Question

I have a php page which has multiple form tags. each form is dealing with a specific tab. It is simply a search but each tab provides a search of either date, number, or name.

each form tag has a different name….how can I know which form was submitted in the result page to customize the database search accordingly?

is it something with $_POST or $_REQUEST ?

    <form name="invoice" action="result.php" method="POST"><br><br>
    <form name="customer" action="result.php" method="POST"><br><br>
    <form name="customer" action="result.php" method="POST"><br><br>

each of the above contains a table with input box and submit button.

Thanks,

Answer 1

You could, for one, in each submit button add a name and value, like so:

<form>
   <input type="submit" name="action" value="search_invoice" />
   ... 
</form>

<form>
   <input type="submit" name="action" value="search_customer" />
   ...
</form>

then in your php

switch($_POST['action']) {
   case 'search_invoice':
      // ur code
      break;

   case 'search_customer': default:
      // ur code
      break;
}

Be aware though, older versions of firefox doesn’t properly submits the key => value pair of input type submit.

Another solution I usually use is to put an <input type="hidden" name="action" value="your_customAction" />