Quick php question for someone

[TheSpeedOfDark]

Hey, I was having a PHP coding issue with html form submission:

<a name="sub2" class="control1" href="javascript:document.forms[0].submit()">Delete selected records</a>

I wanted to make an if statement so that if the user clicks on that href above, it will echo "TEST". Presumably, that would look like this:

if ($sub2) echo("Test");

however that is not working. If i were to use submit buttons, however, it would work properly. Any suggestions here?
I have form method=post all taken care of already, and when I click on the link the javascript seems to run and submit the form.
(the if statement just doesn't seem to catch that the link was clicked)

Any suggestions? Thanks!

[AstroTeg]

PHP -> server side. It won't run on the client.

What you're asking can be completely done in JavaScript.

I'd recommend checking out some JavaScript docs/forums or rephrasing your question to what you're stuck with in PHP.

[TheSpeedOfDark]

Well,

I want to make it so a user clicks on a link and it executes a form submission. After the user clicks that link, the page brings the user back to the same page, however this time I can use that aforementioned if statement to determine the user has clicked the link
(and thus I can execute some php code)