Multiple forms and one processing page

Question

please i need your help with an issue. I have two forms on my homepage that i\'ll like users to fill and submit at different times. My problem is that i\'ll like to have onl

Answer 1

It's not completely unheard of to do this. Quite often, a different parameter is passed in the form element's action attribute like /submit.php?action=register or /submit.php?action=activate.

So, you have code like this:

if ($_GET['action'] == 'register') {
  // Register user
} else if($_GET['action'] == 'activate' {
  // Activate user
}

However, you could also just change the value of the submit button and have the action attribute the same for both forms:

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
  if ($_POST['submit'] == 'register') {
    // Register user
  } else if($_POST['submit'] == 'activate') {
    // Activate user
  }
}