Creating Forms!

[kkk]

Hi there,

Just wondering how to create multipage forms with back, save and submit button. the save button to be used so that a user and log into the system and complete their form at a later date.

[johanafm]

Create a table for form1/page1, form2/page2 etc, user_id is primary key in each table

form1
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user_id, formvalue1, formvalue2, formvalue3 etc

form2
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user_id, formvalue1, formvalue2 etc

The next time the user logs in, or navigates to an earlier page in the process, you just select the values for that form from the database and prepopulate the form. To reduce db access if a user keeps jumping back and forth between tables, you could stick the same data in $SESSION['form1'], $SESSION['form2'] etc as well. Then you start by checking if !isset($SESSION['form1']) when form1 is to be displayed. If it isn't set, you check the database. If there is data for that user and form, you put the data into $SESSION. And when a form is posted, you insert/update the database and also store the data in $_SESSION.

[kkk]

does this code go into the same file as the form? Sorry if I sound dumb, just a beginner at the moment. Thankyou for your help. I will try this 🙂