graphic submit button problem - keyboard

Anon

Hi!

I'm using a graphical submit button in a form and using $foo_x to detect whether the form has been submitted.

My problem is, when the user presses the return key on the keyboard PHP doesn't seem to recognize this as a submit action! If I click the image it works perfectly.

Anyone else had this problem? Any comments greatly appreciated.

Mike.

Anon

show me the HTML for the form.

amcgrath

Well, you really won't get the value unless someone physically presses it. Check for $REQUEST_METHOD and/or $HTTP(POST or GET)VARs, that sohuld fix ya....

Anon

agreed, or you could do something like this:

IF ($action = "submit"):
echo trim("it worked");
Else:
echo trim("it didn't work");
endif:

Action being your input value....

Anon

Normally, I would insert a hidden value with the name and value that you are assigning to the submit button. Then, it does not matter if the button was pushed or the return key was pressed, the key/value pair is still sent. The only time I assign key/values to a submit button is when there is two buttons inside one form.

Anon

that is exactlly how i handle the problem.... anything else will result in errors.

the problem is when there are 2 button, and you use the text, and then your boss goes in and edits the text on the buttons thinking they don't affect the program, and they do, and he pushes it to production, and it doesn't work, and I start getting support calls............................. yeah.

<input type='hidden' name='action' value='blah' /> is your best friend.

Anon

thanks guys, that sorted me out :-)