[Resolved] Searching for Hidden Fields solution

[kilbey1]

I have searched the forums (coding, newbies) for a solution to this hidden fields problem and tried the suggestions, but nothing's working.

What I must do:

Page 1: index.php (login)
pulls from database user info, ie:

	while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
			$fullname = "$row[Firstname] $row[Lastname]";
			echo '<input type="hidden" name="userfullname" value="'.$fullname.'">';
		}

Ta da! $fullname spits back "Test User" when echoed out. Hidden field is showing "<input type="hidden" name="userfullname" value="Test User">"... so far so good.

2. User looks up patient name, then gets details located at patient.php.
3. On patient.php is a link to display a formatted document, FNShighmarkForm.php.
4. FNShighmarkForm.php must then plop $fullname into a field.

Echoing out $fullname on FNShighmarkForm.php gives me nothing.
I've put in:
$userfullname = $_POST['userfullname'];
echo "Fullname: " . $userfullname;
as an example of what I'd like to return. On this totally seperate page, I should get "Test User".

Meanwhile, I'll keep looking around.

[LordShryku]

You're not going to get the value of a hidden field if it's not submitted to the page. A link won't do it. You may be better of storing this in sessions.

[kilbey1]

Thankfully, I was already using sessions. Got it!