PHP - Submit Button Changes Where The Form Submits To?

Hi,

I have a form on my page.

<form id="advanced_search" name="advanced_search" method="POST" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>">

</form>

Form submits with a regular button
<input type="submit" name="advSearch" id="advSearch" value="Search" />

And i have a detector to see where submit button has been clicked on my next page:
if(isset($_POST['advSearch'])) {
    echo "Button was clicked";
}

However, I wanted a custom button for better styling and control.
So i replaced my regular button with this now which uses javascript to submit the form.

<a class="button" href="javascript:document.advanced_search.submit()" name="advSearch" id="advSearch"><span>Search</span></a>

Now the isset($_POST) is not working anymore.
Can anyone help please??

Thanks!

I am new to php and I thought it best to start by using a CMS and creating small functions to extend it's functionality. I will start by explaining the situation around what I want to do. I am trying to create a module for the drupal CMS. The module I am trying to create I am creating for my girlfriends son (for when it is complete he will be the one maintaining it through the web interface). He wants a game server (WOW) and a web site that once they create an account on the web site it will create an account on the game server as well. If I understand the way this works correctly for this game server to work you need a logon database and then a character and world database for each realm you have. With that basically what happens is you go to the drupal web site and click create account, input a username, email address and password and agree to terms of service. Then drupal does some checks and writes the information to the drupal database and with the module I creating it will write to the logon database as well. I am working on the admin forms so you can edit how many realms the server has the sql statement to login to the game and add and delete realms. I have been looking at an example of a form for drupal here http://drupal.org/node/717746 but have converted it to my purpose and it brings up some questions here is what I have so far:

function wowcp_gameserver_settings($form_state) {
    $form['server'] = array(
        '#type' => 'fieldset',
        '#title' => t('WOW Game Server Core'),
    );
    $form['server']['decision'] = array(
        '#type' => 'select',
        '#title' => 'Select the Server Core that your WOW server runs on',
        '#options' => array('TrinityCore2', 'ArcEMU', 'Aspire', 'Mangos'),
        '#default_value' => TrinityCore2,
     );
    $form['server']['sql_command'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => 'Select the SQL command for your server core',
        '#size' => 150,
    );
    $form['server']['max_realms'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Select the maximum realms allowed'),
        '#size' => 2,
    );
    $form['logon'] = array(
        '#type' => 'fieldset',
        '#title' => t('WOW Game Server LOGON database setup')
    );
    $form['logon']['logon_db'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the name of the LOGON database'),
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['logon']['logon_username'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the username for the LOGON database'),
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['logon']['logon_password'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the password for the LOGON database'),
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['realm']['character'] = array(
        '#type' => 'fieldset',
        '#title' => t('WOW Game Server first realm'),
    );
    $form['realm']['character']['character_db'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the name of the CHARACTER database'),
        '#default_value' => $form_state['values']['character_db'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['realm']['character']['character_username'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the username for the CHARACTER database'),
        '#default_value' => $form_state['values']['character_username'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['realm']['character']['character_password'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the password for the CHARACTER database'),
        '#default_value' => $form_state['values']['character_password'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['realm']['world']['world_db'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the name of the WORLD database'),
        '#defaule_value' => $form_state['values']['world_db'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['realm']['world']['world_username'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the username for the WORLD database'),
        '#defaule_value' => $form_state['values']['world_username'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['realm']['world']['world_password'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the password for the WORLD database'),
        '#defaule_value' => $form_state['values']['world_password'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    if (isset($form_state['storage']['new_name'])) {
        $form['character2'] = array(
            '#type' => 'fieldset',
            '#title' => t('WOW Game Server CHARACTER database setup for realm2'),
        );
        $form['character2']['character_db2'] = array(
            '#type' => 'textfield',
            '#title' => t('Enter the name of the CHARACTER database for relam2'),
            '#default_value' => $form_state['values']['character_db2'],
            '#size' => 25,
        );
        $form['character2']['character_username2'] = array(
            '#type' => 'textfield',
            '#title' => t('Enter the username for the CHARACTER database for realm2'),
            '#default_value' => $form_state['values']['character_username2'],
            '#size' => 25,
        );
    $form['character2']['character_password2'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the password for the CHARACTER database for realm2'),
        '#default_value' => $form_state['values']['character_password2'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['world2'] = array(
        '#type' => 'fieldset',
        '#title' => t('WOW ame Server WORLD database setup for realm2'),
    );
        $form['world2']['world_db2'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the name of the WORLD database for realm2'),
        '#defaule_value' => $form_state['values']['world_db2'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['world2']['world_username2'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the username for the WORLD database for realm2'),
        '#defaule_value' => $form_state['values']['world_username2'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    $form['world2']['world_password2'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => t('Enter the password for the WORLD database for realm2'),
        '#defaule_value' => $form_state['values']['world_password2'],
        '#size' => 25,
    );
    }
    $form['submit'] = array(
        '#type' => 'submit',
        '#value' => 'Submit',
    );
    $form['clear'] = array(
        '#type' => 'submit',
        '#value' => 'Reset',
        '#validate' => array('wowcp_form_clear'),
    );
    if (empty($form_state['storage']['new_name'])) {
        $form['new_name'] = array(
            '#type' => 'submit',
            '#value' => 'Add Realm',
            '#validate' => array('wowcp_form_new_name'),
        );
        $form['delete'] = array(
            '#type' => 'submit',
            '#value' => 'Delete Realm',
            '#validate' => array('wowcp_form_delete'),
        );
    }
    return $form;
}

