Condition inside form, action url

If that is what you want, you should prepare two scripts - one for the processing without the special characters, and one for the processing with the special characters.  Then when the form is submitted, the action script will look for the special characters.  If they are not present it will load the first script and if they are present it will load the second script (for the special characters).

You can use the PHP function include() and its variants to load a script.

Best regards, ~Ray

Yes Ray, that is what i want. I alread have these 2 scripts. one is charts.php and the other is charts2.php (the are different!)

But how do I write the condition asking if entry contains "." or "^" then use charts2.php otherwise use charts.php

How to code the condition?

Where do you expect to find the "." or the "^" - what fields will have that information?

Just in the form, the entry will be done manually by this form (see code attached)...

User will enter a text and hit "Symbol Lookup" button.

got it?

for example user may enter: EBAY or user may enter: ^DJI or

got it ?

Right, then in your processing for the form you would do something like this.  Let's assume the input name for this field is "symbol"

if (strpos($_POST["symbol"], '^') !== FALSE) { /* FOUND AN UPTICK MARK */ }

When you find the uptick mark, you would load the script that processes the index averages, versus when you did not find the uptick mark, you would load the script that processes the stock trading symbol.  Both of those scripts, loaded with include(), will have the same variable scope as the script that loaded them.

Here is a GREAT BIG WARNING about using the period (dot) in form processing.  DO NOT use a dot in the name of a form field.  It is OK in the value field, but it is devilishly hard to debug in a form field name.

HTH, ~Ray

Thank you Ray. Good you got it now. I only need to use the dot in the value not in the name of the form.

here are the 2 real kind of symbols that may be enetered:

1-EBAY (action="charts.php")
2-^DJI (action="charts2.php")
3-OPPP.AX (action="charts2.php")

Ray, I understand what you mean but I can not reproduce the code. How to add the "." in you condition and how will look the action call to file look?

Please see my real form code attached:

Could you please reproduce the code here?

Thank you in advance!

<form id="quote" name="quote" action="charts.php" method="get"> 
  
<input id="txtQuotes" name="myval" type="text" value="">
 
<button type="submit" title="Get Quotes" class="buttonlong">Symbol Lookup</button>  
   
</form>

                                              

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The action script design pattern is what we are after here.  Your form posts to an action script that says something like this (see code snippet).  That action script is the "controller" and it decides which processing script to load with the include() or require() functions.

// LOOK FOR UPTICK ARROW
if (strpos($_POST[myval"], '^') !== FALSE) 
{ 
   require_once("charts2.php"); 
}
// LOOK FOR PERIOD (DOT)
if (strpos($_POST[myval"], '.') !== FALSE) 
{ 
   require_once("charts2.php"); 
}
// NO UPTICK OR PERIOD
require_once("charts.php");

                                              

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PS: sorry about the typos.  I am the acknowledged king of typos.  Hopefully those will not hold you back from understanding the concepts.  Best, ~Ray

Sorry, this is not working when I integrate it with the form. suspect that require() is not the best choice I have.

Please notice that I just want to REDIRECT after submitting the form to charts.php or charts2.php, that is all.

Is it possible to write a condition inside the form, see this example:

??

<form id="myval" name="myval"  method="get"
 
<?php 
// Show IF Conditional region1 
if (strpos(@$_POST["myval"], '^') !== FALSE) {
?>
action="charts.php"
  <?php 
// else Conditional region1
} else { ?>
 
action="charts2.php" 
 
<?php } 
// endif Conditional region1
?>
 
>
 
....
</form>

                                              

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It is not possible, or at best it would be technically incompetent to try to have two action scripts, and the include() function or its variants will be the best way to go.  For now, just trust me on that.

As to this: "this is not working when I integrate it with the form" - we are experts but not clairvoyants, so please post the code you tried and the error conditions you found.  

Thanks and regards, ~Ray

The problem with your code snippet is that I had no idea where to place it, it did not make sense to place it inside, it is confusing for me. Could you please be more specific integrating the code snippet with the form?

Sorry for the confusion.

thank you so much for your support!

Sure - you will need three code snippets.  I will post those for you.

Install all three of these in the same directory.

<?php // RAY_temp_include_file_1.php
echo "THIS IS FROM FILE ONE";

                                              

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Here is the other part of the action script scheme.

<?php // RAY_temp_include_file_2.php
echo "THIS IS FROM FILE TWO - THE INPUT FIELD HAD A CARET OR A PERIOD";

                                              

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Ray, this works amazing: How to pass the entered value in the url to the included files?

Thank you!

All of the entered values in the forms are available in the included files.  add var_dump($_POST) to the included files and you will see what I mean.  Best regards, ~Ray