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Posted by eholz1 on 02/13/07 15:29
On Feb 12, 10:45 pm, "Kimmo Laine" <s...@outolempi.net> wrote:
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> > Hello PHP programmers.
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> > I had a brilliant idea on one of my pages that selects some data from
> > my mysql database.
> > I first set the page up to display some info and an image, just one
> > item, with a row of data, etc.
>
> > then I thought it would be nice to do a select, and perhaps an update
> > (the title of the image) on the same page.
>
> > I am wondering if I am having the wrong idea. I have a form, with two
> > submit buttons, one selects an image, and some info. the other will
> > update the image title for the given image (id, and p).
> > I am seeing that I have a mistake here, since it seems the update
> > query will run as well as when the select query is run (select button
> > clicked). this overwrites my image titles in the db.
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> > I have the wrong idea, but have not seen how to do this "right". I
> > could use another php page for update, but I am guessing this can be
> > done from the same page.
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> > Below is my poor code - i am not an expert programmer!!! any help,
> > suggestions will be helpful.
>
> Too long code, didn't read it all, but here's a tip for you: Have two submit
> buttons, but name them differently. On server-side you test which button was
> clicked based on which submit was sent. (Of several submit buttons, only the
> one that was clicked is sent in the form)
> <input type="submit" name"select" value="select-a-mundo!" />
> <input type="submit" name"update" value="update-a-mundo!" />
>
> on server-side this code will tell you which was clicked:
> <?php
> if(isset($_POST['select'])){
> // Now you run the select query} else if(isset($_POST['update'])){
>
> // Now run the update query}
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> ?>
>
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> s...@outolempi.net | rot13(x...@bhgbyrzcv.arg)
Hello Ohjelmoija,
thanks, this worked fine.
ewholz
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