HTML input type submit value without modifiying post value?
form-submit, html, webforms
Solution
The simple way is:
<button type="submit" name="TheButton" value="Oranges">Apples</button>
… but this will break in Internet Explorer (IIRC, up to and including version 7).
If you only have one button to deal with then:
<input type="submit" value="Apples">
<input type="hidden" name="TheButton" value="Oranges">
… will work fine.
Otherwise the best approach is to use server side logic:
<input type="submit" name="TheButton_Oranges" value="Apples">
And look for a value which starts with `TheButton_` and then extract the value from the name. It is an ugly hack, but it is reliable and doesn't depend on client side JS.
Problem
Lets say I have a really simple html form: ``` <form action="./whatever.php" method="POST"> <input type="submit" name="TheButton" value="Apples"> </form> ``` Which of course makes the button the user sees say Apples. I want the post request to be `TheButton=Oranges` ... Is there a simple way to deal with this in HTML, or will I be need to do something with a action=javascript ?