Refreshing a page..

[Solution30]

Hi there,

I want to create a registeration page. In the middle of the Form I've a button, when clicked the page should refresh itself and insert some more fields..

The Problem I 'm facing is that when the page refreshes, I loose all the information typed earlier.

I appreciate any help for I got struct here for a long time..

I Learned that HTTP_POST_VAR should solve my problem, but dont know how to use it..

Thanks

[planetsim]

well HTTP_POST_VARS will only help in this situation

if your PHP version is 4.1.1 or lower and you are using post in your form.

If however your version is later than that i suggest using $_POST

so like this

$HTTP_POST_VARS['feild_name']
or
$POST'feild_name']

assuming that a feild in the form is named feild_name.
Now i hope that helps a little.

Now you'll need some if's
for your value so it can be shown in the form.

Now i suggest
if(isset($_POST['feild_name'])) same with HTTP_POST_VARS just change post to that.

[Solution30]

I tried this but still not able to restore the value typed in the fields.. May be i am still confused with the HTTP_POST_VARS

inside my form is something like this:-

<form>

<input name="field1" type="text" size="80" >
<? $_HTTP_POST_VARS['field1']; ?>

<textarea name="intro" cols="80" rows="8" value="<? echo $intro ?>"></textarea>

<input type="button" onclick="refresh()" value="Insert field" name="field">

etc...
etc..

</form>

I am calling the refresh() which call the same php program again.. what i want is to resore the values typed in the text field and Textarea

Thanx in advance..

[planetsim]

you gotta use echo still
and use an if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['field1']))

[orangehairedboy]

What you're asking for is a little more complicated:

First, you got the standard inputs correct (value="<?print $value' ?>").

However, you need to keep track of 2 things:

1. How many fields you've got.
2. What the values of the fields is.

Example:

/ Start of form /
<?
if ( $additem=="Add Item" )
{
$items = ( $items ) ? $items + 1 : 1;
for ( $item = 1; $item <= $items ; $item++ )
{
$name = "item$item";
$value = $$name;
$field="<input type=\"textbox\" size=\"20\" name=\"$name\" value=\"$value\">
print $field."<br>\n";
}
}
?>
<input type="submit" name="additem" value="Add Item">
<input type="hidden" name="item" value="<? print $items; ?>">

/ End of Form /

This may not be perfect, but I hope you get the idea...it's pretty simple...just not as simple as was mentioned.

OHB

[Daveyz1983]

The problem with all your variables not working might be because they have not been actually submitted there fore the variables are not stored in $_POST.

What you can do is to actually set the refresh button as a refresh button as well. And set the form action to $PHP_SELF. Do abit of if else, and it should work. Other than there, the other alternatives would be using Javasscript to show the other fields when the button is clicked.

[cgraz]

Here's the javascript way to do what you want: http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/webjs/jsnavigation/item.php/91311

Cgraz