Form value in URL

SoulAssassin

How do I parse this "q" value in the URL?
I have now tried in php and html, but it baffels me.

It's HTML
<form name="search" method="post" action="unit_detail.php?view=<?php echo $q; ?>&incident=<?php echo $q; ?>">
<td width="59%" height="67">
<? echo "<input type='text' name='q' >" ; ?>
</td>
<td width="41%">
<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $q; ?>">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search">
</td>
</form>

This form forwards where I have a

if ($view){}
if ($view){}

Any suggestions guys?
Thanks

leatherback

Considering how it is a form, I would use a hidden variable (That is not to say it won't work the way you tried)

<form name="search" method="post" action="unit_detail.php">
  <input type="hidden" name = "view"    value="<?php echo $q; ?>">  

  <input type="hidden" name = "incident" value="<?php echo $q; ?>">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Search">
</form>

In the unit_detail:

$view = $_POST['view'];
echo $view;

SoulAssassin

Thanks for your response !

I understand that, but in this case, I actually need the values to appear in the URL:

just say the value typed in q was 22 it should look like this:

unit_detail.php?view=22&incident=22

Do you think this is possable at all?

leatherback

I think if you use the GET as method, it would appear in the url. Else just place it as a string in the filename. Did that not work? (I am not sure, as I have never tried it).

Do you actually need a form, because say, you are subm,itting other info too? Or could you just use a link?

SoulAssassin

I manage to fix it by posting it to the same page, then parsing on through

 header("Location: unit_detail.php?view=$q&incident=$q");

Many thanks

bradgrafelman

As leatherback says, if you change the form method to "GET", it will put the variables in the URL as you are looking to do. Also saves you a redirect.

Either way, don't forget to mark this thread resolved.