<input type="image"> problem..

[englishtom]

Hey all, Ok so Im getting a slightly odd result when trying to use <input type="image"> to submit a form..

What Im trying to do is have a different action occur when different form buttons are pressed, for example say I had two buttons..

<input type="submit" name="button1">
<input type="submit" name="button2">

then on the script that recieves the form Id have something like..

<?php

if(!empty($_POST['button1'])) {
//some code
}

if(!empty($_POST['button2'])) {
//some other code
}

?>

Now that works all fine but as soon as I change the input types from submit to image PHP no longer recognises them as separate buttons being submitted and $_POST['buttonname'] is empty.. any thoughts on why this is happening and how I can get around it?

Thanks in advance,

Tom

[NogDog]

When an image type input is used, two variables get submitted to the $POST array so that the x/y coordinates of the mouse click are available. So the two values in your example would be [FONT="Courier New"]$POST['buttonname_x'][/FONT] and [FONT="Courier New"]$_POST['buttonname_y'][/FONT].

[englishtom]

Cheers NogDog 😃 that works, lifesaver!

Tom

[bradgrafelman]

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