input name fields with html variables and php

[damasterjo]

<?$i = 0
$num= 10
  while ($i < $num) {?>
    <input type="submit" name="<?$i?>order1" value="Order This">
    <?$i++?> }

where then I could call like

if ($iorder1){} 

???

[damasterjo]

name="<?echo $i?>order1"
ok got how to change name name's now need to learn how to call to it...

and P.S. I NEED to get firefox, way better!

[john tindell]

you could use hidden fields

<?$i = 0
$num= 10
  while ($i < $num) {?>
    <input type="hidden" name="function" value="<?php echo $i; ?>order1"/>
    <input type="submit" name="<?$i?>order1" value="Order This" />
    <?$i++?> }

then

if($_POST['function']=="1order1")
{
    //function code
}
//.... etc 

[penagate]

Give your submit buttons all the same name and each a unique value (which is its caption). When the form is posted you can tell which submit button was pressed just like any other input field.

<div>
  <form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post">
    <p>Which do you prefer?</p>
    <p><input type="submit" name="fsubmit" value="Puppies"></p>
    <p><input type="submit" name="fsubmit" value="Kittens"></p>
  </form>
</div>

switch ($_POST['fsbumit']) {
  case 'Puppies':
    # ...
    break;
  case 'Kittens':
    # ...
    break;
} 

If you're using XHTML remember to close the input tags with a />.