If max_realms is set to a large number the way I see it you would have to hard code everything into the php file. Instead of that could you not remove from the if(isset) and have it that when they click on the add realm button check to make sure the textfield contains a number if it doesn't return an error if it does contain a number make sure it is not greater then max_realms and then use a start count and adding that number to all the arrays for that realm and validate all the information is what you expect. I think this would work for adding realms, I think where the problem would come in is in deleting realms (or it could be me over thinking it). For example if you have max_realms set to 4 you could have 5 the one default one that can't be deleted plus 4 others and the ones that can be deleted would be called realm1 - realm4 if you delete the first 2 you would minus count by 2 so if you clicked add realm again it would try and create realm3 which already exists. Is there another way on doing this that you could create the realms and delete them and it not try to add realms with the same array name?

This topic has been moved to JavaScript Help.

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=356816.0

Anyways, I'm trying to get this submit form button to work. This is my first experience trying to alter PHP without direct instructions on what to do and type. My HTML and PHP for the form is below, or you can see it live at http://www.pricepcrepair.com/survey

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Price PC Repair Survey</title>
<link href="Style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<form method="post" name= "myemailform" action="form-to-email.php">

<body>
<fieldset><legend>Your Contact Details</legend>
<p>
<label for="author">Name</label>
<input name="author" id="author" type="text" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="email">Email Address</label>
<input name="email" "id="email" type"text" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="location">Location</label>
<input name="location" id="location" type="text"/>
</p>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend>Are you a customer of Price PC Repair</legend>
<p>
   <input id="customer-yes" class="radio" name="customer" type="radio" value="yes" />
    <label for="customer-yes">Yes</label>
</p>
<p>
   <input id="customer-no" class="radio" name="customer" type="radio" value="no" />
<label for="customer-no">No</label>
</p>
<p>

