Re: How to submit form via PHP

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On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 21:37 -0700, Waynn Lue wrote:
> >No it doesn't... without an action statement...
> 
> Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I just saw this. Is that true of
> all browsers? I'm wondering because I just coded a site to use this
> behavior, then I saw that the html specification says the action
> attribute is required.
> 
> Thanks,
> Waynn
> 
> On 8/15/08, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 13:30 -0500, Jay Blanchard wrote:
> >> [snip]
> >> Hello. I'm pretty noob in PHP and would like to know how can I submit
> >> some HTML form got via file_get_contents(URL). For example:
> >>
> >> <form name="someform" method="post">
> >> <input type="submit">
> >> </form>
> >>
> >> so how can I submit 'someform' form.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >> [/snip]
> >>
> >> Click 'Submit'
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Your form tag needs an action statement
> >
> > No it doesn't... without an action statement it will submit to the same
> > URL in which it was presented.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rob.
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Without the action attribute, the form submits to itself, i.e. a form on
contact.php submits to contact.php without an action attribute being
specified.


Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk


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