submit button wont post

[DJ P@CkMaN]

hey all,

as some of you may know, i have been having a ot of difficulties getting a form to work. i have now found the problem. the $HTTP_POST_VARS wont recognise that the submit button has a value. the following WONT work.

<?
    if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['submit'])) {
        mail('[email protected]',$_REQUEST['subject'],$_REQUEST['message'] . '\n\nFrom,\n' . $_REQUEST['from_name'],'From: ' . $_REQUEST['from_email']);
        echo "<b><center>Mail sent!</center></b><br>\n<a href=\"index.php\">Return to home</a><br>\n";
    } else {
        ?>
        <center><b>Email |DJ| P@CkMaN</b></center>
        <form method="post" action="contact.php?action=webmaster">
        Your name: <input type="text" name="from_name" size="35"><br>
        Your email: <input type="text" name="from_email" size="35"><br>
        Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" size="39"><br>
        Message:<br>
        <textarea rows="15" cols="38" name="message"></textarea><br>
        <input type="image" src="../images/buttons/submit.gif" value="Submit" alt="Submit!" name="submit">
        <?
    }
?>

but if i check that the user typed something in message like this script

<?
    if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['message'])) {
        mail('[email protected]',$_REQUEST['subject'],$_REQUEST['message'] . '\n\nFrom,\n' . $_REQUEST['from_name'],'From: ' . $_REQUEST['from_email']);
        echo "<b><center>Mail sent!</center></b><br>\n<a href=\"index.php\">Return to home</a><br>\n";
    } else {
        ?>
        <center><b>Email |DJ| P@CkMaN</b></center>
        <form method="post" action="contact.php?action=webmaster">
        Your name: <input type="text" name="from_name" size="35"><br>
        Your email: <input type="text" name="from_email" size="35"><br>
        Subject: <input type="text" name="subject" size="39"><br>
        Message:<br>
        <textarea rows="15" cols="38" name="message"></textarea><br>
        <input type="image" src="../images/buttons/submit.gif" value="Submit" alt="Submit!" name="submit">
        <?
    }
?>

it all works great??

could someone please tell me whats going on and if theres a way that i can make it work with $HTTP_POST_VARS['submit']??

thanks heaps

[phpman]

try adding onclick="document.submit();"

to the image submit button.

<input type="image" src="../images/buttons/submit.gif" alt="Submit!" name="submit" onclick="document.submit();">

[Gimlin]

cant $REQUEST be used instead of $HTTP_POST_VARS

[phpman]

yes, so can $_POST

[Gimlin]

I think I found the problem, it does not seem to work when the submit button is an image

edit: I am sleepy and wrote a stupid answer

[Gimlin]

Ok I am in a daze, phpman you already figured it out, but the thing you wrote does not work for me.

[phpman]

try it a couple of ways.

<input type="image" src="../images/buttons/submit.gif" alt="Submit!" name="submit" onclick="submit();">


<input type="image" src="../images/buttons/submit.gif" alt="Submit!" name="submit" onclick="this.document.submit();">