form inside a form

[justAnoob]

i have a form with a script inside it that has an action... within that script,, I echo another form with a different action... Is this possible?

[Ken2k7]

Sure.

[justAnoob]

I thought it was because it use to work(the setup that I have). But now it will not.... What is the trick for nesting a form inside a form??? When I run the script inside form22,,, the action from form2 runs instead. Here is the form(s) setup.

<form id="form2" name="form2" method="post" action="updatepic.php">
<?php
session_start();
include "connection.php";
if (isset($_GET['pageno']))
{
  $pageno = $_GET['pageno'];
}
else
{
  $pageno = 1;
}
$findit = $_SESSION['id'];
$result = mysql_query("SELECT id FROM members WHERE username = '$findit' LIMIT 1");
$e_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$query = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM abcxyz WHERE user_id = " . $e_row['id']) or die(mysql_error());


$query_data = mysql_fetch_row($query);
$numrows = $query_data[0];
$rows_per_page = 1;
$lastpage = ceil($numrows/$rows_per_page);
$pageno = (int)$pageno;
$prevpage = $pageno-1;
$nextpage = $pageno+1;


if ($pageno > $lastpage)
{
  $pageno = $lastpage;
}
if ($pageno < 1)
{
  $pageno = 1;
}
$limit = 'LIMIT ' .($pageno - 1) * $rows_per_page .',' .$rows_per_page;

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT id, category, imgpath, imgpath2, imgpath3, imgpath4, imgpath5, item_name, description, in_return FROM abcxyz WHERE user_id = " . $e_row['id'] . " $limit");   
if($lastpage != 0)
{
echo "<table width='954' border='0' align='center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' bordercolor='#000000' bgcolor='#BBD4E1'>";
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql))
{
echo "<tr><td width='188' height='180'><div align='center'>";
echo '<img src="' . $row['imgpath'] . '" width="125" alt="" />';
echo "</div></td><td width='188'><div align='center'>";
if(empty($row['imgpath2']))
{
  echo '<form action="postnewitem.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form22">
        <div align="center">
        <input name="image" type="file" id="image" size="15" input="input" />
        <br>
        <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Upload Picture 2" id="submit" />
        </div>
        </form>';
}
else
{
  echo '<img src="' . $row['imgpath2'] . '" width="125" alt="" />';
}
echo "</div></td><td width='188'><div align='center'>";
echo '<img src="' . $row['imgpath3'] . '" width="125" alt="" />';
echo "</div></td><td width='188'><div align='center'>";
echo '<img src="' . $row['imgpath4'] . '" width="125" alt="" />';
echo "</div></td><td width='190'><div align='center'>";
echo '<img src="' . $row['imgpath5'] . '" width="125" alt="" />';
echo "</div></td></tr><tr><td height='43' colspan='4'>";
echo '<strong>Item Name:</strong> <input type="text" name="item_name" value="' . $row['item_name'] . '" size="50" />   ';
if ($pageno == 1)
{
  echo " Previous Item ";
}
else
{
  echo "<a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?pageno=$prevpage'> Previous Item </a>";
}
echo "($pageno of $lastpage)";
if ( $pageno == $lastpage )
{
  echo " Next Item ";
}
else
{
  echo "<a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?pageno=$nextpage'> Next Item </a>";
}
echo "</td><td><div align='center'>";
echo '<input type="hidden" name="id" value="' . $row['id'] . '" size="25" />';
echo "</div></td></tr><tr><td height='116' colspan='4'>";
echo '<strong>Description:</strong> <textarea name="description" cols="75" rows="5">' . $row['description'] . '</textarea>';
echo "</td><td><div align='center'>";
echo '<input type="submit" name="updatesubmit" id="updatesubmit" value="Update Item"><br><br><input type="submit" name="delete" id="delete" value="Delete Item ">';
echo "</div></td></tr><tr><td height='124' colspan='4'>";
echo '<strong>Seeking:</strong>       <textarea name="in_return" cols="75" rows="5">' . $row['in_return'] . '            </textarea>';
echo "</td><td><div align='center'>";
if(isset($_SESSION['updatecomplete']))
{
  unset($_SESSION['updateerror']);
  echo $_SESSION['updatecomplete'];
}
if(isset($_SESSION['updateerror']))
{
  unset($_SESSION['updatecomplete']);
  echo $_SESSION['updateerror'];
}
//echo '';
echo "</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan='4'>";
echo '<input type="hidden" name="id" value="' . $row['category'] . '" size="25" />';
echo "</td><td><div align='center'>";
echo '';
echo "</td></tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
}
else
{
  echo "You currently have no pics.";
}
?>

</form>

[allworknoplay]

I don't think you can nest forms....

[justAnoob]

I hope somebody chimes in saying that they have.. I really don't want to setup my page again.

[allworknoplay]

I hope somebody chimes in saying that they have.. I really don't want to setup my page again.

 

 

No seriously, I don't think you can....i've been proven wrong many time though!!!!

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Nested forms are invalid HTML and DON'T work. You either need to make one form that includes all the fields or multiple separate (non-nested) forms.

[MadTechie]

its a no from me as well.. sorry!

 

Can't you just

include "postnewitem.php"

in the updatepic.php script and remove the

<form action="postnewitem.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form22">

and next

</form>

?

[justAnoob]

I don't know,, can you... I still learning a lot... But I think tomorrow I will just redo my page with all the forms separated.. Which sucks.. But oh well.