How to create different submit actions in a loop using PHP/HTML

Question

<table>
<?php   
    $ft = fopen("b.txt", "r");
    if (!$ft) {
        print "No accounts";
    } else {
        $data=file("b.txt");

        foreach ( $data as $line ) {
            $line=rtrim($line);
            list($a, $b, $c, $d, $e, $f, $g, $h, $i, $j, $k)=explode("\t",$line);

            echo "<tr><th>$a</th><th>$g</th><th>$b</th><th>$h</th>";
            echo '<form action="check1.php" method="post">
                  <th><input type="submit" value="Decline" name="Edit"></th>
                  </form></tr>';
        } /*END foreach*/

    } /*END if else*/ ?>
</table>

The b.txt contains:

 a     lbc     LA   0942455214     0942455214     [email protected]   23    412      09521266      [email protected]    4444-02-13   
 ako   fedex   LA   092746421415   092746421415   [email protected]   ala   fornia   09865432478   [email protected]   2004-04-23

This will display a two-row table in a form of HTML, and in the end of the row there is a decline button (see image below).

This is the output

The question is, where should I put this:

   if (isset($_POST['Edit'])) {
       $delete = $a;
       echo $delete;
   }

so that if I click the first decline button, it will display "a", and if I click the second one it will display "ako"?

Use the <button> element, then put the value of $a to the value property of the <button>, that way you can pass the value to the POST — Carl Binalla
– Carl Binalla, Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 2:41
By the way, your <form></form> should be inside your <th></th>, not the other way around. — ITWitch
– ITWitch, Commented Mar 7, 2017 at 3:10

Carl Binalla · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-07 04:15:47Z

1

Use <button> instead of submit, then try something like this:

 echo '<button type="submit" value="' . $a .'" name="btnDecline">DECLINE</button>'

if(isset($_POST['btnDecline']))
{
   $delete = $_POST['btnDecline'];
   echo $delete;
}

edited Mar 7, 2017 at 4:15

answered Mar 7, 2017 at 2:46

Carl Binalla

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2 Comments

ThenEwbie1 Over a year ago

there is no display.. I tried to input any value there and its working but $a doesn't echo anything.

ThenEwbie1 Over a year ago

<button type="submit" value="' . $a .'" name="btnDecline">DECLINE</button> I tried this code and its working now thank you

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