Need help with multiple submit buttons

[TheWebExpert]

I really need this particular form to have two separate submit buttons.  I have a listbox, on which I've selected the item in question.  With button1, I want to simply "check" or "uncheck" a box, and then redisplay the list.  With the other, I want to do other editing.  However, no matter how I do it (either same name, different values) or (different name, different values), I'm not seeing the buttons at all.

      <form action = "processedit.php" method = "post" style = "z-index: 1; width: 898px; height: 232px; position: absolute; top: 30px; left: -1px">
        <input type = "image" name = "sbutton" alt = "Submit" value = "Select"   id = "zz" ...
        <input type = "image" name = "abutton" alt = "Submit" value = "Activate" id = "qq" ...
        <input type = 'hidden' name = 'uname'  id = 'uname'  value = '<? echo $uname; ?>'/>
        <select name = "books" class = "auto-style1" value = '' size = "40" style = "width: 543px; height: 203px; z-index: 1; position: absolute; top: 11px; left: 15px">

...

if (isset($_POST['abutton'])) $func = $_POST['abutton'];
if (isset($_POST['sbutton'])) $func = $_POST['sbutton'];
 

[Barand]

21 minutes ago, TheWebExpert said:

I'm not seeing the buttons at all.

Your image buttons don't specify image sources

[TheWebExpert]

That's because I intentionally cut the line off for the forum.  It's the first part (the name/value) of the buttons I was posting.  The $_POST just isn't getting the information.

[TheWebExpert]

  if ($_POST['select_button_x'] > 0)
    {
      echo "select";
    }
  if ($_POST['activate_button_x'] > 0)
    {
      echo "activate";
    }
This got the job done.

[Barand]

or..

<?php
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']=='POST')  {
    echo $_POST['btnSub'];                                         //==> Select/Activate
}
?>
<form method = "post" >
        <input type = "submit" name = "btnSub" value = "Select"   id = "zz">
        <input type = "submit" name = "btnSub" value = "Activate" id = "qq">
</form>

 

[ginerjm]

Now that Barand has shown you to setup the buttons, you just need to write code to not only recognize that your for has been 'posted' but then checkk and see what $_POST['btnSub'] is equal to and proceed to your logic.

[requinix]

By the way, if you ever want a submit button with a value that's separate from the label - or want a button that is more than just text - then <button> exists to help you out:

<button type = "submit" name = "btnSub" value = "something"   id = "zz">Select</button>

where the btnSub value in $_POST will be "something".