[PHP] Perhaps an incomplete $_POST

I just noticed something a little odd, and maybe there is a simple solution. Given a form; form name=foo action=foo.php method=POST The attributes, especially the name foo, never appear in any variables array. I am thinking that this might be handy to have for several reasons when processing the

Re: [PHP] Perhaps an incomplete $_POST

To the best of my knowledge, the name attribute of the FORM tag is never submitted with the request, whether it be GET or POST. It's there for client-side scripting (JavaScript, etc.) only. One trick that might help you - if your form action is POST, add a querystring to the action, something

Re: [PHP] Perhaps an incomplete $_POST

On Wed, August 29, 2007 2:01 pm, Jay Blanchard wrote: I just noticed something a little odd, and maybe there is a simple solution. Given a form; form name=foo action=foo.php method=POST The attributes, especially the name foo, never appear in any variables array. I am thinking that this

Re: [PHP] Perhaps an incomplete $_POST

Yep, the form name is never submitted with the form info. However, the submit button will be submitted along. So, as an alternative, you could name the submit button in a way to recognize the submitted form: form name=foo ... input type=submit name=fooSubmitBtn ... /form Ludo To the best of