Post Variables without form

Corin

Here's a common task. I have a form in step1.php

<form action="<?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">

After input, step1.php checks the data fields - if empty, the user is prompted to put data into the empty fields.

Then, if the fields are ok, I want to go to step2.php automatically and post all variables also.

I've acheived this by cheating and adding a form button with hidden fields :
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mydomain/step2.php">

But this is a bit naff as the user needs to click once to submit data, then again to goto step2.php. Can somebody help me with this. I've dabbled with cURL which I've sort of got working, but not very well. Thanks

cahva

I dont know what are you really trying to achieve but you dont have to have a button to send form.

Just use a little bit of javascript: document.yourformname.submit();

Weedpacket

An alternative would be to have step2 and step1 in the same script. If there are fields not yet filled out (this case includes the first time the form is presented to the used), then the form is displayed (with the values of fields already filled out suitably set). If all the necessary fields are filled out, do whatever it is that step2 is supposed to do.

Corin

I've spent days trying different ideas. The problems are :
step 1 form is displayed using

if (!$submit){
- and also uses: form action="<?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
- else do the checks.

If all fields are full then we do step 2 which is upload photo,
form action="<?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

The uploaded photo is then displayed on screen - well it should do.

I think my problem lies with the if...else on the first form.

If I put the photo upload into the same script, the photo isn't displayed, but the form 1 appears AGAIN instead.

Does this make sense?

herve

Hi,

I think you should consider Weedpacket's advice.

May be, if you want to stay with the "two scripts"
scheme, a redirection will do the trick :

at the end of step1.php, when you are reading
to call step2.php do :

header ("Location: step2.php?var1=content1&var2=content2");

passing all your needed arguments that way
to the second script, without the need for any
extra action for your user.

Hervé.