How to submit 2 forms in one page with a single submit button

Question

I\'ve created a php page with two forms but I would like to have only one submit button for both forms. the forms have the ids firstform &

Answer 1

• Set the "target" attribute on the first form to "_blank"
• Set the "action" attribute on the first form to "#close" (replace "close" with whatever you want.
• Have a script on the page that checks if the document.location.hash is "close" if it is window.close()

Here's the jsfiddle to demonstrate.

http://jsfiddle.net/TqhPr/18/

HTML

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#both").click(function() {
        document.getElementById("f1").submit();
        document.getElementById("f2").submit();
    });
    if(document.location.hash == "#close") {
        alert("closing the window caused by posting the first form");
        window.close();
    }
    if(document.location.hash) {
        alert(document.location.hash);
    }
});