Question: how to post variable into another page?

scheiner

Hi,

I have a little problem, I hope you can help me with.

On one of my pages, I have a form, that after being filled, its fields are sent into another page (fill.php). In addition to these fields, I also would like to send to 'fill.php' another value that Im holding in variable (eg: $vari). my question is- how can I send (by pressing the submit button), along with the forms fields the content of $vari.

Also, how can I retreive (in 'fill.php') the value of this variable? should I use "$_REQUEST['$vari']" ?

Tnx for you help,
scheiner

mmilano

in the first page, just name a field vari.

<form method=post action=fill.php>
<input type=text name=vari>
<input type=submit name=Submit>
</form>

and in fill.php, access the variable with $POST['vari']

<?
echo $_POST['vari'];
?>

good luck =)

scheiner

Tnx mmilano, but the problem is that I don`t want the value of $vari to be seen.

The issue is like this- in the first page the user fill all his personal details (inc. password). after he sumit the info, it goes to the address page that show him all the details (in a "filled" from, with the info he gave), except for the password. after the user verify that all the info is correct he submit it to a third page (fill3.php). the fill3.php gets all the info from, but, of course, he is not getting the password (which I have in fill2.php in a variable $vari).

Generally, what I want is- to send all the form details and a variable value (without transforming it into a field). is that possible?

Hope you can help,
scheiner

scheiner

Tnx mmilano, but the problem is that I don`t want the value of $vari to be seen.

Generally, what I want is- to send all the form details and a variable value (without transforming it into a field). is that possible?

Hope you can help,
scheiner

drew010

if you want to hide a field from them, you should either use a session variable, or write it to a unique file and delete it when its done. id probably go with a session variable. that way you can retrieve it on the next page and it wont be visible on the form as a hidden field.

mmilano

ooh.. you mean you don't want it to be seen on the first page where the form exists?

<form method=post action=fill.php>
<input type=hidden name=vari value="some value"> <input type=submit name=submti value=Submit>
</form>

in this case, the user could still see the value if they viewed source.

if you just don't want the value to be seen on the html page then this will work fine.

if you don't want the end user to see the value of vari even if they view source, then do what drew says. use a session variable.

<?
session_start();

$vari = "some value";

$session_register('some_value');
?>

scheiner

well, session was my ideam but I thought I may have a way of doing it with the form (sending the value along with the fields`s values), but I guess not...

anyway, tnx for your help!

scheiner