php button parameter gets lost

Question

I am creating a button in php and want to call a php with parameter when clicked:

echo '<form method="get" action="./ash.php?q=Y"    >';
echo '<button type="submit"    >QUERY</button>';
echo '</form>';

When I click on the button, ash.php gets indeed called, but the q parameter has been 'forgotten' in the process. How can that be?

Why don't you put a hidden field with the name q and the value of Y — iamsleepy, Apr 08 '14 at 15:22
That's actually a feature, not a bug, you're not supposed to form an `action` attribute that way. — Laurent S., Apr 08 '14 at 15:25
so, test your parameters into ash.php : `$q = (isset($_GET['q')) ?: '';` — ceadreak, Apr 08 '14 at 15:26
possible duplicate of [submitting a GET form with query string params and hidden params disappear](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1116019/submitting-a-get-form-with-query-string-params-and-hidden-params-disappear) — j08691, Apr 08 '14 at 15:26

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '14 at 15:24

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echo '<form method="get" action="./ash.php"    >';
echo '<input type="hidden" name="q" value="Y" />';
echo '<button type="submit"    >QUERY</button>';
echo '</form>';

answered Apr 08 '14 at 15:24

ceadreak

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