[Resolved] Sending Data From Page to Page

JJ123

I need to send a string of data from page1 to page2 and I need this data to fill in a field in the form on page2.
Thie is my code on page1:
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="unixid"></CENTER><BR><BR>
<?PHP
$unixid = $_POST['unixid'];
$details = "Unix ID is $unixid";
$details .= "\nUSCO Connecticut UNIX group needs to be contacted. This user needs their UNIX password reset.";
?>
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" Name="Details">
<INPUT type="submit" name="logticket" value="Ticket"><BR><BR>

Then on page2 I have:
$comment = $_POST["details"];

and then:
Description:<TEXTAREA NAME="comment" ROWS=6 COLS=60 WRAP=VIRTUAL><?php echo $comment ?></TEXTAREA>

What am I doing wrong? The field is not filling out.

khoang82

$comment = $_POST["details"];

needs to be

$comment = $_POST["Details"];

JJ123

I have made the change and it is still not carrying over to page2.

phence

do u have a form on page one created??

... Inputs, other form fields and buttons

</form>

JJ123

Yes I have that all set up:

<CENTER><h3>Enter your Unix ID below and click Ticket to continue.</h3><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="unixid"></CENTER><BR><BR>

<?PHP

$unixid = $_POST['unixid'];
$details = "Unix ID is $unixid";
$details .= "\n USCO Connecticut UNIX group needs to be contacted. This user needs their UNIX password reset.";

?>
<INPUT TYPE="text" Name="details">
<INPUT type="submit" name="logticket" value="Ticket"><BR><BR>

khoang82

Originally posted by JJ123
Yes I have that all set up:

<FORM method="POST" action="NewTicket.php">

<CENTER><h3>Enter your Unix ID below and click Ticket to continue.</h3><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="unixid"></CENTER><BR><BR>

<?PHP

$unixid = $_POST['unixid'];
$details = "Unix ID is $unixid";
$details .= "\n USCO Connecticut UNIX group needs to be contacted. This user needs their UNIX password reset.";

?>
<INPUT TYPE="text" Name="details">
<INPUT type="submit" name="logticket" value="Ticket"><BR><BR>

I ran your scripts with slight modification and it works for me. Well the modification is to fill in because you did not post the whole form. So what seems to be the problem.

JJ123

Well I am trying to populate the Input a field named 'details' from the data in the PHP section. Then I want that string to be used by page2. Neither of these two functions are working. My form has a field on it called unixid and the user enters their ID in this field. Then they click the logticket button. They get to page2 but the string does not fill in the field.

Here is all my data for page1 if it helps:

<html>
<head>
<title>Ticket for USCO Unix Group</title>
</head>
<body>
<FORM method="POST" action="NewTicket.php">
<CENTER><h3>Enter your Unix ID below and click Ticket to continue.</h3><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="unixid"></CENTER><BR><BR>
<?PHP
$unixid = $_POST['unixid'];
$details = "Unix ID is $unixid";
$details .= "\n USCO Connecticut UNIX group needs to be contacted. This user needs their UNIX password reset.";
?>
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" Name="details"> //I eventually want this field to be hidden from the user.
<INPUT type="submit" name="logticket" value="Ticket"><BR><BR>
</FORM>
</body>
</html>

I've also changed the details field line to:

And this doesn't get populated either.

JJ123

I've also tried the following:

<html>
<head>
<title>Ticket for USCO Unix Group</title>
</head>
<body>
<FORM method="POST" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF ?>">
<CENTER><h3>Enter your Unix ID below and click Ticket to continue.</h3><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="unixid"><BR><BR>
<?PHP
$unixid = $_POST['unixid'];
$details = "Unix ID is $unixid. ";
$details .= "\n USCO Connecticut UNIX group needs to be contacted. This user needs their UNIX password reset.";
?>
</FORM>
<FORM method="POST" action="NewTicket.php">
<INPUT TYPE="text" Name="details" VALUE="<?PHP echo $details?>"><BR>
<INPUT type="submit" name="logticket" value="Ticket"><BR><BR>
</CENTER>
</FORM>
</body>
</html>

This transfers the data into the details field like I want but it doesn't put the $unixid value in the string like I need.

If I enter the ID in the field and then hit the enter button, the unixid will then be entered into the details string and then the user clicks the submit button and it goes the way I want it to. But I don't want the user to have to hit enter before they click submit. I want all of this to work when the user hits submit.

What am I doing wrong?

Skinner

$POST won't have values until the form is actually posted, so the line
$unixid = $POST['unixid']; is fairly useless in this particular usage. Your basically setting the $unixid value to nothing.
I can't see a reason to use php for the first part of your form.
Try this, it might help you sort it out. It's not production code, and it's untested but should work.
The second form in page2.php is just there to show how to populate fields, etc...

page1.html

<html>
<head>
<title>Ticket for USCO Unix Group</title>
</head>
<body>
<FORM method="POST" action="page2.php">
<CENTER><h3>Enter your Unix ID below and click Ticket to continue.</h3><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="unixid"></CENTER><BR>
<textarea name="details" rows="3" cols="20">USCO Connecticut UNIX group needs to be contacted. This user needs their UNIX password reset.</textarea>
<INPUT type="submit" name="logticket" value="Ticket"><BR><BR>
</FORM>
</body>
</html>

page2.php

<html>
<head>
<title>Results for USCO Unix Group Testing</title>
</head>
<body>
<?PHP
echo "Your UnixID is : ". $POST['unixid'] ." and the message is : <BR />". $POST['details'];
?>
<form method="POST" value="page3.php">
<p>UnixID: <input type="text" name="unixid" value="<? echo $POST['unixid']; ?>"></p>
<p>Details: <textarea name="details" rows="3" cols="20"><?php echo $POST['details']; ?></textarea></p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">
</form>
</body>
</html>

JJ123

Well the reason I want to send all the information to the second page in one variable is because there are other pages that might send information to page2 so I want it to be a generic as possible. So is there no way to send the unixid and details together in one variable?

JJ123

Got the answer:

$username = $_POST['username'];
$details = "BaaN is not working for this user.";
$details .= "\nBaaN Username is $username.";$new_details=rawurlencode($details);
$subject = "BaaN Issue";
$new_subject = rawurlencode($subject);
$priority = "3";

header("Location: http://172.30.49.59/niffer/NewTicket.php?details=$new_details&subject=$new_subject&priority=$priority&assignedto=$assignedto");