Form displaying different pages depending on viewer's selection

[seanpaulcail]

I'm creating a form for a mortgage company. I have a check box named "cobor" for co-borrower.

<input type=checkbox name="cobor" value="yes" checked>

If check box is checked, then I need to present pages for the coborrower information. If this box is not checked, I do not need to present the coborrower form pages. Also in processing the form I would need to check if the coborrower field was checked and send an email with this information.

So my guess is that code would look like this.

 <? if ("cobar"=yes)
{?> <form action=startloandb.asp?session=&LeadTypeID= name=lion1003 method=post onSubmit="return DataValSubmit('startloan')">}

else {<form acti=coborrower.asp?session={676CEC7C-82BB-4C87-B847-5C2537B005E4} name=lion1003 method=post onSubmit="return DataValSubmit('address')">
?> rest of form follows 

with an a submit button on the end.

What is the "?" following ASP for? Do I need this in PHP?

Thanks

[DeltaRho2K]

The "?" basicallly tells the preprocessor (ASP in this case, or php if used there) that variables exist. Then depending on the code on the resulting page, you would need to script the page accordingly to pull those variables for use.

The real problem is that you can't use php to first verify the value, and act accordingly since the php is processed before the output is sent to the browser.

What you need to do is either write javascript that would direct you to a certain page based on the value, or...

On the resulting page (would be the same page whether cobor was yes or no), call the variable, and include an appropriate file, or code.

Example:

On your form page:

<FORM method="GET" action="nextpage.php">
<INPUT type=checkbox name="cobor" value="yes" checked>
</FORM>

On your resulting page (nextpage.php), you would do something like:

// Get the variable from the URL
extract($_GET);

// Verify the value, and act accordingly
If (isset($cobor)):
  switch ($cobor):
    case "yes":
      include('cobor_yes.inc');
      break;
    default:
      include('cobor_no.inc');
  Endswitch;
Else:
  include('cobor_no.inc');
Endif;

Obviously, you would need to taylor the code to your needs, but this should get you started with figuring out where to go... (or at the least, get you confused enough to ask more questions 😉)