If-Else

Anon

Hi i've got a form that's been done in php there are two ways the form can go depending on the drop down selection you choose, if you choose general it goes to another page which is the if-else statement saying if $direction == general then it goes to one page else if $direction == envelopes go here. The problem is that i need it to transmit the info filled in on the first page to the second page, basically through the if else statement, is this possible if not is there another way of going from page one to the different direction. Thanks Martin

Anon

Dear Martin,

Just a suggestion.

Using if - then - else statement you cannot transmit any part of the informations (as far as I'm concerned). You can do onething just assume a hidden form object and take that variable to the next page and you can print it. Use <? php_track_vars ?> on the top of the second page and try. Hope it works.

Get back to me if you find any other suggestions or answers to this query.

Thanks & Regards,
Raj.

Anon

What I do in a situation like this:

Submit the form to $PHP_SELF on the top of the form page I check wheter the form is submitted or the form is opened the first time and then simply redirect to the specified script or build the form page... depending on what you want to do on the second page you can transfer the variables via GET (i do this only when there is no output on the page, because I don't like those big URLs that much) or you do it via POST ... I assume you don't know how to do it via POST so here is sort of a example:

http://px.sklar.com/code.html?code_id=313

cya Rob

Anon

Hi Martin, Martin here ;-)

Perhaps you could make use of session vars?

Anon

Build both pages within one page, no need to redirect just do
if($var=="general") {
page handler 1
}
elseif($var=="envelopes){
page handler2
}
else echo "Bad variable(or some such)";