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[ezcat]

In the following code, how can I tell if the VALUE="SaveComment" or the VALUE="CharacterCounter" button was pushed?

Echo '<FORM ACTION="addcomment.php" METHOD=POST>';

Echo 'Type your comment in the box below, then click on "Save Comment".<BR>';

Echo '<TEXTAREA NAME="Add_Comment" COLS=70 ROWS=4></TEXTAREA>';

Echo '<p><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="SaveComment"><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="CharacterCounter"></p>';

Echo '</FORM>';

When "addcomment.php" is called I would like to have code to either save the comment or count the characters in the comment, but need to know which button was pushed.

Thanks,
Jon

[Orjan]

you need a name on your input tag, and then that name will have the value as value when sent back. Example:

<input type="submit" name="firstbutton" value="Press here for 1">
<input type="submit" name="secondbutton" value="Press here for 2">

pressing the first button would give the variable $_POST['firstbutton'] to contain the string "Press here for 1" in the recieving page's variables.

[ezcat]

thanks much. works great!

Jon