How to use string from condition1 into condition2? - php

Question

I have the following code:
<form action='' method='POST' id='form1'>
imdbcode : <input type='text' id='imdbcode' name='imdbcode' /><br/>
<input type='submit' name='submit' value='Get'/>
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
.
.
.
$title = ... ;
echo "
<form action='' method='POST' id='form2'>
<input type='submit' name='Send' value='Send'/>
</form>";
}
if(isset($_POST['Send'])){
//I WANT TO USE $Title from condition1
} ?>
I want to use $title in second condition.
It prints $title in first condition! But doesn't print after closing condition!
How can I do that?

Answer 1

You can't.
Before you can enter the if(isset($_POST['Send']))
you need submit this one:
echo "
<form action='' method='POST' id='form2'>
<input type='submit' name='Send' value='Send'/>
</form>";
but the moment you submit this, the page will be refreshed and $_POST['submit'] will be deleted, without this variable the $title will not exist.
to fix this or make the $title value alive until the next refresh of the page. you must include the $title value along with the form2.
echo "
<form action='' method='POST' id='form2'>
<input type='hidden' name='title' value="$title"/>
<input type='submit' name='Send' value='Send'/>
</form>";
and when the user send that form2 you can access the title by using
$_POST['title']

Answer 2

As two your forms are different - there's no connection between them unless you explicitly provide it.
Simple solution can be just echo your $title as a hidden field in a form:
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$title = ... ;
echo "
<form action='' method='POST' id='form2'>
<input type='hidden' name='title' value='" . $title . "'/>
<input type='submit' name='Send' value='Send'/>
</form>";
}
if(isset($_POST['Send'])){
echo $_POST['title'];
// do other stuff
}
Another solution is to use sessions:
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$title = ... ;
$_SESSION['title'] = $title;
echo "
<form action='' method='POST' id='form2'>
<input type='submit' name='Send' value='Send'/>
</form>";
}
if(isset($_POST['Send'])){
echo $_SESSION['title'];
// do other stuff
}
In case of using sessions don't forget to use session_start and probably to unset $_SESSION['title'] in the end of second submit.

Answer 3

<form action='' method='POST' id='form2'>
<input type='hidden' name='text' value='<?php echo $title; ?>
<input type='submit' name='Send' value='Send'/>
</form>
Try to add a hidden input before the Send button.