Form submission for different buttons - php

Question

Good Day All,
I have a form with two buttons. One to "Edit" and the other one to "Delete" pilot records:
<form method="post" action="<?php echo adminurl('/pilotmanager/pilotsedit');?>">
<table class="PManager">
<tr><th colspan="2">pilot edit form</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><b>First Name:</b></td>
<td><input type="text" name="firstname" value="<?php echo $firstname;?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Last Name:</b></td>
<td><input type="text" name="lastname" value="<?php echo $lastname;?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Airline:</b></td>
<td>
<select name="code">
<?php
$allairlines = OperationsData::GetAllAirlines();
foreach($allairlines as $airline)
{
echo '<option value="'.$airline->code.'" '.$sel.'>'.$airline->name.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Transfer Hours:</b></td>
<td><input type="text" name="transferhours" value="<?php echo $transferhours;?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Hub:</b></td>
<td>
<select name="hub">
<?php
$allhubs = OperationsData::GetAllHubs();
foreach($allhubs as $hub)
{
echo '<option value="'.$hub->icao.'" '.$sel.'>'.$hub->icao.' - ' . $hub->name .'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Total Flights:</b></td>
<td><input type="text" name="totalflights" value="<?php echo $totalflights;?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Total Pay:</b></td>
<td><input type="text" name="totalpay" value="<?php echo $totalpay;?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Pilot active:</b></td>
<td>
<?php
if(intval($pilot->retired) == 1)
{
$retsel='selected';
$activesel = '';
}
else
{
$activesel = 'selected';
$retsel = '';
}
?>
<select name="retired">
<option value="0" <?php echo $activesel?>>Active</option>
<option value="1" <?php echo $retsel?>>Inactive</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Email Address:</b></td>
<td><input type="text" name="email" value="<?php echo $email;?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<input type="hidden" name="pilotid" value="<?php echo $pilotid;?>">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="saveprofile">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="deletepilot">
<input type="submit" value="Save Changes" style="width:200px;">
<input type="submit" value="Delete" style="width:200px;">
</td>
</tr>
In my module I have the following function:
public function pilotsedit() {
$pilotid = $_POST['pilotid'];
$action = $_POST['action'];
switch($action) {
case 'saveprofile':
$this->savepro($pilotid);
echo '<script type="text/javascript">alert("Profile Updated!");</script>';
$url = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; // right back to the referrer page from where you came.
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;URL=' . $url . '">';
break;
case 'deletepilot':
$this->deletePilot($pilotid);
echo '<script type="text/javascript">alert("Pilot Deleted!");</script>';
$url = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; // right back to the referrer page from where you came.
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;URL=' . $url . '">';
break;
}
}
I'm trying to separate the button submission using "case" statement in my module but when I submit the form using "Edit" button the record gets deleted. Please help me find out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks

Answer 1

The answer is to use button instead of input tag. What I did was the folowing:
<td colspan="2">
<input type="hidden" name="pilotid" value="<?php echo $pilotid;?>">
<button type="submit" name="action" value="saveprofile" style="width:200px;">Save Changes</button>
<button type="submit" name="action" value="deletepilot" style="width:200px;">Delete Pilot</button>
</td>
And in my PHP module:
public function pilotsedit() {
$pilotid = $_POST['pilotid'];
$action = $_POST['action'];
switch($action) {
case 'saveprofile':
$this->savepro($pilotid);
break;
case 'deletepilot':
$this->deletePilot($pilotid);
break;
}
}
And it worked like I was expecting it to do.

Answer 2

You both send these actions on saveprofile and deletepilot
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="saveprofile">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="deletepilot">
You should separate them.