passing variable data to field in a form

kappaluppa

Original post is at: http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=2&id=134121&loc=0&thread=134121
It says:
Hi,

I have an enquiry regarding html scripts. I had to pass data from a result html page to a data field of another page that is a form. Please show me the codes for making the above possible or any alternatives are also appreciated. thank you!

Cheers

And was answered with:
Author: Dominik Nufer (195.65.87.136) Profile
Date: 2001-04-30 23:46:41

one way is to use sessions. this requires the user has cookies on.

another way is to uses hidden form variables, if you are useing a form in your result html for selecting the result to be displayed in the data field page use this way:
simply add
<input type=hidden name=variablename value=whateverithastobe>
and you can use this variable on the next page.

if you use a normal link use this method:
<a href="nexpage.php?variablename1=value&variable2=value2">

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I tried this, but the value is the information that needs to be passed, so I can't input whateverithastobe. I need to be able to plug in the variable from the previous html page. what code do i used in value= that essentially means "this is the information from the previous html page that is actually the variable that needs to be plugged into this field in the form"

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thanks!

kappaluppa

I tried this, but it didn't work:
<input type="text" name="eventcode" size="25" maxlength="150" value="<?php echo $eventcode;?>">

Anon

Try echoing the value first to make sure you have what you think. Then rewrite the HTML slightly:

<?php
echo $eventcode;
?>

Anon

I don't think your question is clear enough, so I'll ask what I think you're trying to achieve.

Are you trying to do the following:

form -> results -> form?

why not just do form -> form -> results?

Explain what it is you're exactly trying to do, I might have an answer. I typically write admin pages which consist of a 3 page process.

select db driven content -> populate form for submit -> add/delete/modify then display results.

kappaluppa

Thanks! Let's see if I can make this a little clearer:

1st form takes data to put in one table.
upon submit it goes to a second page which puts more data in a separate table.
but it needs to bring an id from the first page and table to be automatically input into fields with same name in second table.
upon submitting second page, it pops up again (using <form action=<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?> METHOD=POST> ).

so we can input data over and over again if needed into the second table. but each time the page comes back up, it needs to bring the same id information with it.

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Is this any clearer? I hope!
Thanks!