how to pass a value to another PHP file

Lylian

Hi, I am new to PHP code. Someone please show me how to pass a value ABC below from this PHP file to "another.php". Thank you

<?php
function convert_type( $number )
{
if( is_numeric( $number) )
{

return (int)$number;
}

}

$something=ABC;
?>

leatherback

`Hi,

Since you seem to be submitting a form to that page, you can use a hidden input:

kburger

There are a number of ways it coule be done.

Using GET:
make a link like this: <a href="another.php?something=ABC">The Link</a>

Extract it on another.php using

$something = $_GET['something'];

Using POST:
<form method="post" action="another.php">
<input type="text" name="something" value="ABC">
<input type="submit" name = "submit" value="Add">
</form>

Extract it on another.php using

$something = $_POST['something'];

Lylian

thank you for your helps.
if I use GET: Do I replace "POST" to "GET", anything else is the same? and where do I put the link <a href="another.php?something=ABC">The Link</a> ???

If I use POST: I need to submit the "number" and pass "something". can I do like the below code?
<form method="post" action="another.php">
<input type="text" name="number" value="something">
<input type="submit" name = "submit" value="Add">
</form>

Extract it on another.php using

PHP:

$something = $_POST['something'];

you wrote:
<form method="post" action="another.php">
<input type="text" name="something" value="ABC">
<input type="submit" name = "submit" value="Add">
</form>

Extract it on another.php using

PHP:

$something = $_POST['something'];

kburger

That's the basic idea. I'd highly recommend reading a quick tutorial on PHP and skimming through the manual. The manual has a quick tutorial here.

Lylian

so simple. Did not need to read the manual, dump it to a dummy table, grab it when need it. empty table. DONE.

justsomeone

Originally posted by Lylian
so simple. Did not need to read the manual, dump it to a dummy table, grab it when need it. empty table. DONE.

Glad it worked out for you, but I have two questions on the above solution:

Is using a temp table really an easier solution than passing the variable via GET/POST? Maybe it builds on your own strengths/experience to do it that way, but it seems to me to be a more complicated solution.
How will this scale up? What happens if two or more people try to use your service more or less simultaneously? Could they end up interfering with each other?