Setting "submit"

Question

At the top of my file I have

PHP Code: if (!ISSET ($_POST['submit'])) which tests if the submit has been hit, if not displays the form....

What I'd like to be able to to is generate a link that would be processed directly by the php code that the form would normally be submitted to... (does that make sense ?)

so a generated link in the code looks like ..

PHP Code: echo '<a href="index.php?submit&s_type=' . $s_type . '&d_height=' . $d_height . '&j_ref=' . $j_ref . '&j_name=' . j_name . '">' . $j_ref . '</a>'; The link generated looks like ..

HTML Code:

index.php?s_type=partk&d_height=3312&j_ref=AS0001&j_name=j_name

I have tried setting "submit" with links like

HTML Code:

index.php?submit=submit&s_type=partk&d_height=3312&j_ref=AS0001&j_name=j_name

index.php?submit&s_type=partk&d_height=3312&j_ref=AS0001&j_name=j_name

How do I create a link that sets "submit so it gets processed rather than going through the form ???

Answer 1

$_GET != $_POST

So, either change $_POST check to $_REQUEST check, or change those 'links' to forms full of hidden prefilled elements, with just the submitbutton.

Keep in mind links are sometimes precached, going the $_GET route is only acceptable if it does not alter data.