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tcxbalage
tcxbalage

Reputation: 726

identify the sender FORM in the $_POST array

I have few forms on the same page, just like this:

<form action='' method='POST' id='PERSON'>
  <input type='hidden' id='ID' name='ID' value='123'>
  <input type='text' id='NAME' name='NAME' value='John Smith'>
  <button type='submit'>submit</button>
</form>

<form action='' method='POST' id='PRODUCT'>
  <input type='hidden' id='ID' name='ID' value='123'>
  <input type='text' id='NAME' name='NAME' value='sample whatever'>
  <button type='submit'>submit</button>
</form>

Is there any way to identify the sender form in the $_POST/$_REQUEST array without any modification on the forms? The problem is when I'm processing these requests I have no idea where the ID and the NAME params came from. The only way I can think of is to modify each input's name like this: name='PERSON.ID' and name='PRODUCT.ID', but someone might have a better idea than that.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 98

Answers (1)

H&#252;seyin BABAL
H&#252;seyin BABAL

Reputation: 15550

You can handle that by getting ;

  1. A hidden input field
  2. The name or value of the submit button

in handle request. Here is example;

<form action='' method='POST' id='PERSON'>
  <input type='hidden' id='ID' name='ID' value='123'>
  <input type='text' id='NAME' name='NAME' value='John Smith'>
  <input type='hidden' name='formType' value='form1'>
  <button type='submit'>submit</button>
</form>

<form action='' method='POST' id='PRODUCT'>
  <input type='hidden' id='ID' name='ID' value='123'>
  <input type='text' id='NAME' name='NAME' value='sample whatever'>
  <input type='hidden' name='formType' value='form2'>
  <button type='submit'>submit</button>
</form>

Upvotes: 2

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