[development] Forms API and multiple submit buttons

[Rob Barreca]

>
> I need a way to determine which button was the one actually pressed.
In Drupal 5.0 you should be able to do something like if 
($form_values['op'] == t('Button text')) {... (was only $_POST['op'] in 
4.7 IIRC) in _validate and _submit to find which button was pressed.

Rob Roy Barreca
Founder and COO
Electronic Insight Corporation
http://www.electronicinsight.com
rob at electronicinsight.com



Syscrusher wrote:
> Okay, I've looked in the docs and at some of the Drupal core modules, but I
> haven't been able to get this to work.
>
> I need to have a Drupal 4.7/5.0 form that has multiple submit buttons. I want
> each button to invoke the hook_validate() and hook_submit() functions, but I
> need a way to determine which button was the one actually pressed.
>
> Code like this is what I initially tried in my form:
>
>     $form = array(
>         .... stuff ....
>         'button1' => array(
>              '#type' => 'submit',
>              '#value' => t('Foo'),
>         ),
>         'button2' => array(
>              '#type' => 'submit',
>              '#value' => t('Bar'),
>         ),
>     );
>
> Now, both buttons work, but the form values array has both of their values.
>
> I tried using #default_value and #return_value instead of #value, but it seems
> not to change anything.
>
> Is there a better way to do this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Scott (Syscrusher)
>
>