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    copied!<p>Using your code, I would do it like this:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php if(isset($_POST['submit'])){ if($_POST['submit'] == 'Subscribe'){ //process form1 $email = str_replace("'", "\'", htmlentities($_POST['email'])); $dbc = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', 'password', 'newslist') or die('Error no connection to server.'); $query = "INSERT INTO email_list(email, submitted) VALUES ('$email', now())"; $result = mysqli_query($dbc, $query) or die ('Error querying database.'); mysqli_close($dbc); $subscribe_message = "&lt;p span style=\"color:#c3593c; font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; text-align:center\"&gt;Thanks for signing up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } else if($_POST['submit'] == 'Post Feedback'){ //process form2 $feedback = str_replace("'", "\'", htmlentities($_POST['feedback'])); $dbc = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', 'password', 'feedbacklist') or die('Error no connection to server.'); $query = "INSERT INTO feedback(feedback, submitted) VALUES ('$feedback', now())"; $result = mysqli_query($dbc, $query) or die ('Error querying database.'); mysqli_close($dbc); $feedback_message = "&lt;p span style=\"color:#c3593c; font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; text-align:center\"&gt;Thanks for the feedback.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"; } } ?&gt; &lt;html&gt; ... &lt;body&gt; &lt;div id="newsletter"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Newsletter&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Subscribe to our newsletter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;form name="mailinglist" method="post" action="&lt;?php echo htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);?&gt;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;input type="text" name="email" /&gt; &lt;input name="submit" type="submit" value="Subscribe" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--I want the first message echoed here once &amp; only if the first form has been submitted--&gt; &lt;? echo $subscribe_message; ?&gt; &lt;/form&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div id="feedback"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Post your feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;form name="feedback" method="post" action="&lt;?php echo htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);?&gt;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Your Suggestion:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;textarea name="feedback" rows="8" cols="30"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt; &lt;input name="submit" type="submit" value="Post Feedback" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;!--I want the second message echoed here once &amp; only if the second form has been submitted--&gt; &lt;? echo $feedback_message?&gt; &lt;/form&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/body&gt; </code></pre> <p></p>
 

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