PHP Query String from forms

[Anon]

I am building a database and I have a page where I have created forms which shows multiple insert statements. My form looks something like this!
<form action= xyz.php3 type = "a">
and for each insert statement i have a change in the type variable name!
I have an action page i.e my xyz.php3 where I have the SQL insert syntax and I squeeze the variables from the form page as the user choose to insert in one of the inserts.
The problem is ...I wanted to use a switch statement to switch between the insert statements according to the user's choice. My question:
If I need to use the variable given in type in the switch statement, how do I get it in the action page?
(like switch(a) for the first insert and so forth).
Thanks!

[Anon]

If I'm understanding your problem, you need to pass the value of the type field into an action program. To do this, you can change your form definition to one of the following:

<form action="xyz.php3?type=a">
OR
<form action="xyz.php3">
<input type="hidden" name="type" value="a">

Using either method should work. Then in the action program, you can refer to $type to get the passed in value.