On Tuesday 05 March 2002 17:43, you wrote: > On Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 04:06 PM, Andre Dubuc wrote: > > After inserting variables from a fill-out html form into my database, I > > would > > like the form to "goto" the next html page, but I cannot figure out how > > to do > > this basic function. I assume that when one clicks a "Submit" button, > > the > > info is sent to the server, but how do you call a new page? > > When the "submit" button is hit, the form executes the script located at > the URL specified in the "action" attribute of the <form> tag. So do > this: > $script_target = "./nameofscript.php"; > print "<form method="get" action="$script_target">..... "; > > in your PHP. If you're new to this, don't worry about using PHP_SELF to > call the same script, just make a new page with the code that handles > the first page's data. But eventually you'll probably want to clean up > your style and use switch() statements or if statements to keep it all > in one page. (Right now I'm working on a 700-line monster that doesn't > even include any HTML!) > > > Erik > > > > ---- > > Erik Price > Web Developer Temp > Media Lab, H.H. Brown > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Eric, Now that makes sense. I'm getting a better idea of how it works together. I figured there must be a way to control the "Submit" button's behaviour, but I didn't know where to look. Thanks again, Andre -- Please pray the Holy Rosary to end the holocaust of abortion. Remember in your prayers the suffering souls in Purgatory. May God bless you abundantly in His love! For a free Cenacle Scriptural Rosary Booklet -- http://www.webhart.net/csrb/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
