Submit buttons

[Wstar]

I can not find out whats wrong here.  It's most likely something small that I've over looked.  I have multiple submit buttons on a forum using the following code:

 

                  
                 if ($action=='edit') {
                    echo '<input type="submit" name"update" value="Update">' . '   ';
                    echo '<input type="submit" name"cancel" value="Cancel">';
                  } else {
                    echo '<input type="submit" name"delete_confirmed" value="Delete">' . '   ';
                    echo '<input type="submit" name"update" value="Update">' . '   ';
                    echo '<input type="submit" name"cancel" value="Cancel"></form>';
                  }

 

At the top of the .php file I have the following:

 

if(isset($cancel)){
  $action='';
} elseif(isset($add)) {
  $message="Files stored successful.";
} elseif(isset($delete_confirmed)) {
  $message="Files has been deleted.";
} elseif(isset($update)) {
  $message="Files stored and updated successful.";
}

 

Now, when the forum is submitted by hitting the add button, nothing is stored in $message.  Later in the code (start of a table for a header) I have:

 

<?=$message?>

 

My form declaration is:

 

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="news.php">

 

Why are my submit buttons NOT working?

[interpim]

try using different forms with seperate actions for each button... Looks to me like you have several buttons in 1 form, essentially doing whatever action that form is telling it.

[Hell Toupee]

Depending on what variables you've declared set or php version you're running,trying this might help:

 

if(isset($_REQUEST['cancel'])){
  $action='';
} elseif(isset($_REQUEST['add'])) {
  $message="Files stored successful.";
} elseif(isset($_REQUEST['delete_confirmed'])) {
  $message="Files has been deleted.";
} elseif(isset($_REQUEST['update'])) {
  $message="Files stored and updated successful.";
}

 

Also:

 

<?php echo($message); ?>

 

 

[Wstar]

Thanks for the quick replies.  I know its not a problem with <?=$message?> because I've just tried this.

 

if(isset($_REQUEST['test1'])){
  echo "Test 1";
} elseif(isset($test2)) {
  echo "Test 2";
} 

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="news.php">
  <input type="submit" name"test1" value="Test 1">
  <input type="submit" name"test2" value="Test 2">
</form>

 

Nothing gets echo'ed in either case.  I'm just not understanding this problem.

[Hell Toupee]

If in no case it gets echoed, than that mean there's a greater chance there's a problem with " <?=$message?>", try changing it aswell as the issets to $_REQUEST and see.

[Wstar]

Still nothing.  Here is my form code in html.

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="news.php">
  <input type="submit" name"test1" value="Test 1">
  <input type="submit" name"test2" value="Test 2">
</form>

 

Here is the php code for submitting.  I've tried doing each of these (one at a time):

 

if($_REQUEST['test1']){
  echo "It WOrked!";
} else {
  echo "It DIDNT WOrked!";
}

AND

 

if(isset($_REQUEST['test1'])){
  echo "It WOrked!";
} else {
  echo "It DIDNT WOrked!";
}

AND

 

if(isset($test1)){
  echo "It WOrked!";
} else {
  echo "It DIDNT WOrked!";
}

 

Still no luck.

[janroald]

Hehe, was pussled there for a while when I didn't get it to work myself :-)

 

You see what's wrong here? :

 

name"test1"

 

I'm the man :-)

[janroald]

Next time, when you have a similar problem, make the form method GET, then you can see for yourself what data is sent.

[Wstar]

Bah, I knew it was simple and I was over-looking it.

 

Thank you SO much!  Now I'm going to go hide in shame for such a simple error!!

 

Thanks for everyones help!

[janroald]

No need for shame m8, we all waste hours this way from time to time :-)

You just need to get better in trying to isolate the problem step by step. I copy/pasted your code, and when I didn't get it to work the way you wanted it to, i changed the method to GET. I then got "?test1" in the url. Problem was then easily found :-)