form submit problem with IE

webnewone

Am I going crazy??

I've got a real simple piece of code that works like this.

If the form post variable submit doesn't yet exist then display the form.
Otherwise process the form.

The code is similar to:

//if form hasn't been submitted - display the form
if (!$_POST['submit']) {include_once ("inc_vipform.htm");}

//else the form has been submitted - process data

else {

//code to process form

}

My problem is that this works fine if you physically "click" the submit button but won't work if you just enter the data into the form and hit return.

Anyone know why this is?
PHP bug?
Something I'm doing?

Any help MUCH appreciated!!

😕

bastien

is the closing form tag before the buttons on the form page?

using javascript:
you can capture the enter key being hit and decide then to process the form and submit or catch the enter key and do nothing forcing the user to hit the button

webnewone

is the closing form tag before the buttons on the form page?

No . . . the submit button <input type="submit" . . .> comes right before the close tag for the form.

I just want the form to sumbit if the user hits the return key or if they physically click the button itself.

I'm not sure why this is happening. One thing I've noticed though is that it doesn't happen if the files are separate. For example if the form is in one file and the action part of the form is in a separate file.

Any other ideas?

bastien

is the case of the submit button the same?

does it have the name="submit"?

webnewone

Yep, sure does 🙂

laserlight

We have discussed this strangeness before, in PHP Builder forums.

The scenario is this:

With 1 input (text) field, as well as a submit button, using 'enter' doesnt work as it normally should.

Increase the number of input fields, and this problem disappears.

I still havent figured out why this is so, whether it is a bug or a feature, but either way all you need to do is add another field, even a hidden field, and your problem will be solved.

daok

Originally posted by laserlight
We have discussed this strangeness before, in PHP Builder forums.

The scenario is this:

With 1 input (text) field, as well as a submit button, using 'enter' doesnt work as it normally should.

Increase the number of input fields, and this problem disappears.

I still havent figured out why this is so, whether it is a bug or a feature, but either way all you need to do is add another field, even a hidden field, and your problem will be solved.

I have the same problem I added 10 hidden field and it still do the same "error".:rolleyes:

laserlight

hmm... some old code that I tested no longer works.
Cant remember which browser I tested it on, but I just tested it on I.E. 6.

Here's a newer version of that test:

<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
	if (isset($_POST['name']))
		echo $_POST['name'];
?>
<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name">
<input type="hidden" name="extra" value="1">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Type "hello" and press enter.
Internet Explorer 6 prints "hello extra".
Mozilla Firefox 0.8 and Opera 7.50 both print "submit hello extra".

Should be a bug with I.E., IMO.
Anyway, you can still test with the values directly.

webnewone

Its definately IE . . . I only have version 6 so can't tell what it'll do in earlier versions of IE . . . but I've tested it in Opera 7 Mozilla 1.6, Netscape 6 and Netscape 7 and it all works just fine!

I'm trying to find if there is a known issue with IE - anyone coded a different way that works with IE to overcome this problem?

EDIT:

Laserlight . . . thanks for the extra field tip but in IE it doesn't seem to make a difference. However you did get me thinking that it may be an IE bug!! Any more ideas??

webnewone

Cracked it!

OK - here's what you need to do - you need to add a hidden field right under the submit field with the same name as submit and a value of 1

For example, here's my earlier form:

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" name="form2" id="form2">
              <input name="code" type="text" size="20">
              <input type="submit" name="submit" onClick="return validate(form2)" value="Submit">
            </form>

Now here's the new form:

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" name="form2" id="form2">
              <input name="code" type="text" size="20">
              <input type="submit" name="submit" onClick="return validate(form2)" value="Submit">
			  <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="1">
            </form>

Notice the hidden field at the bottom! Now you can fill out the form and just hit the enter key and it works. Still works if you hit the submit key itself and still works both ways in all other browsers.

RESULT! 😃

Thanks everyone for helping!

EDIT:

Ignore the onClick="return validate(form2)" . . . that's just used with a bit of javascript I use to check for a blank field!

daok

I am glad that it work for you but it doesn't work for me 🙁 Am I the only one or I do something wrong? 🙁

webnewone

Originally posted by daok
I am glad that it work for you but it doesn't work for me 🙁 Am I the only one or I do something wrong? 🙁

Post your code and l'll see if I can help you out - I'm only a novice though 🙂

daok

I still can't use the "Enter" key to submit from the textbox. Everything work fine on Mozilla FireFox but on Internet Explorer I still have not the right submission :\

Anyone have found an answer?

daok

Here the form code :



<form name="frmAjouter" METHOD="POST" ACTION="hitch_action_basket2.php">

<input type="hidden" name="hidCle" value="445">
<input type="hidden" name="hidIndex" value="6">
<input size="10" name="txtQte" type="text" value="0">
<input name="btnEnvoie" type="submit" value="Ajouter>

</form>

bastien

Try placing the hidden elements after the visible one...

<form name="frmAjouter" METHOD="POST" ACTION="hitch_action_basket2.php">
<input size="10" name="txtQte" type="text" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="hidCle" value="445">
<input type="hidden" name="hidIndex" value="6">
<input name="btnEnvoie" type="submit" value="Ajouter>

</form>