[Resolved] getting submit button value

[dila125]

<button name="ship" value="'.$row['orderID'].'" class="button" type="submit">SHIP</button>

The code above displays a button. I am able to test whether the button was clicked or not, but how can I read out the value of the button?

[Pig]

echo $ship;

[dila125]

That was the first thing I tried, but it just displays "Ship", which is the name assigned to the button, not the value.

[Pig]

Your HTML is weird. It should look like this:
<input type='submit' name='ship' value='" . $row['orderID'] . "'>

[dila125]

The page has about 20 buttons on it, which I need all to have "Ship" displayed on them. But I need the buttons to have unique underlying values which will be used to see which of the 20 or so ship buttons has been pressed.

That is why i used the custom button code, because the standard button code isn't as flexible.

Can PHP not handle the <button> code?

[Pig]

I have never seen button used that way. It would be better to use a hidden form field. Create a seperate form for each button.

echo("
<form method='post' action='process.php'>
<input type='hidden' name='order_id' value='" . $row['orderID'] . "'>
<input type='submit' value='ship'>
</form>
");