getting the values from multiple html pages and their forms

[khovorka]

Hello,

I am learning php and developing a website that has the
following situation.

There are 3 html pages and then a summary.php page
that I want to display the values from the radio,
checkbox and text inputs on the 3 forms. I have tried to get
$_SESSION to work and I just keep getting undefined variables
with it. I have read what I can find and understand and I think
everything is configured properly. I am doing a method="post"
on each html page.

I would assume that the $SESSION is the way to go, but, I
am getting nowhere fast. If I used $REQUEST I could get
values from the last POST.

Perhaps I am not understanding what should be set in the
php.ini?

Thanks for any and all help as I need to get this figured out
asap.

Kim Hovorka
[e-mail]

[drew010]

if you want to avoid sessions, you can simply put all the posted results into hidden form fields on the next page. for example on page1 you have a field called name, on page2, $POST['name'] would contain whatever was in the form, so inside the form on page2 you can put <input type="hidden" name="name" value="<?php echo $POST['name']; ?>">. do that for all your form fields and on the first form pages and you can preserve your previous submits. of course this method isnt as fancy as sessions but its easy to do if you are a beginner and are having trouble with sessions.
i post this alternative for you because if you use the search on the forum you will find sessions are a large headache for many people as a great number of posts reguard various session troubles.