RE: [PHP] Can I use variable appended to the end of a link if I'm not using it for SQL query?

yep - definately need that hidden field, just a simple line will do (normally) <input type="hidden" name="title" value="<?= $title; ?>"> you'll have to do "funky" stuff if there's quotes in the title or anything that gets escaped, like "'", and "\", etc -----Original Message----- From: lmlweb [mailto:junkit@lmlweb.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:33 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Can I use variable appended to the end of a link if I'm not using it for SQL query? Hi, I went ahead and tried it - it works beautifully, where the title does show up perfectly when you arrive at the form. I filled out the form both to test the actual email body and the resulting html page once you've filled out the form and submitted. The $title variable does not show up in either the email body nor in the resulting page (the thank you for filling out this form page). While I can make the resulting page very generic by not adding the $title anywhere there, but the email body must contain the $title variable. I'm thinking maybe I should be adding the hidden form field for the $title? Here's the mail code: mail("$recipientname <$final_recipient>","$form[subject]","$form[first_name] $form[last_name] ($form[email]) send the following message to $recipientname ($final_recipient) : \n\n $form[message]\n\n Name: $form[first_name] $form[last_name] \n Event: $event \n Address: $form[address] \n City/Province: $form[city], $form[province] \n Phone: $form[areacode] $form[part1]-$form[part2] \n Email: $form[email] \n Subject: $form[subject] \n", "From: $form[first_name] $form[last_name] <$form[email]>\nReply-To: $form[first_name] $form[last_name] <$form[email]>\nContent-type: text/plain\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()); "Martin Towell" <martin.towell@world.net> wrote in message news:6416776FCC55D511BC4E0090274EFEF508A138@exchange.world.net... > sure - do exactly as you described. > > just because a variable is appended to a url, doesn't mean it HAS to be used > in an SQL statement. It can be used for anything you like - even ignored... > :) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lmlweb [mailto:junkit@lmlweb.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:56 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Can I use variable appended to the end of a link if I'm > not using it for SQL query? > > > For example, on a page, I have this link: > > <a > href="http://www.website.com/register.html?select=$title">$title</a> > > where > > $title is whatever the database spits up on a previous query. Now I want to > be able to carry that $title onto the next page, which is a form mail for > registering for the events, without having to use database. Basically I want > to be able to set the form up so it says: > > To register for $title, please fill out the form: > who: ____ > what: _____ > where: _____ > [submit] [reset] > > and when it's submitted the mail() function will have an subject heading > that consits of "$title Registration" > > is that possible? > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php