Multi page forms / adding values

[Rich_FIN]

Hello Guys!

This is a bit tricky to explain but here goes:

I am building a multi page order form using HTML and PHP. There are 5 pages in total. I am submitting one page to the next and using this code to write to hidden fields on the page:

<?php
foreach ($_POST as $key=>$value) {
if ($key!="Sumbit") {
$value=htmlentities (stripslashes (strip_tags ($value)));
echo "\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$key\" value=\"$value\">\n";}}
?>

This works all the way! Not a problem. But...

On the 3rd and 4th pages there are imput boxes for numeric values (prices). I need these two values added together and displayed as text on the 5th page? How do I do this and went should the form be processed? Could it process from the 4th page being that it will go to a formmail.php script and then be redirected to the 5th page?

Sorry if this is confusing but thats the reason I am posting it!

I look forward to your replies!

[TheDefender]

When you say, "displayed as text" do you mean you want to add $10.00 and $10.00 to get $20.00 and have it read as Twenty Dollars on the 5th page, or do you want to take 2 values $10.00 and $10.00 to get $20.00 and show $20.00.

As far as adding them is concerned, you wouldn't include it in your loop to write out the hidden fields... You'd just take your POST values on the 5th page (submitted from the 4th page), do the math, and then just create that hidden field to pass on later...

$total = ($_POST['value1']+$_POST['value2']);
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"".$total."\">";

If this isn't what you meant, repost with more details, and we can try to narrow it down a bit more.

[Rich_FIN]

Fist of all this is my first EVER forum post and I never knew I would get answers this quickly! Thank you!

So yes I want to add (+) $10 from page 3 to $10 from page 4 and display $20 on page 5.

But where/when does all of the form details get processed? They can't be processed from page 5 by a click. The only way is if it was done automatically in the background.

This is because page 5 has links to different banks where the user will go to transfer the $20.

Does this exlain it more?

PS: Oh and the value of $20 (to be displayed on page 5) does not need to be submitted in the form it is just to give the user the total amount of cash they need to transfer when they go to their bank.

[TheDefender]

Welcome to the boards... sometimes the answer comes quicker than other times, but all in all, we got a good core of regs who will hook you up pretty quickly, and since they are all over the world, you'll usually get answers quickly any time of day.

OK, let's go back to your original post...

<?php
foreach ($_POST as $key=>$value) {
if ($key!="Sumbit") {
$value=htmlentities (stripslashes (strip_tags ($value)));
echo "\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$key\" value=\"$value\">\n";}}
?>

You would know that the 2 values are two of these hidden fields, so on page five, you could do the math from say:

$POST['valuepage3'] and $POST['valuepage4']

So, on page five, you could do...

$total = round(($_POST['valuepage3'] + $_POST['valuepage4']), 2);
echo "$".$total." USD";

What you want to make sure of is that your values are passed as integers and not as strings with the dollar sign and all... So, just pass 10.25 and 15.30. Then when you add the numbers on page five, you would just echo the dollar sign like above.

Is this getting you closer, or ar we still not quite on the same page here?

[Rich_FIN]

Yes we are moving in the right direction!

But we are still working within the form. When/how do I send/process it? The user cannot submit it manually from p.5 because I expect them to click a link for their bank so they can go there. Can the form submit automatically without the user clicking anything?