2 HTML forms within 1 table - html

Question

I have a single table that is generated dynamically by looping through a result set and creating rows. For each row, I need to include 2 checkboxes. Checkbox A on each row needs to correspond to form A, and checkbox B to form B.
I know this isn't valid, but the below pseudocode is essentially what I want. I know that in HTML5 I can specify which form an input element belongs to, but my users will primarily be using IE8, which, as far as I can tell, doesn't support this feature.
<form name="formA">
<form name="formB">
<table>
<tr>
<th>
<th>
<th>
</tr>
LOOP
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="chkA" value="1"></td>
<td>Something</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="chkB" value="1"></td>
</tr>
END LOOP
</table>
<input type="submit" /> //formA
<input type="submit" /> //formB
</form> //formA
</form> //formB
Any ideas on how I can accomplish this? I suppose one way would be to use a single form and change the action depending on which submit button is clicked, but I want to see if anyone else has any ideas before I do that.
Thanks,
Tom

Answer 1

Probably the best way is to just make it all in one form and act differently later according to the options selected.
For example
<form action="doStuff.php" method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th></th>
</tr>
<!-- LOOP -->
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="chkA" value="1"></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="chkB" value="1"></td>
</tr>
<!-- END LOOP -->
</table>
<div>
<input type="submit" name="submit" />
</div>
</form>
doStuff.php
if (isset( $_POST["chkA"] ) ){
// Checkbox A is checked.
}
if (isset( $_POST["chkB"] ) ){
// Checkbox B is checked.
}