<label for="text">If Yes, What can Price PC repair do to better serve it's customers? If No, Why not?</label>
<textarea name="text" id=text" cols="40" rows="5">
</textarea>
</fieldset>
</p>
<p>
<fieldset>
<legend>Do you think that you will be a customer during 2011?</legend>
<p>
   <input id="future-yes" class="radio" name="future" type="radio" value="yes" />
    <label for="future-yes">Yes</label>
</p>
<p>
   <input id="future-no" class="radio" name="future" type="radio" value="no" />
<label for="future-no">No</label>
</fieldset>
</p>
<p>
<fieldset id="website">
<h4>Have you ever used <a href="http://www.pricepcrepair.com/joomla/">PricePCRepair.com</a> to:</h4>
    </p>
    <div>
    <p>
    <input class="checkbox" id="schedule service" name="website" type="checkbox" value="schedule service" /> 
<label>Schedule Service?</label>
</p>
<p>
<input class="checkbox" id="help desk" name="website" type="checkbox" value="help desk" /> 
<label>Ask questions at the free help desk?</label>
</p>
<p>
<input class="checkbox" id="articles" name="website" type="checkbox" value="articles" /> 
<label>Read news, articles, and Reviews?</label>
</p>
<p>
<input class="checkbox" id="design" name="website" type="checkbox" value="design" /> 
<label>See images of past design work?</label>
</p>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<div>
<p>
<label for="text">Are there any features to <a href="http://www.pricepcrepair.com/joomla/">pricepcrepair.com</a> that you'd like to see implemented for 2011 to help better serve customers and potential clients?</label>
<textarea name="features" id=features" cols="40" rows="5">
</textarea>
</div>
<br class="clear" />
</fieldset>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send Form">
</p>



</body>
</html>

</body>
</html>


and the PHP I have is

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<?php
  $name = $_POST['author'];
  $email = $_POST['email'];
  $location = $_POST['location'];
  $customer = $_POST['customer'];
  $text = $_POST['text'];
  $future = $_POST['future'];
  $website = $_POST['website'];
  $features = $_POST['features'];
$email_from = 'survey@pricepcrepair.com.com';
   $email_subject = "New Form submission";
   $email_body = "You have received a new message from the user $name.\n".
       "Here is the message:
      \n $name
      \n $email
      \n $location
      \n $customer
      \n $text
      \n $future
      \n $website
      \n $features
bool mail (string $dprice@pricepcrepair.com, string $subject, string $message, string $name, string $email, string $location, string $customer, string $text, string $future, string $website, string $features)
?>

Hello all,   I am an absolute beginner when it comes to PHP and Javascript but wanted a simple contact form for my website. I used the PHP code from one source and the Javascript validator code from another source and all is working fine except for one very annoying bug: I have to press the Submit button twice in order for the form to send the email. I've found that if the validator is already triggered, however, I only need to press the button once for it to submit. I have scoured the internet for a solution to this problem but am realizing this must be a hangup in the particular code I'm using and I'm just not experienced enough to troubleshoot it.   A little help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.   Here's the client side code (truncated to only show relevant parts):

<html>
<head>
<script src="js/gen_validatorv4.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 
</head>
 
<body>
<form method="post" action="contact.php" name="contactform">
    <div class="row collapse-at-2 half">
<div class="6u">
<input name="name" placeholder="Name" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="6u">
<input name="email" placeholder="Email" type="text" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="row half">
<div class="12u">
<textarea name="message" placeholder="Message"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row half">
<div class="12u">
<ul class="actions">
<li><input type="submit" value="Send Message" /></li>
<li><input type="reset" value="Clear form" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var myformValidator = new Validator("contactform");
myformValidator.addValidation("name","req",
        "Please provide your name.");
myformValidator.addValidation("email","req",
        "Please provide your email.");
myformValidator.addValidation("message","req",
        "Please enter your message.");
myformValidator.addValidation("email","email",
        "Please enter a valid email address.");
</script>
</body>
</html>

 

