Yes, thank you, this works!
Ian.
Paul Burney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> on 8/10/01 7:50 AM, Ian Grant at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I've got a simply search form, on my site using PHP and MySQL.
> > It writes a SELECT query using WHERE (<Field> LIKE '%thingy%') where
thingy
> > is the word entered in the form. It works fine if the submit button is
> > pressed, but if you press return after typing the word, instead, it
fails
> > and writes nothing for the query, so it ends up like WHERE ()
>
> Browsers differ on how they interpret the hitting of the return key and
> which fields get submitted. I'd guess you have an <input type='submit'
> name='submit' value='yes'> type field and you are checking isset($submit).
> Some browsers (Netscape on the Mac, for example) won't submit the
name-value
> pair associated with the button.
>
> One solution is to do this instead:
>
> <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="yes">
> <input type="submit" value="Search!">
>
> No matter how the form is submitted, the submit variable will be set to
yes.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Paul Burney
>
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