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One Form, Multiple Actions

November 16th, 2005

Not everyone is aware of this fact, so I thought I'd share it. You can have a single form, with multiple submit buttons, and then determine which button was clicked as to what action to take. Take the following code:

<form action="test.php" method="post"> <input type="submit" name="edit" value="edit" /><br />
<input type="submit" name="delete" value="delete" /><br />
</form>

If your user clicks on the "edit" button, then $_POST["edit"] will be available, and the same if they click on the "delete" button. You can test for these buttons within your PHP code, and then perform the related actions:

You can of course have as many buttons as you wish - thus having as many actions as necessary.

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