[Resolved] Not Form Variables aren't there after submit!

jshowe

Hi all,

I tried to find help for what I was looking for by searching but there were so many different instances that were close but not what I needed that I couldn't find anything....

I have a form that transfers all the form variables from SELECTS, INPUTS, extra (they all work great) ... but the regular old variables I declare (for example: $NewVariable=0; ) After I hit submit - are gone! What am I doing wrong?
-Scott

feldon23

The only things that get passed when you submit a form are the contents of the form.

If you need to carry some other data over, you can use

<input type="hidden" name="var1" value="important data">

and then get the data with $POST['var'] or if you need to carry the data through different pages on your website, use $SESSION.

jshowe

I could just set what I need to pass equal to that inputs name (ie. $var1). Right?! Cool! Thanks for you help!

jshowe

Your the man! I tried it and it does the trick. Thanks for the lesson on forms! BTW - I LOVE YOUR SCREEN SAVER! I have a 75 reef tank myself and when I'm not at home I love to look at a duplicate... When are you gonna put some corals in it?! 😉

Moonglobe

ummmm how would you know what his screensaver is? 😕

feldon23

It's funny, I don't even have it mentioned in my sig anymore but I guess people recognize the 'feldon' part.

I run the official fan site for SereneScreen Marine Aquarium by Amiga and PC graphic artist and developer Jim Sachs.

http://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/ is the fan site.

It should tell you something when a FAN SITE for a screen saver has garnered 1.4 million visits and a community of 1,200 members. 🙂