text button in multiple forms

[joon]

I Think Nexts are multiple forms.

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

<input type="hidden" name="group" value="0">
<input type="submit" name="item" value="toy"><br>

</FORM>

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

<input type="hidden" name="group" value="1">
<input type="submit" name="item" value="fruit"><br>

</FORM>

The Code in SearchList.php,

if($group=='0')
$strWhere .= " and (postColumn1 like '%tank%' or postColumn1 like '%gun%')";

if($group=='1')
$strWhere .= " and (postColumn1 like '%apple%' or postColumn1 like '%grape%')";
.....

The above script does work well.

If a user click the button "toy",
the searchList.php will show every posting that has the word "tank" or "gun".

If a user click the button "fruit",
the SearchList.php will show every posting that has the word "apple" or "grape".

Now I like to change the input type button into HTML(text) button.
I don't want to "img src" button because I have hundred of those button. drawing a hundred of image would be much work, but much more than that, it will make the loading time an age.

Do you have any suggestion for my text button in multiple forms?

[BuzzLY]

Sure...

<form name="search" action="SearchList.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="group" value="">
<a href="javascript:submitform('0')">Toy</a>
<a href="javascript:submitform('1')>Fruit</a>
</form>

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function submitform(group) {
   document.search.group.value = group;
   document.search.submit();
}
//-->
</script>

I haven't verified the code, but I think you get the idea...

[Mordecai]

You could also use GET vars, like file.php?group=1.
$_GET["group"] = 1