Form inside a Form, how do you create a form inside a form? Options

[kryles]

Hi,

I have a form which collects user input and proceeds to the next page. In this form I would like to add a different form that will direct the user to a seperate page if they click the button in form2. The placement of the form2 is rather important, otherwise I'd just put it after the closing of form1.

As is now, when the user clicks on button inside Form2 they are still directed to the page in Form1 action.

CODE

<Form1>
<input type=text> etc etc to collect info

<form2 target=_blank>
<input type=text>
<input type=submit>
</form>

<input type=image src="imageloc">

</form>

So using this pseudo code you can see how it is set up for now. Regardless which button is pressed the form actio is always taking the page in the first Form. Any way to do this so the Form in the Form (i.e. Form2) can be used?

Thanks,

[pandy]

Because forms can't be nested. See http://htmlhelp.com/faq/html/forms.html#two-submit .

[Christian J]

To elaborate on the FAQ entry, you can let the server-side script (defined in the single form's ACTION attribute) redirect to different pages, depending on the submit button clicked. With PHP you can use isset() to find out which button was used.

A word of caution: using the BUTTON element for multiple submit buttons may cause bugs in MSIE browsers. Use INPUT submit buttons to be on the safe side.