One Form, Two Buttons?

[XinXang]

Can one form have two submit buttons? If so, how?

I want to have a domain search function that allows the option to enter doman name in the text field and then click on either transfer domain or check new domain. Depending on what's click it should go to a different results page.

You can see what i mean (non-functioning) at:

http://www.dinkuhosting.com

[laserlight]

Can one form have two submit buttons?

Yes.

If so, how?

By using different names for the buttons.

Depending on what's click it should go to a different results page.

Get the form processing page to re-direct based on the button used, or simply tailor the output based on that.

[XinXang]

originally posted by laserlight
Get the form processing page to re-direct based on the button used, or simply tailor the output based on that.

<form action="http://www.dinkuhosting.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=85" method="post" name="domain">

<td width="21" height="33" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><img width="21" height="33" src="http://www.dinkuhosting.com/images/spacer.gif">
</td>

<td width="221" height="23" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" valign="middle">

<INPUT maxLength=57 name=domain value="yourdomainname">
<select name="extension">
<option>.com
<option>.net
<option>.org
<option>.info
<option>.name
<option>.biz
<option>.nl
<option>.be
<option>.de
<option>.fr
<option>.dk
<option>.se
<option>.fi
<option>.no
<option>.es
<option>.cc
<option>.cn
<option>.com.cn
<option>.net.cn
<option>.org.cn
<option>.lu
<option>.nu
<option>.tm
<option>.com.tw
<option>.org.tw
<option>.us
<option>.ws
<option>.it
<option>.co.uk
<option>.org.uk
<option>.ltd.uk
<option>.plc.uk
</select>
</td>

<td width="344" height="33" align="left" valign="bottom" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">

<img width="11" height="33" src="http://www.dinkuhosting.com/images/spacer.gif">

<input name="domaincheck" type="image" src="http://www.dinkuhosting.com/images/button_domaincheck.gif" alt="Check Domain Availability" width="68" height="33" border="0">

<input name="domaintransfer" type="image" src="http://www.dinkuhosting.com/images/button_domaintransfer.gif" alt="Transfer Existing Domain" width="83" height="33" border="0">

</td>
</form>

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That's the code I've currently got on my page. Where exactly do I go about getting "the form processing page to re-direct based on the button used" ?

Something to do with the "action=" field?

[Catharsis]

Untested but yoiu should get the idea 🙂

if ( isset ( $_GET['domaintransfer'] ) ) {
  ...
  do something
  ...
} elseif (isset ($_GET['domaincheck'] ) ) {
  ...
  do something else
  ...
} else {
  ...
  do nothing?
  ...
}

Hope that helps....

[XinXang]

ok this helps.

can i leave my form code the way it is then and on the page that's retrieved use the php code you just mentioned to then include the appropriate page?

[Catharsis]

yep, and if you need it to re-direct to a different pafge you have to do it before you send a header 🙂