Hope someone can help put with this - I have inherited a site and am trying to modify some PHP that I am unfamiliar with. I have gotten so far with it, but still have a problem with it.   Its a page on an online store offering optional extras depending on the product. The products are furniture, so and there was an option to buy cushions for some. The change I am trying to make is to have an option for two different sizes of cushion depending on the product.   So there was a field 'cushions' in the product table, and a page 'accessories.php' that offered the option to add cushions.   I have added a new field 'cushions2' and a new page 'accessories2.php' to cover the new size of cushions.   The site is here, with this example product:   http://www.lloydloom...oduct.php?id=32   If you click 'Add to cart' the next page offers you the option to add custom paintwork.   If you enter something there, and click on 'Add colour to order' it works - i.e. the next page is the one offering the cushions.   But if you just click on 'No thank you, proceed with order' it just reloads the page - basically the URL isn't being puled through as it should be.   On that page the PHP at the top of the page looks like this:  

<?php

 session_start();

I have posted this problem in the PHP section but someone suggested I take it here because the hangup is likely in the JS. I have tried removing the JS validator with varying results; sometimes the form still requires double-clicking and sometimes it works fine. Please see my original post below:  

I have two pages one is db.php and another is form.php.

In form.php i have created a form which contains different fields and a submit button.
But i want to write the queries in db.php.

And when i click on the submit button the insert query in db.php should be executed and insert data in database but the focus remains on form.php.

How can i do this???
 Any Idea?

Hi, I'm not too sure if this needs to be in the PHP or javascript section, because I'm not sure what the problem is.
Basically, I have a register form, but right now I'm working with one field: Username.
I have a "Continue" button that takes you to the next step of the registration. The continue button should be disabled until the username textfield has more than 3 characters, less than 15 characters, and the username cannot be taken(this is where i'm having trouble).

The problem is that the button enables even when the username is already taken. It works fine with the min/max chars.


All of this is dynamic, I will give the HTML, PHP, and javascript code below.


HTML
Code: [Select]
<span class='title'>Character:</span>
<input type='text' id='username' name='username' onkeyup="check();"><span id=error1></span>
<span id=error2></span>
PHP
Code: [Select]
<?php
$user_name='Example';

if ($user_name=='Example') 
{
 echo "no";
}
else
{
  echo "yes";
}
?>

Javascript
Code: [Select]
<script>
err=0;
function check()
{
$step1 = $('#step1'); 
 
var trigger = true;
var username = document.getElementById('username');
username2 = document.getElementById('username').value;


if (username.value.length <= 3) {
err=1;
document.getElementById('error1').innerHTML = '<img src=views/images/cross.png></img> Username is too short(4 characters min)';
}else if (username.value.length >= 16) {
err=1;
document.getElementById('error1').innerHTML = '<img src=views/images/cross.png></img> Username is too long(15 characters max)';
}else{


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
THE PROBLEM IS BELOW, THE FUNCTION ISN'T CALLING THE "err" variable
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 $.post("[my domain was here]",{username:$(username).val() } ,function(data)
 {
  if(data=='no')
  {
  err=1;
  document.getElementById('error1').innerHTML = '<img src=views/images/cross.png></img> Chracter name has already been taken';
  } else {
  err=0;
 document.getElementById('error1').innerHTML = '<img src=views/images/tick.png></img>';
     }
 });
}


if (err==0)
{
trigger=false;
}
   
    trigger ? $step1.attr('disabled', true) : $step1.removeAttr('disabled');
}
</script>

Everything works fine. The problem, I think, is at the bottom of my javascript code.

I'm developing a form which is essentially a simple set of radio buttons. Conceptually, it is like this:   Please select a theme from the list: o  Black o  Blue o  Red   [Submit]  [Reset]   I'm actually showing a slideshow of images showing the appearance of each of the themes in a slideshow that only shows one image at a time. I want my users to click on the image that represents the theme they want and, ideally, not have to click on the Submit button at all.   Then I will save the name of the theme they chose in a cookie (if cookies are enabled).   Many years ago, I dabbled in things like CGI and I have a vague recollection, possibly faulty, that it's not difficult to make a form that has only one set of radio buttons treat the selection of one of the radio buttons as a Submit. I don't remember how to do it though.   Can anyone advise me on whether it is indeed possible and, if it is, how I make the selection of the radio button cause the form to be submitted?

