Re: keeping fields moving forward

I think I have it fixed I had some code wrong in my <input hidden> variable this worked and did the job for me I am an old time type of programmer who is not very good with the object oriented programming and have not taken the time to learn some new tricks. one day I will. ""Mike Ryan"" <miker@mail.manti.com> wrote in message news:7B.A0.02377.3DAFAC64@pb1.pair.com... > I am creating a series of forms that collect information this covers 3 > screens before I want to write it out to the database. when I go from one > screen to the next I have tried hidden and readonly input boxes but the data > in the hidden and readonly fields from screen one do not make it to the > final page. > > Is there a way to get the data from page one without letting the users > modify the information. I guess I could write the data to the database but > how do I find the record number of the data I just wrote so that I can > update the information, will php tell me the record number? I am using php > 5.2.1 and mysql 5.x > > thanks for your help. >