Carrying variable in URL through different pages

[sbayter]

Hi,
I am migrating from ASP to PHP and I have a survey I need to convert.
It works like an application in which each question in in different pages.
I need the variable that carries the name of the person filling out the survey to to be on each page of the survey.
I want to carry it in the URL (ie. survey.php?name=Bob)
Is there any way to sent it from the "action" of the form?
Thanks in advance, sbayter

 

[sleipnir214]

Sure.

<form method=POST action=&quot;survey.php?name=Bob&quot;>
.
.
.
</form>

Will work, and will allow you to send form data to PHP by both GET (the fields in the URL) and POST (the fields on the form).

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[GiffordS]

You can also send it in the URL by using a hidden element in the form.

<Input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;user&quot; value=&quot;bob&quot;></Input>

The variable $user will have the value &quot;bob&quot; in the target page, and the input element will be invisible to the users. You could also pass it in the URL without a form by making it an attribute of a link.

 

[sbayter]

//<form method=POST action=&quot;survey.php?name=Bob&quot;>

I tried this with no success.
In the url of the next page if showed:
...survey.php?name=
but no value was in it.
Thanks,
sbayter

 

[sleipnir214]

If you are trying to reference the information as $name, you may have register_globals turned off.

Try $_GET['name']

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