I want to make a survey based on forms, in which I try to get the new (next) form after a submit on the first form like below.
<form id="pass" action="form.html" method="get">
---some code for users to select answers--
<button type="submit" form="nextpass" value="next">
</form>
<form id="nextpass" action="form.html" method="get">
Both forms are displayed on the same page, but when I press the next button, I get the error "cannot get /".
Simplest way is to give each submit button a unique name. Then check if it was submitted, and process accordingly.
<form id="form_1" action="" method="post">
<input type="submit" name="submit_1" value="Submit" />
</form>
<form id="form_2" action="" method="post">
<input type="submit" name="submit_2" value="Submit" />
</form>
<?php
if( $_POST['submit_1'] ) {
// Do stuff
//hide form 1
echo "<style>#form_1{display:none}</style>";
}
else if( $_POST['submit_2'] ) {
// Do stuff
}
?>
I want to use a text input as a link when user hits enter.
for instance user types "stacks" to the input area and when user hits enter, it directs user to "lookup/stacks".
How can I do this?
Thanks.
I have this code but it does not work.
<form class="ui icon input" role="form" action="/lookup/">
<input type="text" placeholder="Ara...">
<i class="search link icon"></i>
</form>
Here's a quick idea to update the form's URL whenever the input changes, although I haven't tested it. The hidden submit button means the enter key works as you intend. I think you should also follow Alex's idea for a server-side backup just in case a visitor has javascript disabled.
<form class="ui icon input" role="form" action="/lookup/">
<input type="text" placeholder="Ara..." id="input_lookup">
<i class="search link icon"></i>
<input type="submit" style="position: absolute; left: -9999px"/>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
// if "change" doesn't work then maybe "keyup"?
document.getElementById("input_lookup").addEventListener("change", function(){
this.form.setAttribute("action", "/lookup/" + this.value);
});
</script>
You can do it with jQuery .submit().
Here's the example given on jQuery's page:
<form id="target" action="destination.html">
<input type="text" value="Hello there">
<input type="submit" value="Go">
</form>
<div id="other">
Trigger the handler
</div>
$( "#target" ).submit(function( event ) {
alert( "Handler for .submit() called." );
event.preventDefault();
});
You could use PHP to do this..
Here is a basic example, you could expand on this later if needed.
1st page..
HTML:
<form action="url.php" method="post">
<input name="url" id="url" type="text">
<input type="submit" name = "submit" value="submit">
</form>
2nd page - url.php (must be called depending on form action url)
<?php
$url = $_POST['url'];
header('Location: ' . $url);
?>
I have the next HTML code:
<!DOCTYPE><html><body>
<form method='post' action='/upload' enctype='multipart/form-data'>
<input type='file' name='uploadFile'/>
<input type='submit' /></form>
</body></html>
Which create a file input and submit button, which sends a POST method (/upload).
I want to create a new button (submitBig), which would send another POST method (/uploadBig).
How can I do it?
A simple workaround, Create 2 Forms:
<!DOCTYPE><html><body>
<form method='post' action='/upload' enctype='multipart/form-data'>
<input type='file' name='uploadFile'/>
<input type='submit' /></form>
<form method='post' action='/uploadBig' enctype='multipart/form-data'>
<input type='file' name='uploadFileBig'/>
<input type='submit' /></form>
</body></html>
Else you should indeed refer to Javascript.
Use JavaScript to run a different function for each button. Set the .action and do the .submit from there.
You will need to use Javascript. Essentially this will edit the Action of the form and post it on click:
$('#big-submit').click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).closest('form').attr('action', '/uploadBig').submit();
});
An even better solution would be to just have the one button, and then get the file size on click and post to the relevant action.
You can use jQuery or simple Javascript:
<!DOCTYPE>
<html>
<body>
<form method="post" id="theForm" action="/upload" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="uploadFile" />
<input type="submit" value="normal Submit (/upload)" />
<input type="button" id="bigButton" value="big Submit (/uploadBig)" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var theForm = document.getElementById('theForm');
/* When the button is clicked */
document.getElementById('bigButton').onclick = function() {
/* Change the location */
theForm.action = '/uploadBig';
/* Submit the form */
theForm.submit();
};
</script>
</body>
</html>
You can use the HTML5 formaction attribute to do that (but you have to check it's compatibility with your requirements to use it : it only works on recent browsers).
