Submitting form from <a href

Hey all,

This is not database related, but I get the
impression this list entertains general PHP
questions? If I'm mistaken, flame away.

I need submit a form when a hyper link is pressed,
and have been trying all manner of onlicks, etc,
but have been unable to hit the right combination.

Here's the scenario:

I have the alphabet in hyper links with a check
box below:



A B C D E F G H I J K.....

[] check for all campuses


What needs to happen is that when they click a
letter, which is a now, it submits
the check box value as well, to be read through
$_POST on the receiving end.

And of course I need to know what letter was
click, this I was trying to get through a
$_REQUEST var, but was not able to do so.

Any tips would be monstrously appreciated.
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Butte, Montana 59701
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A little javascript would do it.. like so:

A

Couldn't you achieve the same effect without javascript by simply using GET
values instead of post? As in each hyperlink would say something like href="search.php?letter=a">A ,
although perhaps you're trying to intentionally avoid using GET as to not
clutter up their browser history.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Kreps [mailto:andrew.kreps@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 7:15 PM
To: Skip Evans
Cc: Php-Db
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Submitting form from
Skip,

Just so you know, there is a general PHP user's list available for just such
a request. It's rather high-traffic, so be warned.

Now then, on to the problem. I believe I've figured out a way to make this
happen. I've only tested it on IE 6 and Firefox 1.5.0.4, so your browser
compatibility may vary. I'll just post the scripts I used to test it here
and you can take what you need and run with it.

Here is the script that my form is built in:

----------

------=_Part_7363_28887107.1153146810417
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

The problem with GET is that a user that looks at the source code of the
html can easily just input what they want for the argument. Can you say SQL
injection?

On 7/17/06, Sean Mumford wrote:
>
> Couldn't you achieve the same effect without javascript by simply using
> GET
> values instead of post? As in each hyperlink would say something like > href="search.php?letter=a">A ,
> although perhaps you're trying to intentionally avoid using GET as to not
> clutter up their browser history.
> ..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Kreps [mailto:andrew.kreps@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 7:15 PM
> To: Skip Evans
> Cc: Php-Db
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Submitting form from >
> Skip,
>
> Just so you know, there is a general PHP user's list available for just
> such
> a request. It's rather high-traffic, so be warned.
>
> Now then, on to the problem. I believe I've figured out a way to make
> this
> happen. I've only tested it on IE 6 and Firefox 1.5.0.4, so your browser
> compatibility may vary. I'll just post the scripts I used to test it here
> and you can take what you need and run with it.
>
> Here is the script that my form is built in:
>
> ----------
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

I don't think so, because the OP needs other form fields submitted as well.

Regards,
Dwight
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Mumford [mailto:smumford@esitemarketing.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 9:24 AM
> To: 'Php-Db'
> Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Submitting form from >
> Couldn't you achieve the same effect without javascript by simply using
> GET
> values instead of post? As in each hyperlink would say something like > href="search.php?letter=a">A ,
> although perhaps you're trying to intentionally avoid using GET as to not
> clutter up their browser history.
> ..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Kreps [mailto:andrew.kreps@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 7:15 PM
> To: Skip Evans
> Cc: Php-Db
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Submitting form from >
> Skip,
>
> Just so you know, there is a general PHP user's list available for just
> such
> a request. It's rather high-traffic, so be warned.
>
> Now then, on to the problem. I believe I've figured out a way to make
> this
> happen. I've only tested it on IE 6 and Firefox 1.5.0.4, so your browser
> compatibility may vary. I'll just post the scripts I used to test it here
> and you can take what you need and run with it.
>
> Here is the script that my form is built in:
>
> ----------
>
>
>
>
>
>
>