pssing value from one program to another

[jvandal]

Hi, I have computed an amount from a detail file. I then want to pass the amount to another program and display it This is in PHP, html and mysql. I have tried several ways but I may be caught in syntax.
Thanks in advance
jvandal

[thorpe]

you can send data from one php script to another using either get or post. to use get, simply set up a link like so...

<a href="page.php?var=foo">page</a>

the variable var will then be available in page.php via the $GET global array.

<?php
  $var = $_GET['var'];
  echo $var;
?>

will result in foo being displayed. post works exactly the same way except the data is sent via a html form, where the forms method="post".

hope this helps.

[jvandal]

Hi, thanks for the reply

I have this value in createvalues.php
$final_total = sprintf("%.02f", $final_total + $total_price);

IN showvalues.php i have three statements that I want to use
this in the sql statement
'$POST[order_email]', '$POST[final_total]', '$_POST[shipping_total]',
and these to display the total

$_item_total = '$var';

this is the form statement

$form.= "Your total purchase: <input type=\"int\" name=\'item_total\' ";
$form.= "size=\"10\" value=\"$_final_total\"><br>";