Form action question

[sundance1980]

Hello this might be a simple question:

I have a form with two radio buttons and a submit button. I am trying to incorportate a form action based on the radio selection. I was thinking of doing something like

If radio1 is selected the do action=\"search1.php\"
If radio2 is selected the do action=\"search2.php\"

Do I have the right idea with this? I am confused on how I would tell the form action on what search page to use. Any ideas would help me out a lot. Thanks guys.

<form action=\"     \" method=\"post\">
	
	<input type=\"text\" name=\"search_value\" size=\"15\"> 
	
	<input type=\"radio\" name=\"group1\" value=\"radio1\" checked> Radio button 1
	<input type=\"radio\" name=\"group1\" value=\"radio2\"> Radio Button 2
	<input type=\"submit\"  value=\"Search\" style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px\">

 

[sleipnir214]

You'll have to use JavaScript or VBScript if you want the form to directly submit to one of a series of specific scripts based on user input. PHP runs on the server, not the client.

If you want PHP to handle this, I recommend that you incorporate both search functions into one script (to which the form always submits) then have that one script react to the input.


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[ericbrunson]

You would have to have a single form action (you can't have two) then in the action see what the radio buttons were set to and act accordingly.