What happens to myt url when i hit submit

[zleviticus]

Well i am stuck.. i am taking someone elses code and modifing it. I added a new data field in the table that the code uses to be able to use one table for multiple kinds of things... now I am passing a ref to the code via the url like so...

Something.com/index.php?dooh=34

this value is passes to a new page called add_entry.php

which the url for looks like this

Something.com/add_entry.php?dooh=34

everything is fine up until i hit submit on a form page.. then I lose the url and it reverts back to the default page of add_entry.php

does anyone know what goes on when you it submit or how I can have it keep the ?dooh=# in the url.. I need this to happen in order for it to get into the database and uniquely id the other items in the database..

thanks for an insight you can give me...

[eoghain]

Just change your action attribute in your <FORM> tag:

<form action="add_entry.php?dooh=34" method=POST>

Since you've already passed in dooh in the URL then you can just read what it is and place it in the action line and this will cause the browser to go to that page when it submits it's data.

[zleviticus]

I can't believe it.. I can't believe it.. I have been stuck on this for the past two days and it was something so simple.. i am sucha moron.... thanks for the insight.. maybe I should go back to html 101... thanks a million...

[chriskl]

Actually, even that's not really the best way of doing it. A hidden field is probably what you should use for max compatibility:

Change form to:

<form action="add_entry.php" method=POST>
...form stuff...
<input type="hidden" name="dooh" value="34">
</form>

Don't forget to htmlspecialchars() the value in cause there are brackets or double quotes in the value.

Chris

[eoghain]

Sure if you want to do it right. ;->