Calling a form item from another form

[Darkmatter5]

If I have this item

<form method="post">
<table border="0">
  <tr>
    <td>First name:</td>
    <td><div align='center'><input name="FirstName" type='text' id="FirstName" /></div></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</form>

 

in my page and then I have another form which consists of the following code.

<form method="post">
<table width="770" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td><div align='center'><input name='editclient' type='submit' id='editclient' value='Store new client data' /></div></td>
    <td width="140"><div align="right">Function Status =></div></td>
    <td width="344"><div class="style2">
	<?php
        	         if(isset($_POST['editclient'])) {
                  include 'library/dbconfig.php';
                  include 'library/opendb.php';
                  $fields=array("ClientID","FirstName","LastName","CompanyName","ContactTitle","Address","City","State","ZipCode","HomePhone","WorkPhone","WorkPhoneExtension","FaxPhone","Email");
         for($i=0; $i<=13; $i++) {
	if(isset($_POST['$fields[$i]'])) mysql_query("UPDATE INTO byrnjobdb.clients SET $fields[$i]=$_POST['$fields[$i]']
                                                                WHERE $fields[0]=$_POST['$fields[0]']");
	if(empty($_POST['$fields[3]'])) echo $_POST['$fields[2]']. ", " . $_POST['$fields[1]']. " updated!";
	else echo $_POST['$fields[2]']. ", " .$_POST['$fields[1]']. " of " .$_POST['$fields[3]']. " updated!";
	include 'library/closedb.php';
	}
	?>
    </div></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</form>

 

How do I call the FirstName item in the first table from the "Store new client data" button you click?  Right now as it is, it always gives me the output of " , updated!" regardless if I leave FirstName blank or enter something in there.

 

Help please!

[micmania1]

It's not possible without javascript.

 

I suggest a more structured approach to your html output.

[nloding]

I don't understand the question.  Are these two forms on the same page?  Neither form has an action (the page it sends the data to) -- what page does the processing of the forms?  It appears the form page itself does.

 

Why do you have two separate forms?  Why not just make them both one form?