Re: Storing values between multiple page forms

Matty Sarro wrote:

Yeah, I'm working on this with the hopes of it turning into a full module for a larger project I'm working on... but I'm still a bit of a noob :) Thanks for the assistance guys! On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Daniel Brown <parasane@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Matty Sarro <msarro@gmail.com> wrote:

Greets all! I am working on a minor project for work for entering inventory

information

for servers we ship out. Here is my plan: First page - Get client name, number of servers, and find number of miscellaneous equipment(s) being shipped (UPS's, monitors, etc)

[snip!]

I'm still planning this out... my major concern is how would I maintain values between pages?

<?php session_start(); $_SESSION['value'] = $your_sanitized_value_from_POST; $_SESSION['value2'] = $your_second_sanitized_value; echo "<pre />\n"; print_r($_SESSION); echo "</pre>\n"; ?> RTFM: http://php.net/session Keep in mind, it'll only work on the same server and same domain. Otherwise, you may want to look into using wildcard cookies. -- </Dan> Daniel P. Brown Senior Unix Geek <? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?>

If you are going to follow Daniel's example, since you could potentially be working with more then one server on any given order, you might want to look at using a multi-dimensional array to store your values in. $_SESSION['order_info'] = array(); $_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data'] = array(); $_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data']['name'] = '';

$contact_data                 = array();
$contact_data['type']         = 'billing';
$contact_data['address']      = '123 Someplace Ave';
$contact_data['city']         = 'New York';
$contact_data['state']        = 'NY';

$contact_data['phone_number'] = '2134526523'; $_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data']['contact_data'][0] = $contact_data;

$contact_data                 = array();
$contact_data['address']      = 'shipping';
$contact_data['city']         = '321 Somewhere Ave';
$contact_data['state']        = 'New York';
$contact_data['state']        = 'NY';

$contact_data['phone_number'] = '2134526523'; $_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data']['contact_data'][1] = $contact_data; $server['make'] = 'Dell'; $server['model'] = 'Power Edge 2400'; $server['ram'] = '2gig';

$server['hd']    = '6x18g Seagate U320 SCSI';

$server['video'] = '64 ATI';

$_SESSION['order_info']['servers'][0]          = $server;

$server['make'] = 'Dell'; $server['model'] = 'Power Edge 2600'; $server['ram'] = '2gig';

$server['hd']    = '3x36g Seagate U320 SCSI';

$server['video'] = '64 ATI';

$_SESSION['order_info']['servers'][1]          = $server;

As you might have guessed, I like arrays. I would actually go as far as making arrays out of the ram, hd, etc... data. This would allow me to have detailed information about each section/option. Hope this helps -- Jim Lucas "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare