Introduction
In this article I will explain one form multiple processing in PHP. In one form you can do multiple things such as adding a record and searching for a record. For this explanation I am using simple HTML and a PHP script. This article uses one simple form to show how to work with multiple processes.
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This is a simple HTML form for doing the form design. Save this form with a name such as "form.php".
<html>
<head>
<title>Add/search/Entry</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#EAE6FF">
<form action="process.php"method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td><input type="name" name="name"></td>
</tr><tr>
<td>movie type</td>
<td>
<select name="name_type">
<option value="">select a movie type</option>
<option value="teacher">teacher</option>
<option value="student">student</option>
<option value="employee">employee</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td>Item Type</td>
<td>
<input type="radio" name="type" value="teacher" checked="checked">teacher<br>
<input type="radio" name="type" value="student">student<br>
<input type="radio" name="type" value="employee">employee<br>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td> </td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="debug" checked="checked">
Display Debug Information</td>
</tr><tr>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="search">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
This is a PHP script that saves this file as "process.php":
<?php
if($_POST['type']== 'teacher' && $_POST['name_type']=='')
{
Header('location:form.php');
}
?>
<html>
<head><title><?php echo $_POST['submit'] . '' . $_POST['type'] . ': ' . $_POST['name'];?></title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['debug']))
{
echo '<pre>';
print_r($_POST);
echo '<pre>';
}
$name= ucfirst($_POST['name']);
if($_POST['type']=='teacher')
{
$foo=$_POST['name_type'] . '' . $_POST['type'];
}
else
{
$foo=$_POST['type'];
}
echo '<p> You are' . $_POST['submit'] .'ing ';
echo ($_POST['submit']=='search') ? 'for ' : '';
?>
</body>
</html>
First of all enter a name for the search, select a movie type and choose an item type. Then click on the "Search" button.
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Output
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First of all enter a name to be added, select a movie type and choose the item type. Then click on the "Add" button.
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Output
![Adding output.jpg]()