Is it possible to use 1 form to run 2 scripts?

[KG2RG]

Is it possible to use 1 form to run 2 scripts? Example: Getting a users info and have one script email the info and another script set a cookie? I have included a sample of how I think it would be done if possible.

<form method="post" action="/url_path/mail.cgi">
<form method="post" action="/url_path/cookies.cgi">
<table border=1 bgcolor="#F5F5F5">
<tr><td><b>Full Name:</b></td>
<td><input name=full_name></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Email:</b></td>
<td><input name=email></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>your site's contact e-mail address:</b></td>
<td><input name=sitecontact></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Address1:</b></td>
<td><input name=address1></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2><input type=submit value="SUBMIT"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

[Damian]

I don't think you can have two 'actions' in a form.

As one script will have to set a cookie in your example it is not possible to call a third cgi script to invoke the other two (cookie particular)...so I think cookies.cgi would have to be adapted to invoke mail.cgi or vice versa.

So in the form the action would be cookies.cgi, but you also pass the variables needed for mail.cgi. Then cookies.cgi does it's thing and just before it exits it starts mail.cgi...

Would that work for you ?

[KG2RG]

So I should incorporate the cookie script in the top portion of the mail script, like right under the shebang. Instead of 2 scripts, it would be one script, a cookie & form mailer script.

This sounds good. I'll try it, thanks!

[IanKelley]

No reason to do that... Better to keep your code modular.

Instead, convert cookies.cgi into a library (basically just turn it into a function/group of functions) and then use "require" to include it in any script that needs it. You then call the function(s) you need from cookie.cgi directly after the require line.

This will save you a lot of time in the future.