further on my fairly simple logic problem

[Steve]

> You can pass parameters in the URL for a POSTed form:

## page2
<form method="post" action="page3.p hp?data=$urlenc oded_data">
<input type="text" name="address">
<input type="submit">
</form>

## page3
mail('y******** ***@example.com ', 'form data with contact details',
"Someone entered this data:\n\n" .
"{$_GET['data']}\n\n" .
"The user details are:\n" .
" address: {$_POST['address']}");

Thanks for all the previous help guys!

I'm halfway there, I think. I'm getting my POST data through to the
next page, but I'm not sure how or if I can use the URLENCODE command within
the form? Whereas I used to have the data passed on like so:

echo '<a href="mail.php? radiochoice=', urlencode($radi obutton),
'&radiomoderntr ad=', urlencode($radi omoderntrad),
'&radiocoord= ', urlencode($radi ocoord),
'&radiopacking= ', urlencode($radi opacking),
'&i1=', urlencode($item 1),
'&i2=', urlencode($item 2),
'&i3=', urlencode($item 3),
'&i4=', urlencode($item 4),
'&i5=', urlencode($item 5),
'&i6=', urlencode($item 6), ETC.

when I try to do a (obviously botched?!) cut and paste job to get the
following:

<form name="form1" method="post" action="finalte st.php?stevetes t=",
urlencode($item 1),' stevetest2=', urlencode($item 2),'">
<p>

<input type="text" name="textfield ">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>?>

I get a 'Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<'' - yes, my grasp is syntax
is pretty crappy, but I'm no programmer - just a GFX guy trying to learn!
Anyone able to help me mastering this last piece of my jigsaw?

THANKS!

Steve

[kingofkolt]

"Steve" <lu***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40******** **************@ news.astraweb.c om...

You can pass parameters in the URL for a POSTed form:

## page2
<form method="post" action="page3.p hp?data=$urlenc oded_data">
<input type="text" name="address">
<input type="submit">
</form>

## page3
mail('y******** ***@example.com ', 'form data with contact details',
"Someone entered this data:\n\n" .
"{$_GET['data']}\n\n" .
"The user details are:\n" .
" address: {$_POST['address']}");
Thanks for all the previous help guys!

I'm halfway there, I think. I'm getting my POST data through to the
next page, but I'm not sure how or if I can use the URLENCODE command

within the form? Whereas I used to have the data passed on like so:

echo '<a href="mail.php? radiochoice=', urlencode($radi obutton),
'&radiomoderntr ad=', urlencode($radi omoderntrad),
'&radiocoord= ', urlencode($radi ocoord),
'&radiopacking= ', urlencode($radi opacking),
'&i1=', urlencode($item 1),
'&i2=', urlencode($item 2),
'&i3=', urlencode($item 3),
'&i4=', urlencode($item 4),
'&i5=', urlencode($item 5),
'&i6=', urlencode($item 6), ETC.

when I try to do a (obviously botched?!) cut and paste job to get the
following:

<form name="form1" method="post" action="finalte st.php?stevetes t=",
urlencode($item 1),' stevetest2=', urlencode($item 2),'">
<p>

<input type="text" name="textfield ">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>?>

I get a 'Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<'' - yes, my grasp is syntax is pretty crappy, but I'm no programmer - just a GFX guy trying to learn!
Anyone able to help me mastering this last piece of my jigsaw?

THANKS!

Steve

Steve --
You have HTML in the middle of a PHP block. What you would have do is take
the HTML form out of the PHP block and then put small PHP blocks in the
middle of the form action to print the urlencodes. Example:

<?php
// define $item's here:
$item1="foo";
$item2="bar";
?>

<form name="form1" method="post" action="finalte st.php?stevetes t=<?php print
urlencode($item 1); ?>&stevetest2=< ?php print urlencode($item 2); ?>">
<p>

<input type="text" name="textfield ">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>

hope this helped

- JP

[Pedro Graca]

Steve wrote:
(snip)

when I try to do a (obviously botched?!) cut and paste job to get the
following:
Where is the initial php tag?
The one that refers to the last "?>" you posted?
<form name="form1" method="post" action="finalte st.php?stevetes t=",
urlencode($item 1),' stevetest2=', urlencode($item 2),'">
<p>

<input type="text" name="textfield ">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>?>

I get a 'Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<''
Where?
Anyone able to help me mastering this last piece of my jigsaw?

Try this:

<?php
echo '<form name="form1" method="post" action="finalte st.php?';
echo 'stevetest=', urlencode($item 1), '&';
echo 'stevetest2=', urlencode($item 2), '">';
echo '<p><input type="text" name="textfield "></p>';
echo '<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> </p>';
echo '</form>';
?>

Or, as another poster said, separate the HTML from the PHP.

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[Steve]

> >

Steve --
You have HTML in the middle of a PHP block. What you would have do is take
the HTML form out of the PHP block and then put small PHP blocks in the
middle of the form action to print the urlencodes. Example:

<?php
// define $item's here:
$item1="foo";
$item2="bar";
?>

<form name="form1" method="post" action="finalte st.php?stevetes t=<?php print urlencode($item 1); ?>&stevetest2=< ?php print urlencode($item 2); ?>">
<p>

<input type="text" name="textfield ">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>

hope this helped

- JP

Thanks JP - I will try this!! Your help really is appreciated!

again, thanks,

Steve

[Steve]

Thanks also to you Pedro - your help is invaluable to my ongoing efforts!

Steve!

"Pedro Graca" <he****@hotpop. com> wrote in message
news:2h******** ****@uni-berlin.de...

Steve wrote:
(snip)

when I try to do a (obviously botched?!) cut and paste job to get the
following:

Where is the initial php tag?
The one that refers to the last "?>" you posted?

<form name="form1" method="post" action="finalte st.php?stevetes t=",
urlencode($item 1),' stevetest2=', urlencode($item 2),'">
<p>

<input type="text" name="textfield ">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> </p>
</form>?>

I get a 'Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<''

Where?

Anyone able to help me mastering this last piece of my jigsaw?

Try this:

<?php
echo '<form name="form1" method="post" action="finalte st.php?';
echo 'stevetest=', urlencode($item 1), '&';
echo 'stevetest2=', urlencode($item 2), '">';
echo '<p><input type="text" name="textfield "></p>';
echo '<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> </p>';
echo '</form>';
?>

Or, as another poster said, separate the HTML from the PHP.

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