Confirmation Page

[LordShryku]

Hi, I've created a form that will eventually be inserting information into a PostgreSQL database. I'd like to be able to take the information they input and put it into a "confirmation page" first. Then if the click submit from the confirmation page, it will insert the records. My problem right now is that I can't figure out how to get the information from the first page to the second(confirmation) page.

Here's what I tried so far. How far off am I?

This is the format of the original form:

<?                                                             

if (!$submit) {                                                

?>

<form method=post name=quote_request action="quote_confirm.php">
TABLE/FORM
<input type=submit name="submit" value="Submit Quote">
</table>

</form>

<?                                                        

}       

?>[code=php]

Then on the second page, I tried to echo the fields, but that didn't work. Here's what I tried on the second page:

<tr valign=top>
 <td align=right>Your email address:</td>
 <td align=left>[code=php]<? echo $email ?>

</td>
</tr>

This is a little incomplete, but I didn't want you to have to sort through my messy attempt at coding 🙂

Any help would be appreciated guys. Thanks so much!

[sarahk]

There are two things you need on your page
1) html with the user's choices
2) hidden fields & a submit button on a form to take the user to the next page.

the hidden fields are what you use and protect the input from user changes.

[LordShryku]

That first post didn't come out real well....this is a bit better....this is a good portion of the code.

First Page: (I've left out all the header stuff)

<?

if (!$submit) {

?>

<form method=post name=quote_request action="quote_confirm.php"
enctype="text/plain">
<table border=0>
<tr valign=top>
<td align=right>Your email address:</td>
<td align=left><input type=text name=email size=50></td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td align=right>Customer Name:</td>
<td align=left><input type=text name=cust_name size=50></td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td align=right>Comments:</td>
<td align=left><textarea name=comments cols=50 rows=5></textarea></td>
</tr>
</table><br>
<table border=1>
<tr><th>Mfg</th>
<th>Mfg Part Number</th>
<th>Package Type</th>
<th>Quantity</th>
<th>Work Required</th></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="mfg1" size=5></td>
<td><input type="text" name="part_number1" size=40></td>
<td><input type="text" name="pkg_type1" size=20></td>
<td><input type="text" name="quantity1" size=10></td>
<td><input type="text" name="work1" size=40></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="mfg2" size=5></td>
<td><input type="text" name="part_number2" size=40></td>
<td><input type="text" name="pkg_type2" size=20></td>
<td><input type="text" name="quantity2" size=10></td>
<td><input type="text" name="work2" size=40></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="mfg3" size=5></td>
<td><input type="text" name="part_number3" size=40></td>
<td><input type="text" name="pkg_type3" size=20></td>
<td><input type="text" name="quantity3" size=10></td>
<td><input type="text" name="work3" size=40></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="mfg4" size=5></td>
<td><input type="text" name="part_number4" size=40></td>
<td><input type="text" name="pkg_type4" size=20></td>
<td><input type="text" name="quantity4" size=10></td>
<td><input type="text" name="work4" size=40></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="mfg5" size=5></td>
<td><input type="text" name="part_number5" size=40></td>
<td><input type="text" name="pkg_type5" size=20></td>
<td><input type="text" name="quantity5" size=10></td>
<td><input type="text" name="work5" size=40></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=6 align=center>
<input type=submit name="submit" value="Submit Quote">
</table>
</form>

<?

}

?>

</body>
</html>

Second Page: (No header stuff again)
I've also left out all of the PHP for the insert and submit button function cuz I can't get the data there yet 🙂

<table border=1>
<tr valign=top>
<td align=right>Your email address:</td>
<td align=left><? echo $email ?></td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td align=right>Customer Name:</td>
<td align=left><? echo $cust_name ?></td>
</tr>
<tr valign=top>
<td align=right>Comments:</td>
<td align=left><? echo $comments ?></td>
</tr>
<table border=1>
<tr><th>Mfg</th>
<th>Mfg Part Number</th>
<th>Package Type</th>
<th>Quantity</th>
<th>Work Required</th></tr>
<tr><td>

<? echo $mfg1 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $part_number1 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $pkg_type1 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $quantity1 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $work1 ?>

</td></tr>
<tr><td>

<? echo $mfg2 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $part_number2 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $pkg_type2 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $quantity2 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $work2 ?>

</td></tr>
<tr><td>

<? echo $mfg3 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $part_number3 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $pkg_type3 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $quantity3 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $work3 ?>

</td></tr>
<tr><td>

<? echo $mfg4 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $part_number4 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $pkg_type4 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $quantity4 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $work4 ?>

</td></tr>
<tr><td>

<? echo $mfg5 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $part_number5 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $pkg_type5 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $quantity5 ?>

</td>
<td>

<? echo $work5 ?>

</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=6 align=center>
<input type=submit value="Submit Quote"><br>
<input type=reset value="Make Changes" onClick="history.go(-1)"><br>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Thanks for the reply sarahk. Sorry if this is a little horrid to look at. I'm still very new to this. Thanks 🙂

[LordShryku]

Errr.....that didn't come out well either.....
I'm sorry guys...

[LordShryku]

Errr.....that didn't come out well either.....
I'm sorry guys...

[siwis]

If you follow the rationale that sarahk listed (which I would also suggest) then you confirmation screen should also contain a <form></form> block, but all of the fields for your form should be type="hidden".
You can still echo all the field submissions onto your confirmation screen, but without the hidden form fields you will be unable to POST those values to your processing page once the confirmation screen is submitted.

The other suggestion I'd make from looking at your code is that you should not rely upon a users browser having retained the form field contents if the BACK function is used.
Use the form you created in the first place to send the data for processing to handle any user edits by having BOTH your form buttons (Confirm & Change/Reset) as:

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Confirm Quote">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change Quote">
 

then within your processing you could do something like the following:

<?PHP
if (isset($submit))	{
	if ($submit == "Submit Quote")	{
		// THIS SECTION INVOKED WHEN FORM FIRST SUBMITTED
		// DISPLAY CONFIRMATION SCREEN
	};
	if ($submit == "Confirm Quote")	{
		// COMPLETE FORM PROCESSING
	};
	if ($submit == "Change Quote")	{
		//	Get rid of the assignment of $submit
		//	and allow the stored variable values 
		//	to progress back to our raw script call
		unset($submit);
	};	
};

if (!isset($submit))	{
		// BUILD THE RAW FORM 
		// ASSIGNING value="<?PHP echo $variableX ?> to each input field
};
?>

By using unset($submit) we delete the entire variable $submit such that as the script progresses it then finds the section to complete if $submit doesn't exist. This of course is the form you built in the first place. To get the values back into the form, you simply need to echo the values af the relevant variables into the correct value="" parameters within your field areas.