Try taking out the space between 'java' and 'script' (try 1) - not to blame andrin, I think this forum put it in.

[typo edited]

joon

Sorry,
I sometimes forgot what I did.
I accidentally post this same problem two times.

Anyway, I think this is too hard for me.
I might have to give up this time.
something is so twisted in my code.

Thanks to all.