passing values to a script

phpusr

i am sending mail (the page) from different pages. I want to send the page names to the script that handles the mail func. Please tell me how this is done. Thanx.

archangel_617b

Way I do it is through sessions. Store the current script name in a variable called return (arbitrary) and then read that from the called script. Looks like:

session_start();    // in both test.php and mail.php

$_SESSION['return'] = $PHP_SELF;  // in test.php

header('Location: '.$_SESSION['return']);  // in mail.php

Is clear? The other way is to pass in in the url as a get variable. I just put it in the session cause I'm using sessions a lot already.

phpusr

Thanx..but there is only one php file. It is being called from the page to be sent. Then how should I do it?

archangel_617b

i am sending mail (the page) from different pages.

Then you will have to better explain what you are doing. There is a function in PHP called [man]mail/man, so are you using this, overriding this, or what? Why do you want the different script names in your mail function?

Nijhazer

Originally posted by archangel_617b
Way I do it is through sessions. Store the current script name in a variable called return (arbitrary) and then read that from the called script. Looks like:
session_start();    // in both test.php and mail.php

$_SESSION['return'] = $PHP_SELF;  // in test.php

header('Location: '.$_SESSION['return']);  // in mail.php
Is clear? The other way is to pass in in the url as a get variable. I just put it in the session cause I'm using sessions a lot already. [/B]

You know what?; this is immensely helpful. I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to get one page to go to one that called it before, and lo and behold, there it is-- the $PHP_SELF variable. Didn't even know it existed.

Thanks, man!

-Nij

phpusr

I have say 5 html pages , each of which has a 'mail this page' button. Clicking this button opens the email form which sends the mail (on submit) using a php script. I want to get the page from which the button was clicked..(the page name) how do you pass this variable? hope it's clear. thanks.

herve

Hi,

use the referer, which mean, on a recent PHP
engine :

$my_page_url = $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]

$my_page_url = $HTTP_REFERER

should work too I think

Regards,
Hervé.

archangel_617b

phpusr that is a lot clearer 😛 If Herve's suggestion doesn't work (haven't used it myself), then the best way to do it is by a url variable. So, on each page where you want to mail it do:

<a href="forms/mail.php?page=<?php print(urlencode($PHP_SELF)); ?>">Mail This Page</a>

<?php
    // on you mail.php
    $sourcepage = $_GET['page'];
?>

That should do what you want now 😛