Hi All,

Prob very simple but here goes. I've a form on a page, which needs a recaptcha field, due to design constraints however, it won't fit.

I therefore need it so you fill in the form, click submit, a new window appears with the recaptcha field and a confirmation button. Once you click confirm, the form is processed and the email sent.

What's the best way to do this please? The form script has the PHP to handle the emailing side.

have a form with three list/menu items. Each one when selected acts a filter. I would like to submit the form when the user changes the value on each list.menu: I have tried adding an onchange="this.form.submit()" command on each list/menu but only the first one works. I guess the form only recognises one submit item.
 
Is there a way to get the form to submit on each of the three list/menu items ?
 
Many thanks,
 
 
code ...
 
<body>
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <label>Team
    <select name="myTeam" id="myTeam" onchange="this.form.submit()">
      <?php
do {
?>
      <option value="<?php echo $row_myTeam['title']?>"<?php if (!(strcmp($row_myTeam['title'], $_POST['myTeam']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>><?php echo $row_myTeam['title']?></option>
      <?php
} while ($row_myTeam = mysql_fetch_assoc($myTeam));
  $rows = mysql_num_rows($myTeam);
  if($rows > 0) {
      mysql_data_seek($myTeam, 0);
  $row_myTeam = mysql_fetch_assoc($myTeam);
  }
?>
    </select>
  </label>
  <label>Qct
    <select name="myQCT" id="myQCT" onchange="this.form.submit()">
      <?php
do {
?>
      <option value="<?php echo $row_chooseQCT['name']?>"<?php if (!(strcmp($row_chooseQCT['name'], $_POST['myQCT']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>><?php echo $row_chooseQCT['name']?></option>
      <?php
} while ($row_chooseQCT = mysql_fetch_assoc($chooseQCT));
  $rows = mysql_num_rows($chooseQCT);
  if($rows > 0) {
      mysql_data_seek($chooseQCT, 0);
  $row_chooseQCT = mysql_fetch_assoc($chooseQCT);
  }
?>
    </select>
  </label>
  <label>Year
    <select name="myYear" id="myYear" onchange="this.form.submit()">
      <?php
do {
?>
      <option value="<?php echo $row_myYear['year']?>"<?php if (!(strcmp($row_myYear['year'], $_POST['myYear']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>><?php echo $row_myYear['year']?></option>
      <?php
} while ($row_myYear = mysql_fetch_assoc($myYear));
  $rows = mysql_num_rows($myYear);
  if($rows > 0) {
      mysql_data_seek($myYear, 0);
  $row_myYear = mysql_fetch_assoc($myYear);
  }
?>
    </select>
  </label>
</form>
</body>

You would think the answer would be all over the Internet and easy to find, but it’s not. I have searched many times, and in all the multitude of search results I have still never found an adequate usable answer. The MOST you ever find is someone saying how easy it is with PHP, but they don’t tell you how, even when the person they are answering asks them (odd). You can be that one in a billion person who finally answers it for real and helps someone out.

I have a simple HTML form with data fields first_name, last_name, email, phone, country, a few hidden inputs, and a single submit button, like so:

(Please note: the method is GET, not Post.)

<form action="https://MyDomainOnMyServer.com/MyPHPScript.php”> 
<input type="text" name="first_name" value="" />
<input type="text" name="last_name" value="" /> 
<input type="text" name="email" value="" /> 
<input type="text" name="phone" value="" /> 
<input type="hidden" name="type" value="type123"> 
<input type="hidden" name="project" value="new123"> 
<select required name="country"> 
<option value="">Choose your country</option> 
<option value="US">United States</option> 
<option value="CA">Canada</option> 
<option value="GB">United Kingdom</option> 
<option value="Many More">Many More Countries</option> 
</select> 
<input type="submit" value="Submit Form" /> </form>

NOTE: Originally, the form action would have been:

action="https://TheirExampleDomainOnTheirRemoteServer.com/TheirRemotePHPScript.php" name="form1234"

