Update different items of data

[Pakku]

I was hoping to get some help with a design issue. I am creating a
"Physician maintenance" web page that kind of does two things
The top part maintains physician information like his name, address
and so on.
The bottom part maintains the connection between physician and various
hospitals he works at. So in the bottom part, there is a series of
rows like so

Hospital Name Physician_Identifier (this being what the hospital
uses to identify the physician).
Hospital Name Physician_Identifier

Now a physician might stop working at a hospital in which case I need
to come into this web page and "disconnect" the two.

My initial thought was to add a button on the same line so it looked
like so

Hospital Name Physician_Identifier Disconnectbutton
Hospital Name Physician_Identifier Disconnectbutton

Then I'd use the OnClick attribute of the button to direct control
back to this same php page.

The top part of the page with the physician information has its own
submit button.

Now somehow the php script has to distinguish which button was pressed
and act accordingly.

Is this how a page like this is usually designed?

How does a php script distinguish between which button is pressed?

Kind of new to the web design/php game, so hope I am not asking
something glaringly obvious.

[Jeff]

<snip>

>
How does a php script distinguish between which button is pressed?

Kind of new to the web design/php game, so hope I am not asking
something glaringly obvious.

Not a php question at all.
<input type="submit" name="my_name" value="button 1">
$_GET['my_name']; // button 1

<input type="submit" name="my_name" value="button 2">
$_GET['my_name']; // button 2

<input type="submit" name="my_other_name" value="button 3">
$_GET['my_other_name']; // button 3

Jeff

[Jerry Stuckle]

Pakku wrote:

I was hoping to get some help with a design issue. I am creating a
"Physician maintenance" web page that kind of does two things
The top part maintains physician information like his name, address
and so on.
The bottom part maintains the connection between physician and various
hospitals he works at. So in the bottom part, there is a series of
rows like so

Hospital Name Physician_Identifier (this being what the hospital
uses to identify the physician).
Hospital Name Physician_Identifier

Now a physician might stop working at a hospital in which case I need
to come into this web page and "disconnect" the two.

My initial thought was to add a button on the same line so it looked
like so

Hospital Name Physician_Identifier Disconnectbutton
Hospital Name Physician_Identifier Disconnectbutton

Then I'd use the OnClick attribute of the button to direct control
back to this same php page.

The top part of the page with the physician information has its own
submit button.

Now somehow the php script has to distinguish which button was pressed
and act accordingly.

Is this how a page like this is usually designed?

How does a php script distinguish between which button is pressed?

Kind of new to the web design/php game, so hope I am not asking
something glaringly obvious.

Jeff's right - this isn't really a PHP question, but a design one.
However, you need to be able to post the data in a form that PHP can
handle, which makes it somewhat suitable for this forum.

That's one way you can design a page.

But let's back up a minute. How are you determining which hospital(s)
the physician is affiliated with? A drop down list? Check boxes?
Other way?

You could consider checkboxes in the area you can check or uncheck, for
instance, to indicate the hospital(s) the physician is affiliated with.
Then you can check or uncheck as necessary.

Another way would be to have the list of hospitals he's affiliated with.
Each one is in it's own <formtag with a hidden field indicating the
hospital id.

And in the future, if you're looking for basic design guidance, you
might try one of the design newsgroups - even alt.html is more
appropriate to this type of question.

--
==================
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
js*******@attglobal.net
==================

[Pakku]

On Aug 9, 9:50*pm, Jerry Stuckle <[e-mail]:

Pakku wrote:

I was hoping to get some help with a design issue. *I am creating a
"Physician maintenance" web page that kind of does two things
The top part maintains physician information like his name, address
and so on.
The bottom part maintains the connection between physician and various
hospitals he works at. *So in the bottom part, there is a series of
rows like so

Hospital Name * Physician_Identifier (this being what the hospital
uses to identify the physician).
Hospital Name * Physician_Identifier

Now a physician might stop working at a hospital in which case I need
to come into this web page and "disconnect" the two.

My initial thought was to add a button on the same line so it looked
like so

Hospital Name Physician_Identifier Disconnectbutton
Hospital Name Physician_Identifier Disconnectbutton

Then I'd use the OnClick attribute of the button to direct control
back to this same php page.

The top part of the page with the physician information has its own
submit button.

Now somehow the php script has to distinguish which button was pressed
and act accordingly.

Is this how a page like this is usually designed?

How does a php script distinguish between which button is pressed?

Kind of new to the web design/php game, so hope I am not asking
something glaringly obvious.

Jeff's right - this isn't really a PHP question, but a design one.
However, you need to be able to post the data in a form that PHP can
handle, which makes it somewhat suitable for this forum.

That's one way you can design a page.

But let's back up a minute. *How are you determining which hospital(s)
the physician is affiliated with? *A drop down list? *Check boxes?
Other way?

You could consider checkboxes in the area you can check or uncheck, for
instance, to indicate the hospital(s) the physician is affiliated with.
Then you can check or uncheck as necessary.

Another way would be to have the list of hospitals he's affiliated with.
* Each one is in it's own <formtag with a hidden field indicating the
hospital id.

And in the future, if you're looking for basic design guidance, you
might try one of the design newsgroups - even alt.html is more
appropriate to this type of question.

--
==================
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
[e-mail]
==================

I realise it was more design than PHP but had to start somewhere!
Thanks anyway for the inputs. I wasn't even aware of alt.html
actually!

For associating a physician with the hospital I use a dropdown list
and then a text box for the PHysicican_Identifier, but it is very
crude, it has to be done one at a time.

Rgds