HTTP_POST_VARS Help 1

[deecee]

I have a form called "register" that i have set to post...on the form users enter basic info that gets inserted into a database -- i then send them to a thank you page that i want to do 2 thing first i want to say "thank you blah blah blah....you have entered the follwoing info :NAME: ... EMAIL: ..."

i thought <? echo $HTTP_POST_VARS['firstName']; ?> would display the entered info -- but i was wrong

what am i missing?

Secondly i want this page to email the info as well but if i can get the first part answered then the second shouldn't be a big deal right?

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[sleipnir214]

The variables probably aren't available because form variables are only available to the script to which they are submitted.

I don't know the mechanism you're using to send the user to the &quot;thank you&quot; page, but if it involves HTTP redirection, then no data is submitted to the &quot;thank you&quot; page, so the variables are not available.

There are several workarounds I can think of:[ul][li]Just have the first script perform the functions of both scripts through the use of an if...else or a switch construct[/li][li]use session variables[/li][li]pass the variables from the first script to the second in the URL[/li][ul]

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[deecee]

this is the part of the script that redirects

$insertGoTo = &quot;register_pass.php&quot;;
if (isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'])) {
$insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? &quot;&&quot; : &quot;?&quot;;
$insertGoTo .= $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'];

can i just append the variables to the url

$insertGoTo = &quot;register_pass.php?first=firstName&last=lastName&...&quot;;

or how would i pass the variables from page 1 to page 2 vial url?

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[sleipnir214]

Yes, you can pass the values to the second script via the URL by appending the values as you have shown.



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[deecee]

thanks man so 1 more questions so in the page it gets passed to i just all them

$firstName = $HTTP_POST_VARS['first'];
$lastName = $HTTP_POST_VARS['last'];

Thank You <? print &quot;$firstName $lastName&quot; ?> for registering.

Will output say

Thank You Billie Bob for registering.

Say the guys name is Billie Bob in the form!

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[sleipnir214]

If you are passing the variables in the URL, you won't use $HTTP_POST_VARS (or preferrably if available $_POST) but rather $HTTP_GET_VARS (or preferrably if available $_GET)

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[deecee]

thanks

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[deecee]

ok i did this and the output came out as

&quot;Thank You firstName lastName for registering.&quot;

how do i pass the variable over do i have to put

register_pass.php?first=$firstName&last=$lastName

in the url?




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[sleipnir214]

If you are performing a redirect, then yes, you will have to pass on the variables and values.

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[deecee]

thanks sleip.

That last post was a waste of time
i shouldve tried it out first because it seemed to work :/

just getting lazy this Friday!

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