trouble passing variables

[rickdeet]

I'm trying to pass a variable across a few pages and am having some trouble.

On my first page, "game_login.php", I have an array of Agency Names that is created in real time from
a database of Agencies. I loop the array through a drop down select menu.

The user chooses his Agency from the drop down menu and clicks on the form's submit button. The form's
action is set to "createnewid.php". The Agency Name they chose along with their first and last name
is passed to "createnewid.php".

On "createnewid.php", I use "include" at the end to call "game_selection.php". The problem is that my
variables are not passed to "game_selection.php".

If I put a form on createnewid.php with the action set as "games_selection.php" (instead of using "include"),
the variables are passed to "games_selection.php" as desired.

Isn't there a way to pass the variable without having to submit them via a form?

I have had partial success using include as follows:

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include("http://www.nanmckay.com/pages/interactive_learning/games/game_selection.php?AgencyName=$AgencyName&FirstName=$FirstName");

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The problem here is that only the first name of the Agency gets passed. If the Agency chosen was Bara
Design, only the "Bara" gets passed.

I've tried using hidden fields on createnewid.php but that hasn't worked.

Any ideas?

Thanks very much for any help,

Rick

[Anon]

When you use "include" that inlines the code right there and replaces the include statement. So, any functions that are in this games_selection.php would be like functions that are a part of createnewid.php. Therefore, I would think that if you use a function in games_selection.php, just use global to import the variables you want like agency name into the function. It seems like that would work, if not directly referencing them....

[vsego]

If include is called from the function, games_selection.php needs to have variable(s) you need listed under global:

games_selection.php:

global AgencyName, FirstName;
blahblah;

createnewid.php:

function whatever() {
include("./games_selection.php");

As for passing variables, you can use hidden fields or, if you don't want to use forms, cookies or ?varname=varvalue:

$url = "game_selection.php?AgencyName=".rawurlencode($AgencyName)."&"FirstName=".rawurlencode($FirstName);

Regards

[sepodati]

Notice the rawurlencode(). That's what will solve your problems...you can also use urlencode().

You can't pass a space in the url. The space must be replaced with %20, or +, which those functions both do...

---John Holmes...

[rickdeet]

Thank you for the help! I got it working using the urlencode feature.

You've made me (and my boss) happier!

Thanks again,

Rick

[vsego]

Glad I could help. :-)

Maybe your boss can show his happiness by giving you a (small?) raise... :-)))