Remembering form values after post

mattx

Here's the situation (PHP 4.0.4):

I have a contact form, 4 fields, very simple. I have it post to the same page, and if a variable is set, it catches it, validates fields, then sends mail. If it finds descrepencies, it redirects using header().

What I want to do is have the fields that were filled out before, be filled back in on a header() redirect. I tried doing value="<?echo $[var]?>" in the text field. But it doesn't remember the vars that were posted. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Matt

arnihr

If you do that, you will have to set cookies or use sessions after my best knowledge...

I think actually cookie's should just do fine, whenever someone posts, you set cookies, do the check for descrepencies and if it fails, you send it back and echo the value like so value="<?php echo $var; ?>

Hope it helps, Arni

Anon

Why redirect ??
If I understand you right you could easily do it this way:
<?php
if(form submited [e.g. if (isset($submit_btn))]
{
validate
if (validate ok)
{
send mail
exit;
}
}
build your form and echoing the vars into the fields, if the vars are not set (e.g. if the page is accessed the first time) the fields contain empty values ...
?>
hope that helps
Rob

codepo8

Hmm, maybe I totally get you wrong, but why do you redirect with a header???
if you just don't give the form any action it reloads the page on submit and the variables are added to the url...

like if index.php has a
<form>
<input type="text" name="lala">
<input type="submit" value="send">
</form>
and you press that, then the browser will reload a
index.php?lala=value
and you can read the value with
$lala

you can even preset the form by doing

Hope I put my finger on it, if not I put it back in my nose...

/chris

Anon

Hi!

Thanks, I have searching for this information so long now.
So just have to say thanks for solving my problems too.

Patric

Anon

Man this was so long ago, I was just starting to learn PHP then. I don't remember when I figured it out, but I guess I did. ; )

Thanks guys...