Question

I have a project that requires a search form that searches two separate eBay stores depending on what the user is looking for.

I want to have one input field with two submit buttons. I’m having problems getting the form to specify which site to call from either of the buttons. I’ve had a good look around and tried a few things but thought someone might be able to straighten out my syntax etc.

I have the form.

<form target="_blank" action="rp.php" method="get">

<input type="text">

<button name="replacement" type="submit">Search Replacement Parts</button>

<button name="performance" type="submit">Search Performance Parts</button>

</form>

..and I have the PHP.

<?php

    if( isset($_GET['replacement']) ) {

        header("Location: http://www.example.com");
        exit;

    } else if {

        ( isset($_GET['performance']) ) {

        header("Location: http://www.example.com");
        exit;

    }

?>

I think I’m on the right track, just need a bit-o-help. I don’t know whether or not to use POST or GET, GET seemed to make more sense to me for this.

Answer 1

You can use the following code for this:

<form target="_blank" name="myform"  method="POST">

<input type="text" name="search">

<button  onclick="submit1('http://example1.com/')" >Search Replacement Parts</button>

<button onclick="submit1('http://example2.com/')" >Search Performance Parts</button>

</form>

<script>

   function submit1(url)
   {
      document.myform.action=url;
      document.myform.submit();
   }

</script>