Re: Getting data from a page which isn't a form

If you have a form on your confirm page, with no text fields, just the submit button, you can use hidden fields in the form to pass the variables on. <input type="hidden" name="var1" value="$var1"> --Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Kohen" <kim@webguide.com.au> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: [PHP-DB] Getting data from a page which isn't a form > Hi all, > > I'm using PHP to retrieve data from a form and pass it to a 'confirm' page. > > Here the data is echoed and the user presses a 'confirm' button to finally > mail the information to us. This page is a basic html page (confirm.html) > with some inline php which displays the relevant information. At the bottom > there is a form 'confirm' button which has the action set to 'confirm.php' > > Confirm.php simply emails the data. > > The problem is that the variables are not getting passed to the confirm.php > page - presumedly because they are not part of a valid form (confirm.html > contains no form fields, just the 'confirm' button) > > I know the variables are all valid as I can echo them fine on the > confirm.html page - I just don't know how to pass them onto the new page > when they're not part of a form. > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers and thanks > > kim > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >