using JavaScript for form submit

Hi,

Im trying to create a form with two hyperlinks, which when clicked submit the page and pass different values to the page.

so far i have:

<form name="change_record" action="record_update.php" method="post" autocomplete="off">

<a name="edit" href="javascript:document.change_record.submit();">Edit</a>
<a name="delete" href="javascript:document.change_record.submit();">Delete</a>
</form>

As u can see, the posting to page is a php page. In that page i then want to be able to test which link was selected by using the post variables. eg

if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['delete'])) { //delete record }

However this doesn't work, as no post variable is recognised called delete. If i use a submit button instead however it works perfectly. eg

<input type="submit" name="delete" value="Delete"/>

Any ideas how i can get the hyperlinks to pass thier names as post variables, or a way i can detect which has been selected in php.

Thanks

ok. Well in that case you could try the onClick event instead. That could call a function which creates a hidden element with the appropriate value, and then submits the form.

<form name="change_record" action="record_update.php" method="post" autocomplete="off">

<a name="edit" href="javascript:void(1);" onClick="submitForm('Edit');">Edit</a>

<a name="delete" href="javascript:void(1);" onClick="submitForm('Delete');">Delete</a>

function submitForm(action){
document.all.change_record.innerHTML = document.record.innerHTML + "<input type=hidden name=submit value='" + action +"'>";
document.change_record.submit();
}


Then you can just check so see which link was used to submit the form:




hope that helps
-Adam

I use the same kinda method


btw - i noticed you have a space in the word "javascript" in your links. That may break things.

Thanks both, your methods work perfectly. Problem solved!