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form method="post" action="/upload" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="uploadFile"/>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit big" formaction="/uploadBig" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here One way to get around this is to handle each button's OnClick event and set the "action" for the form dynamically:
<!-- create the form -->
<form name="Form1" method="post">
<!-- Add the data entry bits -->
Your Name <input type="text" name="text1" size="10" /><br />
<!-- Add some buttons -->
<INPUT type="button" value="Button1" name=button1 onclick="return OnButton1();">
<INPUT type="button" value="Button2" name=button2 onclick="return OnButton2();">
<!-- close the form -->
</form>
Our button click handlers for Button1 and Button2 would look like the following:
<script language="Javascript">
<!--
function OnButton1()
{
document.Form1.action = "Page1.aspx"
document.Form1.target = "_blank"; // Open in a new window
document.Form1.submit(); // Submit the page
return true;
}
function OnButton2()
{
document.Form1.action = "Page2.aspx"
document.Form1.target = "_blank"; // Open in a new window
document.Form1.submit(); // Submit the page
return true;
}
-->
</script>
<noscript>You need Javascript enabled for this to work</noscript>
Where Page1.aspx should be called when Button1 is pressed, and Page2.aspx called when Button2 is pressed.
I have a few <div> inside a forms, each thing inside the div contains a specific form.
When a user presses the submit button, I want to execute a different action based on
<form method="get" action="addprogramtodb.jsp">
<select name="cid" style="display: none;">
<option>1</option>
<option>2</option>
</select>
<div id="1">
</div>
<div id="2">
</div>
<div id="3">
</div>
<input type="submit"/>
</form>
When the user presses the submit button I want the program to execute different queries based on what div it is in.... based on the div id, or somehow..
Give the submit button a name and value the usual way.
<input type="submit" name="action" value="action1">
...
<input type="submit" name="action" value="action2">
...
<input type="submit" name="action" value="action3">
The pressed button is namely available as request parameter as well.
String action = request.getParameter("action");
if ("action1".equals(action)) {
// action1 button is pressed.
} else ("action2".equals(action)) {
// action2 button is pressed.
} else ("action3".equals(action)) {
// action3 button is pressed.
}
You can if necessary give them a different name instead and then nullcheck each request parameter.
<input type="submit" name="action1" value="This is more i18n friendly">
...
<input type="submit" name="action2" value="Blah">
...
<input type="submit" name="action3" value="More blah">
with
if (request.getParameter("action1") != null) {
// action1 button is pressed.
} else (request.getParameter("action2") != null) {
// action2 button is pressed.
} else (request.getParameter("action3") != null) {
// action3 button is pressed.
}
Or, if they are actually all in their own <form>, then you can also pass a hidden input along.
<form>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="action1">
...
</form>
<form>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="action2">
...
</form>
<form>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="action3">
...
</form>
with the same server-side handling as in 1st example.
I have two submit buttons in a form. How do I determine which one was hit serverside?
Solution 1:
Give each input a different value and keep the same name:
<input type="submit" name="action" value="Update" />
<input type="submit" name="action" value="Delete" />
Then in the code check to see which was triggered:
if ($_POST['action'] == 'Update') {
//action for update here
} else if ($_POST['action'] == 'Delete') {
//action for delete
} else {
//invalid action!
}
The problem with that is you tie your logic to the user-visible text within the input.
Solution 2:
Give each one a unique name and check the $_POST for the existence of that input:
<input type="submit" name="update_button" value="Update" />
<input type="submit" name="delete_button" value="Delete" />
And in the code:
if (isset($_POST['update_button'])) {
//update action
} else if (isset($_POST['delete_button'])) {
//delete action
} else {
//no button pressed
}
If you give each one a name, the clicked one will be sent through as any other input.
<input type="submit" name="button_1" value="Click me">
There’s a new HTML5 approach to this, the formaction attribute:
<button type="submit" formaction="/action_one">First action</button>
<button type="submit" formaction="/action_two">Second action</button>
Apparently this does not work in Internet Explorer 9 and earlier, but for other browsers you should be fine (see: w3schools.com HTML <button> formaction Attribute).
Personally, I generally use JavaScript to submit forms remotely (for faster perceived feedback) with this approach as backup. Between the two, the only people not covered are Internet Explorer before version 9 with JavaScript disabled.
