Passing variable between forms

Anon

I've check through the forum but I still can't work it out! Sorry!

Simply stated:

Html page has a search box on it. User enters a value and clicks search

Then I want to open a different html page, but pass to it:

The value entered by the user
Set a variable in the second html page $all to be true so that it then performs the search correctly.

But how?

Thanks

Elizabeth

Anon

The value entered by the user is automatically a variable on the page the form is submitted to. You simply access it using the name of the field (i.e. $fieldName).

Now if you want the variable $all to be true every time the search form is submitted then simply code it into the form action url, <form action="nextPage.php?all=1">, or list it as a hidden variable <input type="hidden" name="all" value="1">.

Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Multimedia
www.mangomultimedia.com

Anon

POST/GET variables only become vars in the PHP script if you configure PHP to do so. Check out the manual.

Anon

The default configuration for PHP will put all the post and get variables into the global name space so you can access them like $field1, $field2. So more than likely you would have to configure PHP not to do so.
If you are running the optimized php.ini or if you have changed the php.ini to turn register_globals = off then you can only access the POST/GET variables through the arrays $HTTP_POST_VARS["field1"] and $HTTP_GET_VARS["variable"].

Anon

Great - it works!

Thanks

Regards

Elizabeth

Anon

Good answer.

Anon

Hell yeah!