Changing Value Of Hidden Input Fields Depending On Submit Button

I have multiple forms in my page and depending on the hidden input value, different sections are called. Now my issue is, I have 2 input buttons in one of my forms, and depending o

Solution 1:

The code to your onclick event could do that when confirming instead of just submitting the form. If you use jQuery:

if(confirm('Are you user you want to add this user?')){
    $("input[name=target]").val('Generate password');
    submit();
}

The one for the other input button should be very similar.

It is also possible that you have a way of knowing which button was pressed to submit the form another way. If I remember correctly, in PHP at least the name of the button is passed through in the _REQUEST variable.

Solution 2:

In HTML:

<inputtype="hidden"id="target" name="target" value="user_locked">

...

<inputtype="button" value="Generate Password"id="generate_button"/>
<inputtype="button" value="Lock User"id="lock_user"/>

In JS (jQuery):

$("#generate_password,#lock_user").click(function(){
    ("#target").val($(this).attr("id"));
    $("form.myform").submit();
});

You can change around the IDs and classes of these elements, but make sure the JS and HTML match up.