Multi Page Form

[asa_carter]

Hi,

Can anyone help me find some code for a multi page form. I think the most reliable way would be to store a session_id and then put each page in to a database, then retrieve it on every page. That way the user could move between any of the pages. Also, I need the browser's back button to function.

A pretty reliable example is esvon form builders demo:

http://www.esvon.com/products/fb/form.php

Thanks,

Asa Carter

[devinemke]

how 'bout something like this:

<?
session_start ();

function form ($step)
{
	extract ($_SESSION);

$steps = array
(
	1 => 'first_name',
	2 => 'last_name',
	3 => 'email'
);

foreach ($steps as $key => $value)
{
	if (!isset ($$value)) {$$value = '';}
}

echo '<form action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '" method="POST">
' . $steps[$step] . ': <input type="text" name="data[' . $steps[$step] . ']" value="' . $$steps[$step] . '">
<input type="hidden" name="step" value="' . $step . '"><br>';
if ($step != 1) {echo '<input type="submit" name="submit" value="back">';}
echo '<input type="submit" name="submit" value="next"></form>';
}

if (!isset ($_POST['submit'])) {form (1);}

else
{
	foreach ($_POST['data'] as $key => $value) {$_SESSION[$key] = $value;}

if ($_POST['submit'] == 'next' && $_POST['step'] == 3)
{
	echo 'you entered:<br><br>';
	foreach ($_SESSION as $key => $value) {echo $key . ': <b>' . $value . '</b><br>';}
}

else
{	
	if ($_POST['submit'] == 'back') {form ($_POST['step'] - 1);}
	else {form ($_POST['step'] + 1);}
}
}
?>