Of course, this may be inappropriate if you’re basically taking the same action server-side regardless of which button was pushed, but often if there are two user-side actions available then they will map to two server-side actions as well.
As noted by Pascal_dher in the comments, this attribute is also available on the <input> tag as well.
An even better solution consists of using button tags to submit the form:
<form>
...
<button type="submit" name="action" value="update">Update</button>
<button type="submit" name="action" value="delete">Delete</button>
</form>
The HTML inside the button (e.g. ..>Update<.. is what is seen by the user; because there is HTML provided, the value is not user-visible; it is only sent to server. This way there is no inconvenience with internationalization and multiple display languages (in the former solution, the label of the button is also the value sent to the server).
This is extremely easy to test:
<form action="" method="get">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="One">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="Two">
<input type="submit" name="sb" value="Three">
</form>
Just put that in an HTML page, click the buttons, and look at the URL.
Use the formaction HTML attribute (5th line):
<form action="/action_page.php" method="get">
First name: <input type="text" name="fname"><br>
Last name: <input type="text" name="lname"><br>
<button type="submit">Submit</button><br>
<button type="submit" formaction="/action_page2.php">Submit to another page</button>
</form>
<form>
<input type="submit" value="Submit to a" formaction="/submit/a">
<input type="submit" value="submit to b" formaction="/submit/b">
</form>
The best way to deal with multiple submit buttons is using a switch case in the server script
<form action="demo_form.php" method="get">
Choose your favorite subject:
<button name="subject" type="submit" value="html">HTML</button>
<button name="subject" type="submit" value="css">CSS</button>
<button name="subject" type="submit" value="javascript">JavaScript</button>
<button name="subject" type="submit" value="jquery">jQuery</button>
</form>
Server code/server script - where you are submitting the form:
File demo_form.php
<?php
switch($_REQUEST['subject']) {
case 'html': // Action for HTML here
break;
case 'css': // Action for CSS here
break;
case 'javascript': // Action for JavaScript here
break;
case 'jquery': // Action for jQuery here
break;
}
?>
Source: W3Schools.com
Maybe the suggested solutions here worked in 2009, but I’ve tested all of this upvoted answers and nobody is working in any browsers.
The only solution I found working was this (but it's a bit ugly to use I think):
<form method="post" name="form">
<input type="submit" value="dosomething" onclick="javascript: form.action='actionurl1';"/>
<input type="submit" value="dosomethingelse" onclick="javascript: form.action='actionurl2';"/>
</form>
You formaction for multiple submit buttons in one form
example:
<input type="submit" name="" class="btn action_bg btn-sm loadGif" value="Add Address" title="" formaction="/addAddress">
<input type="submit" name="" class="btn action_bg btn-sm loadGif" value="update Address" title="" formaction="/updateAddress">
An HTML example to send a different form action on different button clicks:
<form action="/login" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="username" value="your_username" />
<input type="password" name="password" value="your_password" />
<button type="submit">Login</button>
<button type="submit" formaction="/users" formmethod="POST">Add User</button>
</form>
The same form is being used to add a new user and login user.
Define name as array.
<form action='' method=POST>
(...) some input fields (...)
<input type=submit name=submit[save] value=Save>
<input type=submit name=submit[delete] value=Delete>
</form>
Example server code (PHP):
if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$sub = $_POST["submit"];
if (isset($sub["save"])) {
// Save something;
} elseif (isset($sub["delete"])) {
// Delete something
}
}
elseif very important, because both will be parsed if not.
Since you didn't specify what server-side scripting method you're using, I'll give you an example that works for Python, using CherryPy (although it may be useful for other contexts, too):
<button type="submit" name="register">Create a new account</button>
<button type="submit" name="login">Log into your account</button>
Rather than using the value to determine which button was pressed, you can use the name (with the <button> tag instead of <input>). That way, if your buttons happen to have the same text, it won't cause problems. The names of all form items, including buttons, are sent as part of the URL.
In CherryPy, each of those is an argument for a method that does the server-side code. So, if your method just has **kwargs for its parameter list (instead of tediously typing out every single name of each form item) then you can check to see which button was pressed like this:
if "register" in kwargs:
pass # Do the register code
elif "login" in kwargs:
pass # Do the login code
<form method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="'.$id.'" readonly="readonly"/>'; // Any value to post PHP
<input type='submit' name='update' value='update' formAction='updateCars.php'/>
<input type='submit' name='delete' value='delete' formAction='sqlDelete.php'/>
</form>
I think you should be able to read the name/value in your GET array. I think that the button that wasn't clicked won't appear in that list.
