multiple pages form

renny

Hello,

I want to create a multiple pages forms.

For example:
(first page will ask their first name, lname, etc)
(second page will ask them their date of birth)
(third page will ask them their email)
(fourth page will sak them about other stuff)
etc, etc.

What is the best way of doing this? I don't want people to be able to put in the address to page2 or page3 and don't go through the first page.

What is the best approach to this?

Thanks!

weekender

i assume you know how to pass form variables. pass vars from page 1 form into page 2, and embed them as hidden fields in the html, so that they then get passed to page 3

page 1:

<form action="page2.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="fullname">
<input type="submit">
</form>

page 2:

<form action="page3.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="fullname" value="<?php echo $_POST['fullname']; ?>">
<input type="text" name="dateofbirth">
<input type="submit">
</form>

this way, the variable fullname gets passed from page1 through page2 to page3

The_Chancer

Just as an idea... why not use hidden div layers ? That way there is no waiting around for other pages to load, as soon as the first one is done, then they can progress through, and only ultimately submit one form, not submit three pages....

But that does lead onto javascript (the way I do it anyway) which opens up another can of worms....

renny

I am up for the hidden layer thing. Do you have an example of this that I could look at? I don't think I want to do passing of variables cause it cause too much problem when the number of pages gets too many.

Thanks!