html - how to give a submit button a variable for GET?

Question

i have the following button:

<form method="GET" action="/cms/deleteBlog/">
    <input class="btn btn-danger btn-small" type="submit" name="'.$blogID.'" value="Delete">
</form>

So right now i get the following url:

cms/deleteBlog/?1=Delete

obviously i want something like the following:

cms/deleteBlog/id=1

So i tried the following (which is obviously not working):

name="id='.$blogID.'"

So how do i solve this? i've been looking around on the internet, and i know the solution is quite easy. But i just can't remember the way how it is done!

You need to use .htaccess for rewriting urls. – Pupil Oct 04 '13 at 12:18 — Pupil, Oct 04 '13 at 12:18

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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Add a hidden form field.

<input type="hidden" name="id" value="1" />

Also, you should never use GET to delete or modify data. Read Why should you delete using an HTTP POST or DELETE, rather than GET? for insight.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Oct 04 '13 at 12:19

Daniel A. White

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what I'm trying to do here is to parse the blogID. then on the cms/deleteBlog/ check for the ID, and write a query to delete the record that matches the ID. – Kevinvhengst Oct 04 '13 at 12:23
@KevinvHengst this will get you the proper query string. please read that other post. – Daniel A. White Oct 04 '13 at 12:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '13 at 12:20

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Why not use a hidden input field, e.g:

<form method="GET" action="/cms/deleteBlog/">
    <input type="hidden" name="id" value="'.$blogID.'">
    <input class="btn btn-danger btn-small" type="submit" value="Delete">
</form>

Or, if you want pretty URLs:

<form method="GET" action="/cms/deleteBlog/id='.$blogID.'">
    <input class="btn btn-danger btn-small" type="submit" value="Delete">
</form>

answered Oct 04 '13 at 12:20

Rowland Shaw

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This worked for me! Will make use of hidden input fields from now on! thx. – Kevinvhengst Oct 04 '13 at 12:25

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