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copied!<p>i wish to call a controller's action through form->button. I have following things in the web page:</p> <ul> <li>a search form</li> <li>a table with delte option as postLink</li> <li><p>2 buttons that should call the same action onclick. My problem is that when i click on any of the buttons, the post request isn't fired. Below is my code: view.ctp</p> <p>echo $this->Form->create('Search', array( 'type' => 'file', 'url' => array( 'controller' => 'artists', 'action' => 'index', ), )); echo $this->Form->input('name'); echo $this->Form->end(array( 'label' => 'Search Artist', 'class' => 'btn btn-info controls' ));</p> echo $this->For.... <pre><code>echo '' . $this->Form->postlink('', array('action' => 'delete', $row['Artist']['id']), array('confirm' => 'Are you sure?') ); </code></pre> <p>echo $this->Form->button('Featured', array( 'name' => 'submit', 'value' => 'Featured', 'type' => 'submit', 'url' => array( 'controller' => 'artists', 'action' => 'index', ), ));</p> <p>echo $this->Form->button('Unfeatured', array( 'name' => 'submit', 'value' => 'Unfeatured', 'type' => 'submit', 'url' => array( 'controller' => 'artists', 'action' => 'index', ), ));</p></li> </ul> <p>controller:</p> <pre><code>public function isFeatured() { if ($this->params->data['submit'] == 'Featured') { //code } else if($this->params->data['submit'] == 'Unfeatured') { //code } $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index')); } </code></pre> <p>where am i getting wrong? </p>

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