html straight to the php without the submit button

mikeycorn

It's working just fine with

<form action="online-reservations.php" method="post">

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Total!" />

</form>

But how do I get it to go straight into the .php without having to click submit?

planetsim

The only other thing is a using javascript to submit the form automatically, other than that you cant do much else.

mikeycorn

Thanks for the reply.

I guess I've been too conditioned by the book I'm working through to always call the .php from an .html page. I just realized there's no harm in having the page pure .php.

halojoy

Originally posted by mikeycorn
But how do I get it to go straight into the .php without having to click submit?

Isnt it possible to use $_POST without form?
I do not know, but ..

maybe with header location redirect?

<?php
$data = 'something';
$_POST['data'] = $data;
header ( 'location:nlinereservations.php' );
?>

A form is usually to submit data and send it somewhere else
Same thing you can do by using $_SESSION

<?php
// data to be taken somewhere
session_start();
$_SESSION['data'] = 'something';
header( 'location:next_page.php' );
?>

and next_page.php receives data

<?php
session_start();
$input = $_SESSION['data'];
echo $input; 
?>

Session data will remain, until the user closes down his browser (session ends)
You have to use
session_start();
in beginning of every page that wants to read these variables with data from session

/halojoy

planetsim

Yes its possible, however you still need to send a form header though. And you must use something like [man]fsockopen[/man] or curl functions.

mikeycorn

Oh boy, now you guys are scaring me . . .

😕

Installer

Another easy way to do it is to use Snoopy:

include 'Snoopy-1.2/Snoopy.class.php';
$snoopy = new Snoopy;
$url = 'http://example.com/test.php';
$to_post['test_1'] = 'text 1';
$to_post['test_2'] = 'text 2';
$snoopy->submit($url, $to_post);
echo $snoopy->results;