I have a script which is run with a parameter (e.g. details.php?studentid=10325).
On this script I have a form with the following form code so that the form data is sent to the current script. However, what's happening is that the script is running without the parameter. How do I preserve the parameter in this form code?
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Not really recommended, but you could add a hidden <input> tag with the studentid so it is sent back when you submit the form. Like so :
<input type="hidden" name="studentid" value="<?= $_GET['studentid'] ?>">
Leave the action blank, and the form will submit back to the current url
<form method="post" action="">
Keep in mind you have specified post method, so the form values will come thru in $_POST, whereas your studentid on the query string will be in $_GET['studentid'], you can work around that by using $_REQUEST['studentid'] instead, but make sure you don't have a field in the form also called studentid
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I am working with PHP forms.
The opening form tag looks like this:
<form name="adv_search_form" action="<?php echo $targetpage; ?>" method="GET">
This generated the following HTML:
<form name="adv_search_form" action="index.php?&rel=common_listing&module=company&sort_option=&search_option=&show_max_row=15" method="GET">
When I submit this form, I land on a URL:
http://localhost/projectcode12may2014/ampanel/index.php?field%5B%5D=broker_name&adv_operation%5B%5D=LIKE&value%5B%5D=&query_type%5B%5D=AND&submit=Submit
But what I want is that
?field%5B%5D=broker_name&adv_operation%5B%5D=LIKE&value%5B%5D=&query_type%5B%5D=AND&submit=Submit
should be appended to the action URL on the landing page. Can anyone suggest any good method for doing this?
Thanks in advance.
If you are using method="get" the parameters in action are overwritten. Only what is in the from will be transmitted.
You need to add hidden fields for all these values. For example:
<input type="hidden" name="module" value="company" />
That is your from data.
You have method="get" in your form tag. This means that the form data is concatinated to the URL. Use method="post" to have send form data as a POST request and keep your URI clean.
So change this line
<form name="adv_search_form" action="<?php echo $targetpage; ?>" method="GET">
to this
<form name="adv_search_form" action="<?php echo $targetpage; ?>" method="post">
Then you can access your form data in PHP with the global $_POST var which holds an array with the submitted data.
This is a normal behavior. Using GET method discard all parameters specified directly in action attribute.
Use POST method instead or move parameters from action attribute of the form to input fields with type="hidden".
When I use <form action="code.php?id=1" method="post"></form>, the form id is passed in the URL. But when I write the same code by replacing 'POST' by 'GET', the id is not passed to the URL.
Why?
When you submit a GET form, the values from the form are appended to the action URL, as the "query string" after the ?. Specifying an existing query string in the action attribute of such a form creates an ambiguity. Browsers don't merge the two query strings, they just throw away the old query string and build the new one based on the form.
With a POST form, there is no ambiguity: the data from the form is sent separately from the URL, so there is no need for the query string to be over-written.
However, it's probably best not to mix the two kind of parameters, so the solution is always to include your extra parameters as hidden fields, then it will work with both GET and POST forms:
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="1">
Better way is to pass id in hidden field.
<form action="code.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" value="1" name="id" />
</form>
If your form is as below
<form action="code.php?id=1" method="post">
<input typ"text" name="username" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
example script in code.php
<?php
print_r($_GET);
print_r($_POST);
print_r($_REQUEST);
?>
You will get form data in post array and url parameters in get array, in request you will get both get and post data in one array. But if you change from post to get method your form data added with the url instead of appending. This issue is because of ambiguity. To get solution i this situation, create a hidden field in your form those you also want to send with query string.
How do I link the PHP to the HTML form? I understand how to do the PHP and how to do the HTML, but how do I link the php to the html or is that automatic,
how does the HTML form know about the PHP?
In your form set the action attribute to the path of your php script eg:
<form action="/path/to/php/script.php" method="post">
...
</form>
You set your action="" in your form to point to your PHP script. When the user clicks the submit button in your form, the PHP script will be called and the formdata will be handed over to the PHP script.
The method you choose when making your form is how PHP will gather the values passed in.
As such:
<form action="handler.php" method="post">
<!-- OR -->
<form action="handler.php" method="get">
The action tells where the form values will be sent to and the method tells how the values of the items in the form will be passed back to the server. The post method will send the values back so they may be retrieved by the $_POST array (both post and get can be retrieved by the $_REQUEST array). For example:
<input type="text" name="myInput">
Will post back to the server and can be retrieved by
$var = $_POST['myInput'];
It's always best to test if there is actually an input, and the following can be used
if(isset($_POST['myInput'])) { /*do something if set*/}
else{ /*do something if not set*/}
If the form was submitted by the get method, the values of the form is passed back in the URL, like such:
http://www.domain.tld/handler.php?myInput=someValue
The value is then retrieved by using the $_GET array:
$var = $_GET['myInput'];
Once again, you should test that it exists.
For good examples and explanations, please read a PHP book or search for PHP and HTML forms. This is the very basics of PHP.
Try this in a php file
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="text" value="html form data" name="name" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" />
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
echo 'I am php. I know this value is from html - '. $_POST['name'];
?>
If you are talking about refilling your form with the php values: inside your input fields, just add the request variable.
<input type="text" name="input1" value="<?=$_REQUEST['var_name']?>" />
If you are talking about sending date to php, just point to a file using the form action.
<form action="file.php" method="post">
</form>
Then you process all the data in that php file.
I have a form on a page with get parameters:
index.php?PageID=12
I then have a multiple forms on that page which build up the page details as the user selects the details.
My problem is when the form is posted the Get overwrites other get parameters.
I can use post but then can only post the information back once as the post values are wiped when the next form is submitted;
the idea is the forms build up a address as such;
?PageID=12
?PageID=12&Section=48
?PageID=12&Section=48&Event=1456
and so on as the user selects more items.
Thanks for your help.
For forms with method=get the query string parameters specified in action attribute are ignored. Add such parameters as hidden form fields:
<form action="index.php" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="PageID" value="12">
<input type="hidden" name="Section" value="48">
<input type="hidden" name="Event" value="1456">
</form>
You can use server-side script or JavaScript to add the query string parameters as hidden form fields.
Put the incoming $_GET params in hidden fields
you can use the below code in which you can initialize the parameter that already required to post
<form action="index.php" method="get">
Here all the parameter will join with index.php?.......
So if you required to pass some parameter by default then you can write index.php?para=1......
But don not leave it blank form action value, by default it will consider the same url that is in address bar.
May this will help you .........:)
How can I submit a form to itself without clearing the data in the fields using HTML, javascript and PHP?
You could take different approaches (e.g. cookies, jquery, etc...), however HTML + a line in PHP are more than enough in this case. Try this example code:
<form name="test" method="post">
Your Name: <input type="text" name="YourName" <?php if (isset($_POST['YourName'])) echo 'value="'.$_POST['YourName'].'"';?> >
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
In the code above if something has been posted to the receiving page (that can be the same page, such as in your case), then the posted value is printed out in the corresponding field. You can use this approach for all the fields composing your form.
If you want, you can also use similarly the $_GET method in the form.
If you use the traditional form submit, you need to save the parameters and rewrite the form input elements when you write the form the next time. But a better way is to use AJAX -- then the field data is sent without a form submission, and the input elements retain their data. See this link: http://www.w3schools.com/ajax/default.asp