parsing data from html ==> php ==> php

[Anon]

I have just started to learn something about the numerous possibilities
of php-scripting. I am using it to process a mail form.

So far I managed to pass the form field variables to a php-script, which
sends the data to an email address.
This is simply done by the following command:

<form name="contact" action="mail.php" method="post">

This works fine, and the script mail.php works fine too.
But now I want to split the form into smaller parts, while keeping all
the data contained of course. I tried to do this by means of additional
php-scripts:

html ==> php ==> php ==> and so on

The problem is that the variables are getting lost between the first and
second php-script.

My question: How can I prevent the data from getting lost? So, how can I
pass them from one php-script to another?

I hope someone can help me with this problem very soon.
Thanks.

Hein Castelijns
The Netherlands

[Anon]

You can use session. Store your form data into session variable. Then you can get it into any page.

[Anon]

The quick and dirty way is to put the data in hidden form fields if each page is going to have a form. If not, you could always pass the data along in the url (eg: http://mysite.org?var1=hello&var2=there ), but you are really taking a chance on getting not-so-nice users trying stuff. Use sessions or set a cookie to be safe.