What is wrong with "form"

[Werner Partner]

On my testpage

http://www.sonoptikon.de/test.php

I have this

<table><tr>

<td valign="top" align="center" style="width:150px;">
<form action=test.php method="get">
<input style="width:150px;" type="Submit" value="Provisionsentwicklung">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="pr"
</form>
</td>

<td valign="top" align="center" style="width:150px;">
<form action=test.php method="get">
<input style="width:150px;" type="Submit" value="IP-Entwicklung">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="ip"
</form>
</td>

</tr></table>

If I klick on any button, I get

"http://www.sonoptikon.de/test.php?mode=pr&mode=ip"

What is wrong?

Source text is:

print '
<td valign="top" align="center" style="width:150px;">
<form action=' . $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF'] . ' method="get">
<input style="width:150px;" type="Submit" value="Provisionsentwicklung">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="pr"
</form>
</td>

<td valign="top" align="center" style="width:150px;">
<form action=' . $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF'] . ' method="get">
<input style="width:150px;" type="Submit" value="IP-Entwicklung">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="ip"
</form>
</td>';

It works correct with mozilla, you can see this error only in IE

Thanks for help

Werner

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http://www.sonoptikon.de

[Steve Pugh]

Werner Partner <ka****@sonoptikon.de> wrote:

On my testpage

http://www.sonoptikon.de/test.php

<form action=test.php method="get">
<input style="width:150px;" type="Submit" value="Provisionsentwicklung">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="pr"
</form>
The hidden input tag is missing the > at the end.
So the browser may treat
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="pr"</form>
as one tag and hence doesn't close the first form.
<form action=test.php method="get">
<input style="width:150px;" type="Submit" value="IP-Entwicklung">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="ip"
</form>
Again the form isn't closed but that's irrelevant now as you have no
more forms in the page.
If I klick on any button, I get

"http://www.sonoptikon.de/test.php?mode=pr&mode=ip"

What is wrong?
What you effectively have is:

<form action=test.php method="get">
<input style="width:150px;" type="Submit"
value="Provisionsentwicklung">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="pr">
<input style="width:150px;" type="Submit" value="IP-Entwicklung">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="ip">

and the submitted result is correct for that.
It works correct with mozilla, you can see this error only in IE

For once Mozilla's error correction is kinder to mistakes than IE's.

Running your code through the validator would have pointed out this
mistake (and some others).

Steve

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I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor

Steve Pugh <st***@pugh.net> <http://steve.pugh.net/>

[Werner Partner]

Steve Pugh schrieb:

Werner Partner <ka****@sonoptikon.de> wrote:

On my testpage

http://www.sonoptikon.de/test.php

<form action=test.php method="get">
<input style="width:150px;" type="Submit" value="Provisionsentwicklung">
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="pr"
</form>

The hidden input tag is missing the > at the end.
So the browser may treat
<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="pr"</form>
as one tag and hence doesn't close the first form.

Uff - that happens when I am looking for "serious" mistake and not
seeing the simple mistakes

By the way - what about </input> ?

Thanks

Werner


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Werner Partner, 45699 Herten
http://www.sonoptikon.de

[Michael Winter]

On 31/03/2005 11:37, Werner Partner wrote:

[snip]

By the way - what about </input> ?

INPUT elements are empty: they have no content so they don't need
closing tags. In fact, closing INPUT tags are forbidden in HTML.

Mike

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[Steve Pugh]

Werner Partner <ka****@sonoptikon.de> wrote:

By the way - what about </input> ?

Allowed but not recommended in XHTML (though not allowed in
HTML-compatible XHTML). No such thing in HTML.

Steve

--
"My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you,
I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor

Steve Pugh <st***@pugh.net> <http://steve.pugh.net/>

[Harlan Messinger]

Steve Pugh wrote:

Werner Partner <ka****@sonoptikon.de> wrote:

By the way - what about </input> ?

Allowed but not recommended in XHTML

Not recommended, but the opening tag must end in /> otherwise.

(though not allowed in HTML-compatible XHTML). No such thing in HTML.

Steve