[Resolved] [Resolved] strange question about forms

[michaelowen]

hello everyone!

I have been looking all around this forum, and I cannot find the answer to my problem.....here goes:

I have a simple form populating and database, and i want to send the "name" field value to multiple destination fields off only the one entry. How do i do this?

For example, i have:

<input type="Text" name="username">

and i want to sent this variable to the fields "username" and "capusername". how do i do this?

I tried this <input type="Text" name="username"="capusername"> ....doenst work.

thanks,
-michael

[bad76]

HI,
you can do this in more than one way.

For example just puntting $capusername=$username
at start of php page that form call.

Or you can put any hidden field in form, called capusername
and copy from username whan submit.

Or you can use $username in php page to indicate both
username and $capusername (but it's code not clear and
readable...)

Or any other way you find...

see you

[kevinsequeira]

do you want to copy the value in the form or in the page where the form is processed ie in the php code on the form action page

reg
kevin

[michaelowen]

I want to send this value to 2 differernt areas in the database, so i guess I need to copy this value.

When declaring the variables with my sql statement, can i just set $username=$capusername?

when would i declare these so it will pass the same value?

-michael

[kevinsequeira]

in the form just have this

<input type="Text" name="username">

and in the form action page after you get the value of username using either
$POST['username'] or $GET['username'] or just $username, depending on wheter you are using the form method as POST, GET or earlier version of PHP, just do
//$username = $POST['username'];
// OR
//$username = $GET['username'];
// OR
//$username = $username

$capusername = $username;

// now enter into DB
reg
kevin

[bad76]

I think to set
this AFTER post:

first page:
...
<form action="secondpage.php">
<input name="username">
...

second page:
<?
$capusername=$username;
$lnk=mysql_connect(bla bla bla...
...
?>

This may work...

[michaelowen]

Thank you, this i got this to work!!!

-michael

[bad76]

[edit]
As not say....
well done

[/edit]

[kevinsequeira]

ok, please mark this resolved , there is a link below
thanks
kevin