Search Buttons With Images

[justlukeyou]

I have a search form which uses an image to perform the search. The search performs correctly however it inserts details of the image in the URL, is this normal?

 

searchdisplaytest.php?term=red-widget&image.x=50&image.y=23

 

Can I get rid of the "&image.x=50&image.y=23"

 

<div class="homepagesearchtext">
<input type="text" name="term" size="20" class="homepagesearch" />
</div>
<div class="searchbuttonbox">
<input type="image" name="image" value="Submit" src="http://wwwdomain.com/earch.PNG" alt="Search" name="image" >

[Psycho]

Yes, using an image as an input will pass the x,y coordinates. You could pass the form submission via POST so it does not get included in the URL.

[justlukeyou]

Thanks, if I use POST is it as safe as GET?

 

Why do people use POST over GET?

[kenrbnsn]

Actually, using POST is safer than using GET, since it's harder (but not impossible) to manipulate the values being passed to the script when using POST. Also, the number of characters passed to the processing script is limited when using GET.

 

Ken