-> How to read a form variable before posting? <-

[Steve JORDI]

Hi,
is there a way to read the content of a form variable before
a POST?

I have a form with a "duplicate" button which opens a new form
with most of the fields filled with the values of the calling one.
To do so, I pass the id of the form to be duplicated.
Example:
- I have a form with "Number = 1234567" in a "numform" edit field.
- Duplicate has a href=/duplicateform.php?id=1234567
- then the "duplicateform.php" reads id with a GET['id']

This is easy as I come from a displayed form that retrieves its
values via a SQL statement and with a specific "number" reference.

Now, once I am in this new form, I have a save button to save all
values, including the new "Number" the user would type in, say
"22222222". The save process works correctly via AJAX and saves the
record using a POST action.
But then, I still have my "duplicate" button which should now
point to href=/duplicateform.php?id=22222222
How can I get this 22222222 value from within the form itself?
I have to get it from the "numform" field, but how can I do this?

it would be something like
href=/duplicateform.php?id=<?=[value_of_field_number]?>

with value_of_field_number being the actual value of that edit field.

Any help would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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[Steve JORDI]

As a complement to my question...

I have a hidden form field called "recid" with id="recid".

By default it's set to "-1" to let me know the form is new
and has not been stored in the database.

I was thinking about adding a javascript event to the field's
onBlur() event like:
getElementById("recid").value = getElementById("number").value

to store the value currently in my field.

Then I could use a reference like

<A href="/formduplicate.php?id=<?=$_GET['recid']?>">...</a>

But I'm afraid that this would not work as the recid variable was not
part of a POST event or passed as an URL argument.

Is this correct?
Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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[Floortje]

How can I get this 22222222 value from within the form itself?
I have to get it from the "numform" field, but how can I do this?

Hi, check out mysql_insert_id()

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[Steve JORDI]

Actually, the following code sample works ok to built
the href tag dynamically...

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function toto() {
var num = document.getElementById("num") ;
var ref=document.getElementById("theref") ;
ref.href="mypage.php?id="+num.value ;
}
</script>

<form method="post">
<INPUT name="num" type="text" id="num" onBlur="toto();">
<A href="" id="theref">go</a>
</form>

When I click on "go" the link is correct and point to mypage
with the id= to the value I have in the edit field.

This allows me to know where to point to before POSTING. That's
what I need.
Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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[shimmyshack]

On May 14, 2:56 pm, Steve JORDI <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Actually, the following code sample works ok to built
the href tag dynamically...

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function toto() {
var num = document.getElementById("num") ;
var ref=document.getElementById("theref") ;
ref.href="mypage.php?id="+num.value ;
}
</script>

<form method="post">
<INPUT name="num" type="text" id="num" onBlur="toto();">
<A href="" id="theref">go</a>
</form>

When I click on "go" the link is correct and point to mypage
with the id= to the value I have in the edit field.

This allows me to know where to point to before POSTING. That's
what I need.

Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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of course you could just post to mypage, and use
$_GET['id'] = $_POST['numform']; //with filtering of course!
if you REALLY need to populate the GET array.

[Steve JORDI]

I actually need to know the id of my record BEFORE
posting, so I can dynamically create the <A href>
link with the correct value passed to the mypage file.

So my javascript function does exactly what I need.

Thanks anyway.

Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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[shimmyshack]

On May 14, 3:10 pm, Steve JORDI <[e-mail]>
wrote:

I actually need to know the id of my record BEFORE
posting, so I can dynamically create the <A href>
link with the correct value passed to the mypage file.

So my javascript function does exactly what I need.

Thanks anyway.

Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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if you say so