Multiple submit button in a form

Question

Hey I am very new to Web Programming. I have been learning PHP from the past few days and I am stuck at one thing.

I have a form tag in my code which has two submit

Answer 1

One way is to use Javascript to switch the form's action depending on which control has been clicked. The following example uses the jQuery library:

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$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#theForm input").click(function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        if(e.target.id == 'first') {
            $("#theForm").attr("action", "somePage.php");
        } else {
            $("#theForm").attr("action", "anotherPage.php");
        }
        alert($("#theForm").attr("action"));
        $("#theForm").submit(); 
    });
​});​

Demo here: http://jsfiddle.net/CMEqC/2/