Passing form data from one web page to another web page form with PHP

[rose merry]

There are so many examples of passing data from one page to another using GET and POST in PHP.

However what I am trying to do is a bit different.

Here is what i need to do:

I have form on one page (page1.php) and I need to pass its selected value/data as it is to another page (page2.php)
here is the code.........fo r page1

 <form id="form_1" action="page2.php" method="post">
          <fieldset>
            <div class="pad1">
              <h3>Find Your Trip </h3>
              <p>
                <label for="select">Trip Type</label>
                <select name="select4" id="select">
                  <option value="choose">Choose</option>
                  <option value="one way">One way</option>
                  <option value="round trip">Round Trip</option>
                </select>
              </p>
              <div class="row_select">
                <p>From:
                  <select name="select">
                    <option value="" selected>:: Departure ::</option>
                    <option value="36">ABBOTTABAD</option>
                    <option value="6" >BAHAWALPUR</option>
                    <option value="18" >CHINIOT</option>
                    <option value="14" >DERA GHAZI KHAN</option>
                    <option value="16" >FAISALABAD</option>
                    <option value="34" >GUJRANWALA</option>
                    <option value="33" >GUJRAT</option>
                    <option value="53" >JHELUM</option>
                    <option value="13" >KARACHI</option>
                    <option value="5" >MULTAN</option>
                    <option value="35" >MURREE</option>
                    <option value="25" >PESHAWAR</option>
                    <option value="22" >RAWALPINDI</option>
                    <option value="22" >LAHORE</option>
                                    </select>
                </p>
                <p>
 
                  To:    
                    <label></label>
<select name="select2">
                     <option value="" selected>:: Arrival ::</option>
                      <option value="36">ABBOTTABAD</option>
                    <option value="6" >BAHAWALPUR</option>
                    <option value="18" >CHINIOT</option>
                    <option value="14" >DERA GHAZI KHAN</option>
                    <option value="16" >FAISALABAD</option>
                    <option value="34" >GUJRANWALA</option>
                    <option value="33" >GUJRAT</option>
                    <option value="53" >JHELUM</option>
                    <option value="13" >KARACHI</option>
                    <option value="53" >MULTAN</option>
                    <option value="3" >MURREE</option>
                    <option value="5" >PESHAWAR</option>
                    <option value="2" >RAWALPINDI</option>
                    <option value="2" >LAHORE</option>
 
                  </select>
                  <br>
                </p>
              </div>
              <div class="row_select">
                <p>Arrival:<br>
                  <input type="date" name="bday" max="1979-12-31">
                  <br>
                  Destination:                </p>
                <p>
                    <input type="date" name="bday2" min="2000-01-02">
                    <br>
                    <span class="cols">Adult:<br>
                    <select name="select3">
                      <option>&nbsp;</option>
                      <option>...</option>
                      <option>...</option>
                    </select>
                    </span><br>
                    <br>
                    <span class="cols pad_left1"><a href="page2.php" class="button">BUY</a></span></p>
              </div>
              <p>&nbsp;</p>
            </div>
            </fieldset> 
          </form>
 

AND THIS IS THE CODE OF page2

<form id="form_1" action="#" method="post">
            <div class="pad1">
              <h3>Find Your Trip </h3>
              <p>
                <label for="select">Trip Type</label>
                <select name="select4" id="select">
                 <?php echo $_POST["select4"]; ?>!<br>
                  <option value="choose">Choose</option>
                  <option value="one way">One way</option>
                  <option value="round trip">Round Trip</option>
 
                </select>
              </p>
              <div class="row_select">
                <p>From:
                  <select name="select">
                   <?php echo $_POST["select"]; ?>!<br>
                      <option value="" selected>:: Departure ::</option>
                      <option value="36">ABBOTTABAD</option>
                      <option value="6" >BAHAWALPUR</option>
                      <option value="18" >CHINIOT</option>
                      <option value="14" >DERA GHAZI KHAN</option>
                      <option value="16" >FAISALABAD</option>
                      <option value="34" >GUJRANWALA</option>
                      <option value="33" >GUJRAT</option>
                      <option value="53" >JHELUM</option>
                      <option value="13" >KARACHI</option>
                      <option value="5" >MULTAN</option>
                      <option value="35" >MURREE</option>
                      <option value="25" >PESHAWAR</option>
                      <option value="22" >RAWALPINDI</option>
                      <option value="22" >LAHORE</option>
                    </select>
                </p>
                <p> To:
                  <label></label>
 
                    <select name="select2">
                      <?php echo $_POST["select2"]; ?>!<br>
                      <option value="" selected>:: Arrival ::</option>
                      <option value="36">ABBOTTABAD</option>
                      <option value="6" >BAHAWALPUR</option>
                      <option value="18" >CHINIOT</option>
                      <option value="14" >DERA GHAZI KHAN</option>
                      <option value="16" >FAISALABAD</option>
                      <option value="34" >GUJRANWALA</option>
                      <option value="33" >GUJRAT</option>
                      <option value="53" >JHELUM</option>
                      <option value="13" >KARACHI</option>
                      <option value="53" >MULTAN</option>
                      <option value="3" >MURREE</option>
                      <option value="5" >PESHAWAR</option>
                      <option value="2" >RAWALPINDI</option>
                      <option value="2" >LAHORE</option>
                    </select>
                    <br>
                </p>
              </div>
              <div class="row_select">
                <p>Arrival:<br>
                    <input type="date" name="bday" max="1979-12-31">
                    <br>
                  Destination: </p>
                <p>
                  <input type="date" name="bday2" min="2000-01-02">
                  <br>
                  <span class="cols">Adult:<br>
                  <select name="select3">
                    <option>&nbsp;</option>
                    <option>...</option>
                    <option>...</option>
                  </select>
                  </span><br>
                  <br>
                  <span class="cols pad_left1"><a href="#" class="button">BUY</a></span></p>
              </div>
              <p>&nbsp;</p>
            </div>
          </form>
 
 
 
 
 

[computerfox]

Please note that you are using the "POST" method in the form. You should be retrieving the data using POST.

Also, what's with the two different threads for the same topic?

http://bytes.com/topic/php/answers/9...-dropdown-list

[rose merry]

when user select the value form page 1 and then by pressing submit button he moves toanother page(page2) with the selected value

[rose merry]

like this website

[computerfox]

Ummm... that page just brings me to this page....


When using POST, you need to extract the value by using POST.
When using GET, you use GET.

GET does not mean get the result from POST, the same way that POST doesn't means to put the data.

When forms first came out, we used the GET method. which uses the url and sets the values using ?field=value. We then got that value by using the GET[field].

Now, we have post, which we use the same way, but is a lot safer. These are very basic concepts.

[rose merry]

http://www.renganathan.in/
...........i want to do like in this website when user select the value from (to) and (from )dropdown list and also select deperature and return from this page then he moves to the next page ........and dropdownlist in next page are automatically populated with the value selected by the user in first page..........
so my question is that how dropdownlist in second page are displayed...... ...