Submit checkbox data using a link

[chrismassey]

I am currently improving on a Webspace Explorer system written in PHP which inevitably incorporates HTML/CSS and javascript.

My main issue at the moment is that I need to be able to see which files have been selected to perform an action on them. This would be simple if I were to use a normal form. However, the way it is laid out would mean that I would have to use forms within forms which I don't think is possible.

Therefore I would like to be able to submit data using a link. However I believe this would mean that I would have to dynamically change the URL of the link submitting the data.

E.g. the initial link would be

http://www.link.com/index.php?checkbox=none

And when a checkbox is selected, the url dynamically changes to

http://www.link.com/index.php?checkbox=file.htm

Or if 2 are selected

http://www.link.com/index.php?checkbox=file1.htm|file2.htm

etc

Is this possible to do?

Thanks alot,

Chris

 

[AdaHacker]

You can't dynamically change the target of a link in straight HTML. You'll need to use JavaScript.

 

[chrismassey]

Thank you very much for your response.

I realised that this isn't a HTML/CSS topic and i'm going to post the same question in the javascript forum

Thank you