Help passing url appended value as hidden form input via php

Hi,

I'm a complete noob- was hoping that someone might be able to point me in the right direction.

I'm simply trying to have subdomain.mysite.com/California?click=1234 pass the value of "1234" as a hidden value under the name 'click' when the form is submitted.

This value will be passed in the url and not generated from a form on another page (PPC landing page to track individual media sources).

The only php expression I have at the top of the page is: <?php $state = (!empty($_GET['state'])) ? str_replace('WashingtonDC', 'Washington D.C.', $_GET['state']) : ''; ?> (to simply allow me to echo the state which is in each url onto the page.

I have the following code:

<input type="hidden" name="click" value="<?php echo $_GET["click"]; ?>">

However when I load the page and view the source I don't see anything for the value except "".

If I hardcode something for the value it passes to the second page and ties into my system their beautifully.

Can I not use that PHP expression within a value="" tag?

The full form code is:

<form action="http://subdomain.mysite.com/searchresults.php" id="quoteform" name="quoteform" method="get">

<div class="getQuote">








<h1>Get a Free Quote Now</h1>


<span class="enterZip">Simply Enter Your Zip Code</span>


<!-- Appear the <span> if zip code is invalid -->


<img src="/images/arrows.gif" alt="" align="top" border="0">

<!-- <input type="text" class="zipCode" name="zip" id="search_string" value="Zip Code" size="7" maxlength="5" -->
<input class="zipCode" name="zipcode" id="search_string" size="7" tabindex="1" maxlength ="5" type="text">



<input type="hidden" name="click" value="<?php echo $_GET["click"]; ?>">


<input src="/images//button_go_landing.gif" value="submit" id="image1" name="image1" align="top" type="image">

<p class="Quote">Save up to <span class="savings">$400</span> or more!<br />

</p>
</div>

<!-- Graphic for quote area -->
<img src="/images/backgrond_image_for_form.jpg" alt="Save up to $400" border="0">
<!-- End "Get A Quote" area -->


</form>

I presume this is a simple fix, I'll paypal a beer ($5) to the first person who can help me get this working.

Thanks

 

That is really strange, it should work perfectly...look, it's working for me: click

 

AHA!

Got it- I wasn't going to index.php- simply to mysite.com. As soon as I stuck index.php on there it worked. Thanks. Fire me your paypal via pm for the effort and I'll fire a drink your way.

Cheers!
Lars

edit: while doing that works I now can't have mysite/california (or mysite/nebraska) and have this function. Any other thoughts?

 

Could you clarify please?

 

Dagon-

I think I've narrowed the issue down to the following:

In my htaccess I have this:

DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ index.php?state=$1 [L]

Then at the top of my index page I have <?php $state = (!empty($_GET['state'])) ? str_replace('WashingtonDC', 'Washington D.C.', $_GET['state']) : ''; ?>

If I navigate to mysite.com/California (or any other "directory" <that doesn't really exist>), it parses this value in my page where I've called <?=$state?>.

If I go to mysite.com/California?click=1234 my hidden field as detailed above is empty.

IF I go to mysite.com?click=1234 the "1234" value shows up.

I believe that my mod rewrite expression and possibly the first line of php need to be altered to allow me to go to mysite.com/California?click=1234 and have a) "California" still show up where <?=$state?> is, AND have my hidden field grab the "click" value of 1234

(again that bit of code is <input type="hidden" name="click" value="<?php echo $_GET["click"]; ?>">)

Thanks,

 

Try this rewrite rule instead :
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ index.php?state=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

PS: where do you live that beer costs $5? You'll be poor before getting drunk

 

THANK YOU! That works brilliantly.

I'm in Southern California (Orange County) PM me your paypal account.