need a genius for this: how to send variables to two forms?

marcnyc

Hello, I am gonna need some nerdy genius for this thing because it's been bugging me for a looooon long time...

I have two pages (A_form.php and B_form.php). They both contain a form.

A_form.php contains a form with a text field called "firstname" and is set to send (action=post) the variables to A_process.php.

B_form.php contains a form with a text field called "lastname" and is set to send (action=post) the variables to B_process.php.

I wanna create one form page (C_form.php) that will contain two text fields called "firstname" and "lastname" and that will send both variables to both the A_process.php and the B_process.php pages (so that A_process.php will receive and use the firstname entered in the C_form.php and B_process.php will receive the lastname fromt the user's input in the C_form.php page).

Is there any PHP wizard out there who can suggest a solution?
Thanks

The_Chancer

Send both to the first page A.php, deal with the form, and carry the lastname variable across, either in a hidden field, or a session variable, or in the URL, or in a cookie....

Many choices available to you - so just take your pick...

Either that - or just have everything done in one page rather than two...

ajmoore

Could be done pretty easily using javascript...create a hidden field in form A and one in form B...use an onsubmit function for form A and set it's hidden field to be the value of form B's lastname....use another onsubmit in form B to set it's hidden field to be the value of form A's firstname...that way both variables get sent to both forms

marcnyc

I should have specified that I can NOT change the A_form.php and B_form.php pages, THAT's why I need to create a C_form.php page that contains all of A's and B's text fields but that sends the variables to BOTH A_process.php and B_process.php. I don't think it is as easy as you guys want me to believe, but if you can prove me wrong I am a happy man.

marcnyc

can anybody else venture a possible solution?

ahundiak

I'm pretty sure I know the solution but am I a genius? I'd like to make sure before I post as I assume you don't want answers from ordinary folk. Please list your criteria for being a genius and I'll see if I qualify.

marcnyc

Criteria for being a genius are definitely definable... You are a genius IF:

your username starts with the first letter of the alphabet
your avatar is some kind of round item used to play some kind of sport
you know what you are talking about and you know a solution that will actually work and who takes into account the situation and the limitations I have posted
you can provide a working example

Do you think you can match it? ;-)

ahundiak

Well, I can't do a working example but 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

Have C_form.php submit data to C_process.php. C_process.php uses curl to send the firstname to A_process.php and retrieve the results. C_process.php then submits lastname to B_process.php and retrieves the results. C_process.php then does whatever with the combined data and presents it back to the user.

marcnyc

The question rises spontaneously... What is curl? Is it something a real-life beginner can understand and use? Is it something that I can install without having to change host-related settings such as php/apache etc?

ahundiak

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php

Orjan

Just got in contact with curl while using secure postings overthe net to a paysite.
my question is rather abstract; how likely is it that a webhotell etc does have their php compiled with curl support?

marcnyc

Ok I looked at the page but I am not quite clear about how to use this CURL thing... I figured I'd have to open a session with curl_init() then set what I wanna do with curl_setopt() then execute with curl_exec() and then close the session with curl_close(). But what exactly would I tell it to do within setopt? Can you provide an example?

ahundiak

It takes a number of parameters and some explanations to get curl to work. This might help to get you started.
http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/49/1.php

marcnyc

Just wanted to thank you for the great link. I found the time to read it all and I understood it all so I am very happy and I will try that as soon as I have some time on my hands!
Thanks again for the great suggestion!