variables in a URL

hello everyone..I am trying to pass some php variables from a form on one of my sites into a URL..although I am having trouble..my form is using post method and the action I am using is to another php file..for example, the script is on bluewidget.com/site1.php

my action is going to site2.php (same location)

so I should be hitting a URL like bluewidget.com/site1.php?action=site2.php&name=NameHere&email=EmailHere&submit=Submit

this should be correct right? Any thoughts or suggestions to a php newb

 

If you're going to use variables in the url, you'll need to use method=GET on your form.
POST method will not append vars onto URL.

To parse the form, you'd use predifined variables $_GET['yourvarname']


List of all predefined php vars is at http://us3.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php

 

thanks for clearing that up for me Speedy!

 

If you're using Post in your form variables in the URL won't work.
Post and Get are different.

Ex:

<form action="script.php" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="name" />
Address: <input type="text" name="address" />
Phone: Name: <input type="text" name="phone" />
</form>

Code (markup):

Then your script will need to be

<?php

$name = $_POST['name'];
$address = $_POST['address'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];

?>

Code (markup):

If it's

<form action="script.php" method="get">
Name: <input type="text" name="name" />
Address: <input type="text" name="address" />
Phone: Name: <input type="text" name="phone" />
</form>

<?php

$name = $_GET['name'];
$address = $_GET['address'];
$phone = $_GET['phone'];

?>

Code (markup):

If you don't care because people could be sending their forms via Post or Get

<?php

$name = $_REQUEST['name'];
$address = $_REQUEST['address'];
$phone = $_REQUEST['phone'];

?>

Code (markup):

Hope that helps.
Mike

 

Makes total sense..thanks for the excellent explanation Mike!

 

No prob, let me know if you have anymore quirks.

 

you just use hidden inputes of HTML
review this
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step1.php
<form method="post" action="step2.php">
<input type="hidden" name="variablename" values="<?=$phpvarible?>">
</form>
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step2.php
u can get the values from $_POST['variblename'];
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