wordpress button not working while link works

March 30, 20233 Views

I apologize for the simplicity of the question, I am definitely still a beginner.

For some reason the following link works:

<a id="header-log-in" href="<?php echo get_permalink( 39 ); ?>">Log In</a>

However, the following button does not work:

<form action="<?php echo the_permalink( 39 ); ?>">
        <input type="submit" id="header-create-acct" value="Sign Up" />
</form>

All help is appreciated, thanks in advance.

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3 comments

try this .

<form method='post' action="<?php echo get_page_link(39); ?>">
        <input type="submit" id="header-create-acct" value="Sign Up" />
</form>

Anonymous says:

March 30, 2023 at 10:29 pm
You are using the_permalink() in the second, which must be use within The Loop – it does not take a post ID as an argument. If you want to return the value of the link, you should use get_permalink( $post_id ) as in the first example – which does take a $post_id argument – and then echo the result so that it prints out within the action attribute of your form.
```
<form action="<?php echo get_permalink( 39 ); ?>">
        <input type="submit" id="header-create-acct" value="Sign Up" />
</form>
```
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Anonymous says:

March 30, 2023 at 10:29 pm
Remove the parameter from the function
```
<form action="<?php echo the_permalink(); ?>">
        <input type="submit" id="header-create-acct" value="Sign Up" />
</form>
```
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