Re: Arguments on a button

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From	Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca>
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Subject	Re: Arguments on a button
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Mark Lloyd wrote:

> On 06/02/2017 09:12 AM, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>> bit-naughty@hotmail.com wrote:
>> 
>>> If I have a button on a page, which when clicked, I want to run
>>> "page2.php", with particular arguments, say fruit=papaya&veggies=potato
>>> , how do I do that?
>> 
>> You don't need PHP for that; you can satisfy that requirement with pure
>> HTML:
>>    <form method="post" action="page2.php?fruit=papaya&veggies=potato">
>>    <input type="submit">
>>    </form>
> 
> I used to do that. Now I use a normal link, and use CSS to make it look
> like a button.

Good point.

There are many ways to handle this requirement that do not use PHP. Not 
knowing the OP's skill level, I refrained from mentioning CSS or  
JavaScript; I find no need to confuse him.


-- 
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills, We Trust"
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Arguments on a button bit-naughty@hotmail.com - 2017-06-02 06:25 -0700
  Re: Arguments on a button Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-06-02 10:12 -0400
    Re: Arguments on a button Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-06-02 10:19 -0400
      Re: Arguments on a button Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-06-06 20:53 +0200
        Re: Arguments on a button "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2017-06-06 23:44 +0200
          Re: Arguments on a button Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-06-07 22:35 +0200
    Re: Arguments on a button Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-06-02 11:35 -0500
      Re: Arguments on a button Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-06-02 12:51 -0400
    Re: Arguments on a button Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-06-03 10:39 -0400
    Re: Arguments on a button "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2017-06-05 19:41 +0200
      Re: Arguments on a button Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-06-05 14:02 -0400

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