Two different submit buttons in CodeIgniter form without Javascript [duplicate] - php

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I have a form where I can add a new category item.
<form method="POST" action="backend/categories/form">
<input type="text" name="title" value="" />
<button type="submit">Save</button>
<button type="submit">Save and add new</button>
</form>
What I want to do, is that if i click on Save button, it will process a function in controller and redirect me automatically into the previous page (list of categories page), but whenever I click on Save and add new, it should process the function but reload the same page without redirecting to the page which is defined in controller's function.
Controller:
function form($id){
// Process the form
// ...
// Redirect to the category list page
redirect($this->config->item('backend_folder').'/categories');
}
Any tips to achieve it without using the Javascript ?

Answer 1

Use this HTML:
<form method="POST" action="backend/categories/form">
<input type="text" name="title" value="" />
<button type="submit" name="submitForm" value="formSave">SAVE</button>
<button type="submit" name="submitForm" value="formSaveNew">SAVE AND ADD NEW</button>
</form>
Then check the POST data like this:
$formSubmit = $this->input->post('submitForm');
if( $formSubmit == 'formSaveNew' )
redirect($this->config->item('backend_folder').'/categories/form');
else
redirect($this->config->item('backend_folder').'/categories');
Disclaimer: I didn't try that.

Answer 2

This might be helpful for you:
Use this in your save function in your controller. Immediate after Insert/Update code:
$task = $_POST['submit'];
//echo $task //Save or SaveNew depending on pressed button
switch ($task)
{
case 'Save':
$this->session->set_flashdata('message',$this->lang->line('changes_has_been_saved_successfully'));
$link = redirect('cashdrawer/cashdrawerform/12'); //Link after save button with id
break;
case 'SaveNew':
$this->session->set_flashdata('message',$this->lang->line('this_order_has_been_saved_successfully'));
$link = redirect('cashdrawer/cashdrawerform'); //Link after save and new
//echo $link;
}
redirect($link);
And Change your button as:
<button type="submit">Save</button>
<button type="submit">SaveNew</button>