[SOLVED] An easier way to do this?

[nutt318]

I want to have 5 buttons on my page, each with with the following. Left, Right, Up, Down, Clear. Using only one of the php codes below works great when clicking on a button it writes its direction to the text file. The clear button however clears the text file.

 

Now this doesnt work when I copied the code from my first button. Anyone have ideas on a better way do do this? Thanks

<?php
if($_POST['Submit']){
   $open = fopen("test.txt","a+");
   $text = "Left\n";
   fwrite($open, $text);
   fclose($open); 
}
echo "<form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<input name=\"Submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Left\" />\n
</form>";
?>

<?php
if($_POST['Submit']){
   $open = fopen("test.txt","a+");
   $text = "Right\n";
   fwrite($open, $text);
   fclose($open); 
}
echo "<form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<input name=\"Submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Right\" />\n
</form>";
?>
<?php
if($_POST['Submit']){
   $open = fopen("test.txt","a+");
   $text = "Up\n";
   fwrite($open, $text);
   fclose($open); 
}
echo "<form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<input name=\"Submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Up\" />\n
</form>";
?>
<?php
if($_POST['Submit']){
   $open = fopen("test.txt","a+");
   $text = "Down\n";
   fwrite($open, $text);
   fclose($open); 
}
echo "<form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<input name=\"Submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Down\" />\n
</form>";
?>
<?php
if($_POST['Submit']){
   $open = fopen("test.txt","w+");
   $text = "";
   fwrite($open, $text);
   fclose($open); 
}
echo "<form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<input name=\"Submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Clear\" />\n
</form>";
?>

 

[.josh]

Your naming all of your buttons the same thing. So every one of your conditions are evaluating true.  If you want to make them all the same name, then you need to execute your code based on value, not name.

[nutt318]

duh, I should have relized that. thanks.