Form submission does not work on MSIE

[jimoblak]

I have a really basic form (index.php) that works in at least Mac Safari and Windows Firefox & Opera. It does not work in Windows Internet Explorer. Suggestions are welcomed.

<form id="FormName" action="index.php" method="get" name="FormName"><button name="button" value="submitted" type="submit">Submit</button></form>

The same index.php file contains the following form processing:

<?php
if ($_GET[button]=="submitted") {
print ("submitted successfully");
}
?>

MSIE does not seem to recognize the button value and return the PHP result. Why?

 

[BabyJeffy]

Try replacing the button with this:

<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="button"/>

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Jeff

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[sleipnir214]

IE submits a value. Just not the exact value you want.

The question is, do you want to check for a specific value, or do you want to check that the button was clicked and the form submitted?

If the latter, I recommend you actually check for the presence of the submitted value, not what the value is:

if (isset($_GET['button']))
{
print ('submitted successfully');
}



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[jimoblak]

Thanks for the info. It has fixed the problem but I am interested in further study. Is this an issue with PHP or MSIE? I am seeing ASP tutorials throughout the internet where the button's "value" is defined with different variables with no problem.

http://www.chami.com/tips/internet/042599I.html

 

[sleipnir214]

This is an MSIE problem. The values that PHP makes available in $_GET or $_POST are exactly what is reported by the browser.



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