[Resolved] General HTML Submission

[dbchip2000]

Hi,
I am wondering if anybody else has had some problems on some forms with the Submit button and can help me. It doesn't directly relate to PHP, I don't believe, but it affects some of my interactions and programming. On some of the HTML forms I make, you finish typing in a normal text input (not textarea) and press return, it should submit it. But sometimes, the only thing it does is 'refresh' the page and you lose all the data you typed in. So on those forms you have to specifically click the submit button. Has anyone encountered this? or know what causes this? Thanks

[icaro]

I guess the problem is in the script... i used to code like this:

<form action='file.php' name='formname' method='POST'>
<input type='text' name='asdf'>

<input type='submit' name='saveb' value='Save'>

</form>

and in file.php

if ($saveb == 'Save') {
 save_foo(); // do save stuff
} else {
 include('form.php'); // show form html
}

testing if button variable has value assigned to it is a bad way to program, better test $asdf value, becase if you press enter, the button var gets no value..

another way to solve it is a js event onSubmit on form tag, setting saveb value..

i hope it helps.
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