passing array problem

burlile3

I am trying to pass some variables from a link, using a form and some javascript. I need to hide the values in the query string. The following code hides the values, however it only brings back the last login name from my table. Any suggestions would be welcome.

JAVASCRIPT CODE:
function formSubmit(objForm,sDestination){
objForm.action=sDestination;
objForm.submit()
}
function sendForm() {
formSubmit(edit_form,"edituser.php")
}

PHP CODE:

while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$login = $r["login"];
$agy = $r["agency"];
$access=$r["authority"];

echo "<tr>
<form method=\"post\" name=\"edit_form\">
<td align=center><a href=\"javascript: sendForm()\"
onMouseover=\"window.status='Edit User $login';return
true\" onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true\"
style=\"text-decoration: none\">$login </a></td>
<td align=center>$agy </td>
<td align=center>$access</td>
<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"login\"
value=\"$login\">
<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"agency\" value=\"$agy\">
<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"first_edit\"
value=\"true\">
</tr>";
}
echo "</form>";

steadyguy

Uh ... I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but using the POST method in your form will keep the string from showing up in the URL, you don't need JS to do that ...

burlile3

well if I take out the href=\"javascript: sendForm()\" and put the edituser.php back in there, it doesn't pass the value of login. Here is another attempt at the code:

while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$login = $r["login"];
$agy = $r["agency"];
$access=$r["authority"];

echo "<tr>
<form method=\"post\" name=\"edit_form\" >
<td align=center>
<a onMouseover=\"window.status='Edit User $login';return true\"
onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true\"
href=\"edituser.php\" style=\"text-decoration: none\">$login <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"login\" value=\"$login\">
</a></td>
<td align=center>$agy </td>
<td align=center>$access</td>
</form>
</tr>";
}

I appreciate your reply, I'm not sure what to try next.

steadyguy

You don't need to link buttons.
Instead of:
<form method=\"post\" name=\"edit_form\" >
...
<a onMouseover=\"window.status='Edit User $login';return true\"
onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true\"
href=\"edituser.php\" style=\"text-decoration: none\">$login <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"login\" value=\"$login\">
</a></td>

Try something like:

burlile3

Well I want each name that is in the table to be a link. I want the end user to click on the name they want to edit and have it take them directly to the edit user page. So I need the link itself to pass the variable ($login). That's why I didn't use the normal submit button....

My table looks like this:
User Name Agency Access

Aaron Lunt 140 View Reports
Dummy User 140 View Reports
Jody Hoke 140 View Reports
Olr One 140 View Reports
Olr Three 140 View Reports
Olr Two 140 View Reports
Shane Winslow 140 View Reports
Audrey Musgrave 140 Maintain Users/View Reports
Lester Travis T 140 Maintain Users/View Reports
Sharon Schubert 140 Maintain Users/View Reports
Steve Allison 140 Maintain Users/View Reports
Jeremy Winslow 140 Administrative Maintenance
Lori Burlile 140 Administrative Maintenance
R Steven Falter 140 Administrative Maintenance

Any more thoughts on how to do this? I really appreciate your taking the time to look at this. It works fine if I append the url string with ?login=$login but then it shows in the query string when they edit the user in edituser.php.

Sorry if my logic isn't very good, I'm new at this🙂

steadyguy

I see ... is there a problem with having
username=whatever in the URL? It would look a bit ugly, perhaps, but just look at the URL for this page.

An alternative would be to have a list of names, with buttons next to them - then you could execute multiple actions. ie., update, delete ... etc.

Yet another method would be to require a login, then create a simple link to edit their information (much like the one on the top of pages here) ... if the username, etc, are stored in session variables or cookies, then you won't have to worry about the URL.