php & javascript mission

[itaisass]

i want to know how do i approch to solve a mission that i have
example:i have to submit a form with a textbox and 2 submit buttons as images i have to know which button was pressed. in example "delete" and "update"
how do i approch that where do i begin? what do i have to think of first or last,do i have to scatch an algorithm?
what should i do?
It's very importent to me to know this from someone who has alot of expirience cause i thik if i'll know the solutions for my dilemas i will succed
thanx

[visualAd]

If you give each submit button a different name you can check which one was pressed using the isset function:

if (isset($_POST['delete'])) {
    /* do delete */
} else if (isset($_POST['change'])) {
    /* do change */
} 

[itaisass]

Ok Thanks I Assume That U Don't Have An Answer How To Do It Only With Js.
And What About My Other Section Of The Question?
Tnx

[visualAd]

And the other part to your question is? This is the PHP forum but why use Javascript to deal with a submitted form? The whole point of submitting the form is to send the data back to the server.

[itaisass]

i think that u r wrong why should i spend resources if i can do it on the client side?:-)

[visualAd]

Do what exactly, on the client side. It's very hard to get things right when you are being so vague.

[kfcSmitty]

i think that u r wrong why should i spend resources if i can do it on the client side?:-)

you can create 2 forms using javascript with different actions.

have each button have an onClick event (or use an event handler which is the better way) and call a different function based on which button is pressed. Inside the function you can call the submit function of each form separately.

[kows]

... and then your website will be absolutely useless to anyone who has javascript disabled.

either way, if you're not looking for a PHP solution, why did you post this in the PHP forums? we don't take kindly to doing things on the client side around these parts.

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