How to Refresh Screen -- or pass variables??

kbrick

I'm new with this, so please be patient with me. 🙂

I have a form where I gather input from the user, and then I want to display their input for verification prior to updating the database (which I want to do in the second form that is the confirmation). I'm not having luck with it.

I'm thinking--either I need to do it all in one script (the input and echo'ing the input), but I need to know how to refresh the screen in-between.

Otherwise, I need some help in how to pass these variables to a second form for echo'ing the input.

Here's what I'm doing:

Form 1 - gather the input and rename the variables for display

I get the input:
( $_POST[first_name]

..then define a variable:
$first_name = $_POST[first_name]

This carries me through the existing form, but when I try to display $first_name in the subsequent (echo'ing) form, it's not there.

Can anyone help me out of this?? Any help is appreciated! Thank you.

drew010

do something like
<input type="hidden" name="first_name" value="<?php echo $_POST['first_name']; ?>">
with all the variables, then when they click the submit button verifying the data, it will be reposted through the hidden fields.

kbrick

Where would I do that? In the all-in-one form, or in one of the separate forms (and then, which one)?

Thank you!!

bodzan

What drew010 suggested is what you need to do in the second form...

The logic is like follows:
Form 1 is being filled - All $_POST variables are set

You go to the next form to validate the data (next page)

Form 2: you use the data from $_POST variables anyway you want...

What you need to acomplish this is to set the ACTION attribute of your FORM tag of the Form 1 to link to the page where your Form 2 is:

<form action="nextPage.php" method="post">

Is that clearer?

kbrick

I'm still doing something wrong because it isn't working.

Here's what I've got (in short).

FORM 1

//point action to second form (??)
$display_block = "
<form method=POST action=\"form2.php\">

.
.
//gather input

<strong>*First Name:</strong></td><input size=30 name=bfirst_name>
.
.
//rename posted variable (probably not needed)
$bfirst = $_POST[bfirst_name];

FORM 2

//point action to same (second) form (??)
$display_block = "
<form method=POST action=\"form2.php\">
.
.
//echo user input
<td align=right valign=middle>First Name: </td>
<td valign=middle><strong>$_POST[bfirst_name]</strong></td>

bodzan

like this:

 <td align=right valign=middle>First Name: </td>
<td valign=middle><strong><?php echo $_POST['bfirst_name']; ?></strong></td>

Also renaming is not needed...

kbrick

Gotcha....thanks so much!!!!

bodzan

Now just mark this thread resolved through link bellow the messages so people who visit this forum see that they can find the solution to one of the problems in this thread...

Cheers...