Multiple submit button values?

SRF

Right now i have it so people can submit news from a form and that info gets put into a mysql db.

Now I have an admin page with a while statment that outputs the info from the db with submit buttons beside each item.

The problem is, all the submit buttons have the same value. "submit". So when the admin tries to pick a news item it only selects that last item.

is there any way around this? Will an array help? Or am I going about this the wrong way?

rpanning

Either make a form for each item with a hidden field. Or, have JavaScript preform a function that sets a hidden field and then submits the form.

SRF

To be a bit more clear.

The submit buttons are created in the while loop. (because i'll never know how many items are in the db) So they all are created with the same value.

which is where i run into the problem.

Kudose

You could have the value of the submit button the number you're trying to edit, and pull it from the $_POST['submit'] variable.

Granted your buttons will no longer say Submit, but it is an easy work around.

Roger_Ramjet


// give each button a diff name
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
   echo '<input type="submit" name="'.$row['id'].'" value="submit">';

//etc
}

Roger_Ramjet


// put each item on a seperate form with a hidden field containing the id
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
   echo '<form name="blah" action="whereever.php" action="post"><input type="hidden" name="db_id" value="'.$row['id'].'"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"></form>';

//etc
}

Roger_Ramjet

Or you could use a javascript with the submit button's onClick event to write the id to a hidden field. Or an onSubmit function that you pass the id to, which then does the document.write.

Roger_Ramjet

Or you could use a checkbox with the id as it's value and one submit button for the whole page. Or radio buttons.

SRF

Ok I've got it.

First I had the FORM surrounding the while loop. so everything outputted was in one form.

Once I placed it inside the while loop. It created a form for each item. Now the submit buttons only process the items associated with them.

Man that was a lame mistake.

thanks for the help everyone. Very quick replies!