GET form being posted to "index.php" every time / not doing what expected

[oz11]

<h1>Search</h1>

<?PHP

    if ($_GET['type'] == "userid"){
        echo "userid";
    }
    if ($_GET['type'] == "userstring"){
        echo "user_string";
    }
    if ($_GET['type'] == "postid"){
        echo "post_id";
    }
    if ($_GET['type'] == "poststring"){
        echo "post_string";
    }

?>

<a href="index.php?page=all_users">View all users</a> // <a href="index.php?page=search&type=all_posts">View all posts</a> <br><br><br>

<form method="GET" action="index.php?page=search">
<h3>User ID</h3>
<label for="lname">Username ID:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="userid" name="userid" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  </form>

  <form method="GET" action="index.php?page=search">
  <h3>User string</h3>
<label for="lname">Username String:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="userstring" name="userstring" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  </form>

  <form method="GET" action="index.php?page=search">
<h3>Post ID</h3>
<label for="lname">Post ID:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="postid" name="postid" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  </form>

  <form method="GET" action="index.php?page=search">
  <h3>Post string: </h3>
<label for="lname">Post String:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="poststring" name="poststring" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  </form>
  

#2

<h1>Search</h1>
<?PHP
    if ($_GET['type'] == "userid"){
        echo "userid";
    }
    if ($_GET['type'] == "userstring"){
        echo "user_string";
    }
    if ($_GET['type'] == "postid"){
        echo "post_id";
    }
    if ($_GET['type'] == "poststring"){
        echo "post_string";
    }
?>

<a href="index.php?page=all_users">View all users</a> // <a href="index.php?page=search&type=all_posts">View all posts</a> <br><br><br>

<form method="GET" action="index.php?page=search&userid=1">
<h3>User ID</h3>
<label for="lname">Username ID:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="userid" name="userid" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  </form>

  <form method="GET" action="index.php?page=search&userstring=1">
  <h3>User string</h3>
<label for="lname">Username String:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="userstring" name="userstring" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  </form>

  <form method="GET" action="index.php?page=search&postid=1">
<h3>Post ID</h3>
<label for="lname">Post ID:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="postid" name="postid" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  </form>

  <form method="GET" action="index.php?page=search&poststring=1">
  <h3>Post string: </h3>
<label for="lname">Post String:</label><br>
  <input type="text" id="poststring" name="poststring" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" style="background-color: black; border: 1px dashed #39FF14; color: #39FF14;">
  </form>
  

I've ran both of these codes, anyway.. they are not doing what I expect. Instead of being processed on the page and running the GET data through the conditionals, instead it takes me to "index.php" every time. I've tried numerous "actions", though these never work. The file I'm dealing with is named "index.php?page=search" (it's an "include" used for CMS or somthing similar).

 

Edit: for example, being forwarded to "index.php?postid=1", not "index.php?page=search&postid=1" .

 

Edited July 21, 2022 by oz11
code edit

[gw1500se]

You need to change the $_GET index to what you want. E.G.

if (isset($_GET["poststring"} {

 

[mac_gyver]

did you not read the reply in the existing thread for this task?

anyways, the form field values for a get method form will replace any get parameters you try to put on the end of the url in the action='...' attribute. to supply 'additional' get parameters, you would need to use hidden form fields.

[ginerjm]

Also - I don't see any setting of a parm named 'type'.  You seem to be creating ones named 'page', 'userid', 'userstring', 'postid', 'poststring',  but never do you create 'type'.

And of course you have issues as mac gyver has told you.

Edited July 21, 2022 by ginerjm

[ginerjm]

OH!  What other form are you thinking is going to be called by this script?  You only mention index.php in it and you don't have any form's setup without an action attribute in order for them to default to the running script.