Two actions from the same form

Question

I need to have a form execute two scripts so that means two different actions from the same form. I've tried some javascripts that use form.submit() from an onClick action on a submit button. But one of the two actions is an ASPX script that goes to Dynamics CRM. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Maybe the form could have only one action that would forward the request to the second action, once it has finished its operation

Answer 2

Using jQuery, you could interrupt the form submission and do your own thing before it actually submit.

Example using jquery's ajax post:

$( 'form' ).submit( function(){
    $.post( 
        'action2.php', // url of php

        {                // data to send
            data1:'bob', 
            data2:'denver'
        }

    )
})

Answer 3

Could you not have an intermediate script, that dispatches the info. to the second script? For example (submit.php):

<?php
if (isset($_POST['action_1'])) {
    // send to script 1
}
else if ($_POST['action_2']) {
    // send to script 2
}
else {
    // friendly error handling here
}
?>

And your form's mark-up...

<form action="submit.php" method="post">
  <input type="submit" name="action_1" value="Action 1" />
  <input type="submit" name="action_2" value="Action 2" />
</form>