Upon clicking the single submit button only, what I need to have happen is this:

1. Send me an email to whatever@whatever.tld containing all the form submission data

2. Place the form submission data into a MySQL database having the corresponding data fields

3. Send the form submission contents including the hidden input values to "https://TheirExampleDomainOnTheirRemoteServer.com/TheirRemotePHPScript.php" name="form1234" AS IF that had remained set as the original form action to begin with

So basically what I’m trying to obtain is the cleanest possible PHP script that will do those three things, which is essentially what others have asked for over the years in search results I have found, but no one has ever provided it in a clear instance that works. If I can just see such a script, I should be able to see how it works and then do what I need. Thanks.

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Hello, I've looked around at some previous posts and can't seem to get them to work for me.
I'm occasionally receiving blank emails from my contact form,
i.e.
Name:
Email:
Subject:
Message:
with no fields filled out.
No doubt the cause is my form.
It has validation, and I'm aware that with JS turned off, the validation won't work, but I find it hard to believe that people are just submitting blank forms, I'm confused, and am worried that I'm getting emails and not realizing it!

My code is below, if you can point me in the right direction or point out the problem area that would be great!
website is:    www.ed-yu.com

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    <div id="contact_box">
<h3>Questions?<br />Comments?<br />Just get in touch.</h3><p>(use the form below, or email edward@ed-yu.com)</p>
<form id="contact" method="post" class="form" action="js/contactengine.php">
<p class="name">
<input type="text" name="Name" id="Name" />
                <label for="Name">Name</label>
</p>
                <p class="email">
<input type="text" name="Email" id="Email" />
<label for="Email">Email</label>
</p>
                <p class="Subject">
        <select name="Subject" id="Subject">
                <option value="000" selected="selected"> - Choose -</option>
                <option value="General Question">General Question</option>
                <option value="Photography Inquiry">Photography Inquiry</option>
                <option value="Web-design Inquiry">Web-design Inquiry</option>
                <option value="Love Letter">Love Letter</option>
                <option value="Hate Mail">Hate Mail</option>
                <option value="Website Feedback">Website Feedback</option>
        </select>
                <label for="Subject">Subject</label>
</p>
                <p class="Message">
<label for="Message"> </label><br />
<textarea name="Message" rows="20" cols="20" id="Message"></textarea>
</p>
                <p class="Submit">
<input type="Submit" name="Submit" value="Send Email" class="submit-button" />
                </p>
</form>
</div><!--contact_box-->

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<?php

$EmailFrom = "ED-YU.com";
$EmailTo = "eddytheflow@gmail.com";
$Subject = "A new ".mb_strtolower($_POST['Subject'])." from ".$_POST['Name']." ";
$Name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name'])); 
$Tel = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Tel'])); 
$Email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Email'])); 
$Message = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Message'])); 


// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (!$validationOK) {
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
  exit;
}

// prepare email body text
$Body = "";
$Body .= "Name: ";
$Body .= $Name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Email: ";
$Body .= $Email;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Subject: ";
$Body .= $Subject;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Message: ";
$Body .= $Message;
$Body .= "\n";

// send email 
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");

// redirect to success page 
if ($success){
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=contactthanks.php\">";
}
else{
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
}
?>

I generated a table from the database, and at the end of each row there are two submits, one for save and another for delete. The values are generated as either text and select box input.

Right now, I have all the submits named differently (ends a number), so I can loop through all available submits based on the number to check which row needs to be updated, and to retrieve the values during form processing, then only perform the query.  I have also hidden input in each row to send the "primary key" that is used during query.

Is there a better approach than to have so many different names for the buttons, not having to loop through all of them each time, and still keep a similar layout? I'm trying to avoid anything else than PHP.

The table looks something like:
col1____| col2_______| col3____|__________________
txt input | select input  | txt input |save bttn | delete bttn
txt input | select input  | txt input |save bttn | delete bttn