greying out submit button in PHP?

[acook]

Hello,

 

I am writing a form, and I would like the "Submit" button to be greyed out when it's clicked ...I tried to use

 

<input type="submit" value="Search"/ onclick="this.disabled='disabled'">

 

But it just greys out the button and does not process the form.  Does anyone know how to write something similar in PHP?  Also, is it possible to create a message under the button that says something like "Hang tight...this might take a minute."?  I'm sure it's possible with Javascript but was thinking it might be possible in PHP?? 

 

Thanks!

[acook]

Actually, it looks like it works with

 

onClick=this.disabled=true;this.form.submit();

 

But it'd still be nice to know how to create a little "Please wait" message...

[Orio]

You can do something like this:

<form action="page2.php" onsubmit="button1.disabled=true; button1.value='Hold on!'; return true" method="POST">
<input type="submit" name="button1" value="Search!">
</form>

 

This has nothing to do with PHP tho.

 

Orio.