trouble parsing a form

[worsethenu]

I have two forms each in a different table. I can parse the first one fine but can not get the second to upload any files.

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  <table width="90%" border="0" align="center">
    <form action="*.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="a_form" id="a_form">
      <tr>

<td width="26%">New A form</td>
<td width="58%"><input type="file" name="fileField" id="fileField" /></td>
<input name="parse_var" type="hidden" value="a" />
<td width="16%"><input type="submit" name="Submit" id="Submit" value="Submit" /></td>
  </tr>
  </form>
</table>
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<table width="90%" border="0" align="center">
    <form action="*.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="b_form" id="b_form">
      <tr>

<td width="26%">New B form</td>
<td width="58%"><input type="file" name="fileField1" id="fileField1" /></td>
<input name="parse_var" type="hidden" value="b" />
<td width="16%"><input type="submit" name="Submit" id="Submit" value="Submit" /></td>
  </tr>
  </form>
</table>

I'm using:

if ($_POST['parse_var'] == "a"){
if ($_POST['parse_var'] == "b"){

if i change "b" to "a" in my script it works fine for " b", but then the new "a" doesn't work. The forms are not nested in each other so that shouldn't be the problem. I am not having issues with permissions, there are no error messages anywhere, and i know both scripts work just not together. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks guys!

[jeepin81]

You're hidden input has the same name in both forms

"parse_var"

try:

• parse_var_a

• parse_var_b

then:

if(isset($_POST['parse_var_a'])){
//do something a
}

if(isset($_POST['parse_var_b'])){
//do something b
}

hope that helps
j

[worsethenu]

Thanks for the suggestions, but unfortunately i'm still getting the same results after implementing the changes?

[worsethenu]

just popping the topic hoping for some more help

[bradgrafelman]

There's nothing wrong with having two elements share the same name if they are in different forms. Leave the name as 'parse_var' for simplicity.

@: Can you show us the exact code you were using to determine which form was sent?

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