Re: php-db Digest 11 Feb 2002 20:12:53 -0000 Issue 1046

On 2/11/02 12:12 PM, "php-db-digest-help@lists.php.net" <php-db-digest-help@lists.php.net> wrote: It sounds to me like you are blowing away name in the URL when you submit a new form. ../index.php?name=My Name Is just like clicking the submit button on a form with: action = ../index.php method = get When you users use a new form the arguments to ../index.php are taken from the form not the URL - I don't think you can say action = ../index.ph?name=My Name method = get And certainly not: action = ../index.ph?name=My Name method = post But the solution is easy - just put a hidden field "name" with the value set to "My Name" inside of each form. Good Luck, Frank > From: Bzdpltd@aol.com > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 05:27:57 EST > To: <php-db@lists.php.net> > Subject: Forms carrying values. > > Hi list, hope someone can help me here. > > I have content management system I have designed. I am still learning php so > help here would be appreciated. > > The user logs into the system, and we carry there user name over the pages > using a link to each page with the value of their name carried over as > follows: ../index.php?name=<?echo("$name")?> > > This works fine for the whole site, except when a user makes changes to a > entry. Once they submit adding a new entry or modifying an existing one, the > value of : ../index.php?name=My Name ends up being ./index.php?name=My > > It deletes the end of the name of the url, so that when the user clicks the > link it does not really know who they are. > > I have used a hidden field to carry the value of the name over the pages, but > it does not work on forms. > > I hope this makes some sort of sense. > > If anyone knows of a workaround. > > Thanks > > Barry >