You can also do it like this (I think it's very convenient if you have N inputs).
<input type="submit" name="row[456]" value="something">
<input type="submit" name="row[123]" value="something">
<input type="submit" name="row[789]" value="something">
A common use case would be using different ids from a database for each button, so you could later know in the server which row was clicked.
In the server side (PHP in this example) you can read "row" as an array to get the id.
$_POST['row'] will be an array with just one element, in the form [ id => value ] (for example: [ '123' => 'something' ]).
So, in order to get the clicked id, you do:
$index = key($_POST['row']);
key
As a note, if you have multiple submit buttons and you hit return (ENTER key), on the keyboard the default button value would be of the first button on the DOM.
Example:
<form>
<input type="text" name="foo" value="bar">
<button type="submit" name="operation" value="val-1">Operation #1</button>
<button type="submit" name="operation" value="val-2">Operation #2</button>
</form>
If you hit ENTER on this form, the following parameters will be sent:
foo=bar&operation=val-1
The updated answer is to use the button with formaction and formtarget
In this example, the first button launches a different url /preview in a new tab. The other three use the action specified in the form tag.
<button type='submit' class='large' id='btnpreview' name='btnsubmit' value='Preview' formaction='/preview' formtarget='blank' >Preview</button>
<button type='submit' class='large' id='btnsave' name='btnsubmit' value='Save' >Save</button>
<button type='submit' class='large' id='btnreset' name='btnsubmit' value='Reset' >Reset</button>
<button type='submit' class='large' id='btncancel' name='btnsubmit' value='Cancel' >Cancel</button>
Full documentation is here
In HTML5, you can use formaction & formmethod attributes in the input field
<form action="/addimage" method="POST">
<button>Add image</button>
<button formaction="/home" formmethod="get">Cancel</button>
<button formaction="/logout" formmethod="post">Logout</button>
</form>
You can also use a href attribute and send a get with the value appended for each button. But the form wouldn't be required then
href="/SubmitForm?action=delete"
href="/SubmitForm?action=save"
You can present the buttons like this:
<input type="submit" name="typeBtn" value="BUY">
<input type="submit" name="typeBtn" value="SELL">
And then in the code you can get the value using:
if request.method == 'POST':
#valUnits = request.POST.get('unitsInput','')
#valPrice = request.POST.get('priceInput','')
valType = request.POST.get('typeBtn','')
(valUnits and valPrice are some other values I extract from the form that I left in for illustration)
Since you didn't specify what server-side scripting method you're using, I'll give you an example that works for PHP
<?php
if(isset($_POST["loginForm"]))
{
print_r ($_POST); // FOR Showing POST DATA
}
elseif(isset($_POST["registrationForm"]))
{
print_r ($_POST);
}
elseif(isset($_POST["saveForm"]))
{
print_r ($_POST);
}
else{
}
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<fieldset>
<legend>FORM-1 with 2 buttons</legend>
<form method="post" >
<input type="text" name="loginname" value ="ABC" >
<!--Always use type="password" for password -->
<input type="text" name="loginpassword" value ="abc123" >
<input type="submit" name="loginForm" value="Login"><!--SUBMIT Button 1 -->
<input type="submit" name="saveForm" value="Save"> <!--SUBMIT Button 2 -->
</form>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend>FORM-2 with 1 button</legend>
<form method="post" >
<input type="text" name="registrationname" value ="XYZ" >
<!--Always use type="password" for password -->
<input type="text" name="registrationpassword" value ="xyz123" >
<input type="submit" name="registrationForm" value="Register"> <!--SUBMIT Button 3 -->
</form>
</fieldset>
</body>
</html>
Forms
When click on Login -> loginForm
When click on Save -> saveForm
When click on Register -> registrationForm
Simple. You can change the action of form on different submit buttons click.
Try this in document.Ready:
$(".acceptOffer").click(function () {
$("form").attr("action", "/Managers/SubdomainTransactions");
});
$(".declineOffer").click(function () {
$("form").attr("action", "/Sales/SubdomainTransactions");
});