Forms, Variables - Passing Them

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Hi there,

How do I pass extra variables from a form to the Browser Address box? That is, how do I get the values in the form fields into the "action" part of the form so that I can send it to the next page? I tried below but it isn't working - how do I get the username and password values from the form fields into the "action" part of the form?

Thanks!

<FORM action="Checkuser.php?username=$username&password=$password" method="POST" name="Form1">

<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD valign="top">
<font face="verdana,arial" size=2><strong>
<br>
Login
<br><br>
</strong>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<td width=90 ><font face="verdana,arial" size=1>Username: <font color=orange>*</font></td>
<td><input type="text" name="Username" ></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><font face="verdana,arial" size=1>Password: <font color=orange>*</font></font></td>
<td><input type="text" name="Password" ></td>
</tr>

<tr valign="top">
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Login" name="send" ></td>
</tr>
</table>
</FORM>

[Mordecai]

You can't pass them in the "action." Instead, you'll have to make them hidden fields:
<input type="hidden" name="username" value="<?php echo($username); ?>">
This will equal $_POST["username"] when the form is submitted.

[mknudsen]

When you use a form you cant get the values via. the URL instead you can fetch them via.the superglobal array $_POST in the next page.

So first you need to change this line

<FORM action="Checkuser.php?username=$username&password=$password" method="POST" name="Form1">

to this:

<FORM action="Checkuser.php" method="POST" name="Form1">

And then you can do this to get the values in checkuser.php

$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];

[echomonkey]

Would be insecure to pass username and pass in the address bar as a GET request, what if they give the link to a friend? However...

I was able to get it working through the action, I used the form you provided and created my own Checkuser.php

Modified your action by placeing variables username and password into a php block:

<FORM action="Checkuser.php?username=<?=$username?>&password=<?=$password?>" method="POST" name="Form1"> 

However now in check user you would get your variables from the $_GET suberglobal:

echo "<br>Username is: ".$_GET['username'];
echo "<br>Password is: ".$_GET['password'];