redirect data by click back button

[sbettadpur]

Hi,

Here i have a doubt

i have two forms one to fill the data in the input boxs once i filled 1st form then i am submitting the data to next page . So in next page i have one back button if i pressed back button i should get previous data means 1st form data with related fields and this should be in php


Thanking you

[Atli]

Hi.

Didn't really understand what you just said.
What I think you mean is...

You have two forms on separate pages. The first form posts its data to the page that contains the second form. Once there, you have a back button that, if clicked, sends you back to the first page, where you want the form re-filled with the data it originally sent to the second page.

Does that sound about right?

If not, please try a better explanation. The quality of our answers are highly dependent on the quality of your questions.

[sbettadpur]

Hi.

Didn't really understand what you just said.
What I think you mean is...

You have two forms on separate pages. The first form posts its data to the page that contains the second form. Once there, you have a back button that, if clicked, sends you back to the first page, where you want the form re-filled with the data it originally sent to the second page.

Does that sound about right?

If not, please try a better explanation. The quality of our answers depend very much on the quality of your questions.

sorry for the improper explanation, what u think is absolutely right?
in the second form i have back button(which link to form1 page) or back hyperlink(which link to form1 page). if i press back button or link(back) the form1 should have data that i recently entered.

thanks for reply

[Atli]

Ok.

The simplest solution would probably be to use sessions. You can read more about sessions in this article.

Consider this example:

Page1.php

<?php
  # Start session
  session_start();
 
  # Check if the data exists in the session.
  # If it does, save it and use it as the value
  # for the <input> field.
  $data = "";
  if(isset($_SESSION['data'])) {
    $data = $_SESSION['data'];
  }
?>
<form action="Page2.php" method="POST">
  <input type="text" name="data" value="<?php echo $data; ?>" />
  <br><input type="submit" />
</form>
 

Page2.php

<?php
  # Start session
  session_start();
 
  # Check if data was posted
  # If it was, set the session variable
  # so that Page1.php can use the value
  # if the user clicks the back button.
  if(isset($_POST['data'])) {
    # Set the session
    $_SESSION['data'] = $_POST['data'];
  }
 
  # Print message and back link
  echo "You posted '". $_POST['data'] ."'";
  echo "<br><a href='Page1.php'>Go back to Page1</a>";
?>
 

As you can see. In Page2 I save the data that was posted from Page1 in the session. Then, if the user clicks the back button, Page1 can use the session variable from Page2 to fill the form with it's old values.