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September 2nd, 2004, 10:37 AM

karlosp

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single form with submit and preview buttons

Hi All

I have a single form with two buttons, a preview and submit. I would like to give users the option of previewing the contents of the form before it is inserted into my db.

I know I have to use "isset" and give the individual buttons their own values - could someone please provide me with an example that I could try and tweak to suit my needs?

Cheers

September 9th, 2004, 03:37 AM

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PHP Code:


		
			
<?php
 if (isset($_POST['preview'])):
 // echo your preview code
 elseif (isset($_POST['submit'])):
 // process your form
 else:
 ?>
 <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
     <fieldset>
     <legend>Test</legend>
     <label>Enter Text</label>
     <input type="text" name="test" /><br />
     <input type="submit" name="submit" title="submit" value="Submit" />
     *
     <input type="submit" name="preview" title="preview" value="Preview" />
     </fieldset>
 </form>
 <?php
 endif;
 ?>

September 9th, 2004, 09:59 AM

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I prefer this:

PHP Code:


		
			
if(isset($_POST['submit']))

{

    if$_POST['submit'] == 'Submit')

    {

        /* submit code */

    }

    elseif($_POST['submit'] == 'Preview')

    {

        /* preview code */

    }

    else

    {

        echo "invalid function";

    }

}

/* output form */



?>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Preview" />

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />

Not much difference, but a bit cleaner imho.

September 9th, 2004, 02:24 PM

CHornJr

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on my site I actually force the preview instead of making it an option

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php

$submit=$_POST['submit'];

switch($submit)

{

case 'Preview':

break 1;

/* what is being posted looks like */

/* call a function with the form */

case 'Add':

/* add to DB */

break 1;

default:

/* call function with form */

break 1;

}

?>

<form>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Preview">

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add">

</form>

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