Keeping Variables alive..

[grail]

I need to keep some variables alive over three pages. It starts out with a form that gathers the data from a user and then submits that data to a second page to be displayed and reviewed for errors. This works fine, however I need those variables to pass to one more page that will enter the variables into a database. The database connection is working my only problem is that I cant figure out how to get the variables to pass to that last page. Anybody have a method (and code samples) to get them to last long enough to be put into the database?

Thanks!

[Anon]

You should take a look at PHP's Session functions, I think this is exactly what you need:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php

Hope that helps some 🙂

-Josh B

[Anon]

When you render the variables for editing in the second form, also include them as <input type= hidden name...> tags.That way when your user submit this second form once more the variables would be carried away with the ones in the second page to the third page.

i.e
form1

<form action=form2.php method=post>
<input name=data1>
<input name=data2>
<input name=data3>
<input name=data4>
</form>

form2.php

<form action=form3.php method=post>
<input name=data1 value=<?echo $data1;?>>
<input name=data2 value=<?echo $data2;?> >
<input name=data3 type=hidden value=<?echo $data3>
<input name=data4 type=hidden value=<?echo $data4>
</form>

form3.php

<?
$dm="<br>";
echo $data1.$dm.$data2.$dm.$data3.$dm.$data4;
?>

[Anon]

I had a problem with this too.
The variable is suddenly missing on the third page though I don't use form for that, any idea about that ?

I parse the variable from the URL,
from page 1 to page 2 (i set the variable thru the URL)
and 2 to 3 also the same *thry the URL,
but at the 3rd page, it's gone !!

🙁