Submit a form with several textlinks

[vigour]

I am using this code to submit a form. The two links takes me to the same getanswer.php page.

<a href="javascript:document.form.submit();"/>Yes</a>
<a href="javascript:document.form.submit();"/>No</a>

But how do I know what link I clicked on at the getanswer.php page?

[JVassie]

Using that code alone there is no way of knowing which link you clicked on.

Is there a reason why you can't use two submit buttons?

<input type="submit" name="sub_yes" value="Yes">
<input type="submit" name="sub_no" value="No">

On the resulting page you can then see which one they clicked by using:

if(isset($_POST['sub_yes']))
{
$button_clicked = "Yes";
}
if(isset($_POST['sub_no']))
{
$button_clicked = "No";
}

Hope that helps
James

[vigour]

Yes my whole design or should I say user interface is textlink based so I must use textlinks.

JVassie;10970507 wrote:

Using that code alone there is no way of knowing which link you clicked on.

Is there a reason why you can't use two submit buttons?

<input type="submit" name="sub_yes" value="Yes">
<input type="submit" name="sub_no" value="No">

On the resulting page you can then see which one they clicked by using:

if(isset($_POST['sub_yes']))
{
$button_clicked = "Yes";
}
if(isset($_POST['sub_no']))
{
$button_clicked = "No";
}

Hope that helps
James

[JVassie]

I would imagine the best way possible then would be to use javascript to set a hidden input's value depending on which link is pressed.

You may need to change to submit code to work as onclick though.

Sorry I can't be of more help, my javascript isnt as up to scratch as it should be.

[big_nerd]

vigour,

<script type="text/javascript">
function submitForm(value) {
   var submitValue = document.getElementById('answer').value;
   submitValue = value; // not needed to be 2 statements but clearer
   document.form.submit();
}
</script>

<input type="hidden" name="answer" id="answer" value="" />
<a href="javascript:submitForm('yes');"/>Yes</a>
<a href="javascript:submitForm('no');"/>No</a>

Then check it with:

$answer = $_POST['answer'];
if ($answer == 'yes') {
   echo "yes! thank you!";
} elseif ($answer == 'no') {
   echo "oh no!";
} else {
   echo "how did you submit this form??";
}

Note: You are then relying on Javascript, which as a whole is not a good idea.

Unless the form specifically REQUIRES javascript, I'd suggest styling the buttons in CSS to the best of your ability.

[bradgrafelman]

big.nerd wrote:

Note: You are then relying on Javascript, which as a whole is not a good idea.

Note that this could be mitigated by adding a <noscript> section that contains a radio button (Yes/No/etc.) and a normal submit button, thus maintaining accessibility with Javascript-illiterate clients.