Another question about passing a value.

[overlordofevil]

ok so now I have an issue where I am working with php5 and things aren't working.

 

basically I am using an html form with a hidden value to tell the program what set of code to use but the hidden values aren't being read once I hit the submit button.

 

here is a bit of code

 

<div id='header'><br></div><div id="main">
Please Select the Chapter you would like to access from the list. 
<form action="home.php" method="POST">
<?php
include ("allchapter.inc");
?>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="actualswitch">
<input type="submit" value="Chapter Switch" name="esubmit">
</form>
</div>

 

so after this form is submitted I would get a blank page. I added the following line to home.php to see if the results would change.

 

$action = !empty($_GET['action']) ? $_GET['action'] : 'main';

 

so now when i submit the form it goes to the main option and not the one I have as a hidden value. any idea why the value wouldn't be passed or why it is not being read?

 

I know this is a simple thing just can't figure it out at the moment.

 

any help is appreciated

Thanks

Bill

[Zane]

use

isset($_GET['action']) &&!empty($_GET['action'])

for your evaluation instead.

 

$action = yourEvaluation ? $_GET['action'] : 'main';

[PFMaBiSmAd]

If you want to send the action value as a $_GET variable, you will need to put it on the end of the URL in the form's action="home.php" attribute -

 

action="home.php?action=actualswitch"

[Psycho]

Your form is using the POST method, but you are trying to get the value via the $_GET variable. Either change the form method to GET or use $_POST to obtain the submitted value.

[Zane]

If you want to send the action value as a $_GET variable, you will need to put it on the end of the URL in the form's action="home.php" attribute -

 

action="home.php?action=actualswitch"

I don't know why I didn't see that the method was POST.  PFM has the right answer here

[overlordofevil]

LOL... now I feel stupid...

 

I can't believe I made that mistake.  Thanks for catching it guys I appreciate it... now time to go rewrite all my buttons..

 

Thanks again

Bill