Multiple forms processing on same page

[gebeer]

Hi,

I process 3 different forms with 3 different ids/names in the same template.

Now my post values seem to get mixed up between the forms.

What I tried is

$profileForm->processInput($input->post);
 
    if ($profileForm->id == "profile-form") {
        //do something
    }

Analogue with the other 2 forms. But that didn't help.

In pure PHP I would use $_POST['profile-form']. But I want to stick wit the PW API.

There I found $input->post["name"].

var_dump($input->post["profile-form"]) is null.

How can I access and process only the data from my profile-form form using the API?

EDIT:

Also var_dump($input->post) does not reveal anything about the form id

[kongondo]

Between them, don't your form fields have different names? $input->post->nameofield should then work irrespective of form, I would think...

[gebeer]

I tried that, too.

For example I have email fields in 2 forms. Before they both had name "email".

After renaming one of them to "profilemail", I still get unwanted effects on the email field and vice versa.

[kongondo]

Does each form have its own submit button or you are using one button for all three?

[gebeer]

Each form has its own.

I meanwhile checked that post data is only available for the form that was submitted.

So the problem seems to be in my form processing logic somewhere.

I will first try myself and find that problem and then report back here.

Thank you so far kongondo.

[kongondo]

I modified and quickly tested this example from SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7849478/how-to-process-multiple-forms-using-one-php-script and it works fine...(but haven't tested with processInput). Make sure your PHP/PW form logic is at the top of the template file btw...

<?php 

  if (isset($input->post->submitForm2)) {

    echo '<pre>';
    print_r($input->post);
    echo '</pre>';
    echo 'Yes';
  }

?>
<form action="" name="form1" method="post">
<input type="text" value="" name="A" />
<input type="text" value="" name="B" />
<input type="text" value="" name="C" />
<input type="text" value="" name="D" />
<input type="Submit" value="Submit Form" name="submitForm1" />
</form>

<form action="" name="form2" method="post">
<input type="text" value="" name="A" />
<input type="text" value="" name="B" />
<input type="text" value="" name="C" />
<input type="text" value="" name="D" />
<input type="Submit" value="Submit Form" name="submitForm2" />
</form>

<form action="" name="form3" method="post">
<input type="text" value="" name="A" />
<input type="text" value="" name="B" />
<input type="text" value="" name="C" />
<input type="text" value="" name="D" />
<input type="Submit" value="Submit Form" name="submitForm3" />
</form>

Edited October 6, 2014 by kongondo

[gebeer]

Thanks again. That helped.

I'm using the API to build my forms. They have different names and ids already.

When I create the submit button like

// submit button!
$submit = $modules->get("InputfieldSubmit");
$submit->label = " ";
$submit->attr("value","Save Changes");
$submit->attr("id+name","submitprofile"); //Notice submitprofile here - that did the trick
$submit->attr("class","btn btn-success");
$profileForm->append($submit);

and check if data should be processed with

if ($input->post->submitprofile) {
    //do processing here
}

It is working and other form submissions do not interfere anymore

[kongondo]

Glad you solved it.

So, your submit button didn't have a name....been there ...