Attention Form Gurus! hiding and passing

[Anon]

Hi all!

Here is my question,

I have figured out that I can pass variables from on form to another form and either have those variable be printed in text similar to the pages layout, or have those variables appear in text fields on a new form.

Well I like things that are pretty and the

<?php print $variable here ;?>

tag is great, but when I want to email printed variables, (using formmail or a clone), those variables are not shown in the email that is received.

This next tag is not nearly as pretty, but it will pass those variables in question to the email script.

<input type="text" name="variable" value="<?php print $variable;?>">

So the question is even if i have to include additional tags, how can I use the first tag above (for looks) and be able to mail those variables (for functionality) to me?

If you would like to see an example of what I mean goto:

http://www.glowhost.com/signup1.htm and fill out a few fields then submit. Just enter jibberish as the form is not yet set up to authenticate the variables.

After you submit, the next page that appears you will see on the first line, the code that is ugly but works and the second line and later, the sexy code that doesn't mail to me.

Thanks in advance!

Matt

[Anon]

try:

<input type="hidden"...

instead of:

<input type="text"...

[Anon]

I tried that, Thanks,

This is the code for anybody who wants it:

It will take a varible that is passed to it, hide it from the viewer, and then will still be passable to your email script:

<input type="hidden" name="your_name" value="<?php print $your_name;?>">

Trial and error baby!

Good luck and thanks,

Matt

[mmilano]

another thing you might want to do if you like clean code so much is try using this:

<input type="hidden" name="your_name" value="<?=$your_name?>">

<?=$your_name?> is the same thing as <?php print $your_name;?>