[SOLVED] Passing text from one webpage into textarea of form

[BradleyBrokers]

A little help? I would like to make life a little easier for my website users.

 

When a user clicks the "More Information" tab (see www.BradleyBrokers.com/clients.php ),

I want the "Listing Code" to be automatically inserted into the form (see www.BradleyBrokers.com/missing.php ) so that a user does not have to remember the "Listing Code".

 

This is a snipit from the submit "More Information" webpage:

$Status[1]="<br><br><br>STATUS: Available<br> LISTING CODE: CousLincoln<br><span class='title'><a href=missing.html>MORE INFORMATION</a></span><img src='picts/arrow.gif' HEIGHT=15 WIDTH=15 alt='beer drinking'><br></div><div style='padding: 5px 0px 5px 15px; float:left; width:250px'></div>";

 

And, for example, I would like the LISTING CODE: CousLincoln to be inserted into the webform here:

 

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="Listing Code" SIZE="30" CLASS="shadeform"> <B>Listing Code*</B><BR><BR>

 

I typically have 20-40 Listing Codes which change postion and get deleted with new ones added. Nothing static. I have put them into arrays for database use, but I cannot figure-out how to pass the info into the form. Any suggestions???

[ratcateme]

you could add a get value to the url so for the first one the url would be

http://www.bradleybrokers.com/missing.php?code=Commissary

then add this to missing.php

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="Listing Code" SIZE="30" CLASS="shadeform" value="<?=$_GET['code']?>"> <B>Listing Code*</B><BR><BR>

 

Scott.

[BradleyBrokers]

Hi Scott,

 

So I understand, for each $Status (listings on the first webpage which triggers the form) I would change each $Status to look like this:

 

$Status[1]="<br><br><br>STATUS: Available<br> LISTING CODE: CousLincoln<br><span class='title'>
<a href=missing.php?code=Commessary>MORE INFORMATION</a></span><img src='picts/arrow.gif' HEIGHT=15 WIDTH=15 alt='beer drinking'><br></div><div style='padding: 5px 0px 5px 15px; float:left; width:250px'></div>";

 

and then add this to missing.php:

 

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="Listing Code" SIZE="30" CLASS="shadeform" value="<?=$_GET['code']?>"> <B>Listing Code*</B><BR><BR>

 

Do I have it correct? ???

[ratcateme]

yep that looks fine to me

[BradleyBrokers]

Thanks. I'll give it a try and mark this as solved. THANKS

[BradleyBrokers]

Scott (or anyone) it is not working. I get a Parse error with this script:

 

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="Listing Code" SIZE="30" CLASS="shadeform" value="<?=$_GET['code']?>"> <B>Listing Code*</B><BR><BR>

 

www.BradleyBroekrs.com/clients.php to the form at www.bradleybrokers.com/missing.php

 

Any fixes?

[BlueSkyIS]

what is the parse error? i get no error copy/pasting that code. is there more code you aren't showing?

[akitchin]

my guess is that short tags are not enabled on your server.  if that's the case, you'll have to put in the long version:

 

<?php echo $_GET['code']; ?>

 

as opposed to the shorthand version you're currently using:

 

<?=$_GET['code']?>

[BradleyBrokers]

Thanks... I'll give it a try now and see what happens. I will report back eitehr way in 10 minutes.

[BradleyBrokers]

There is code above and below this section:

 

</TD></TR><TR><TD>
Please enter only one "Listing Code"<br><br> 
</TD></TR><TR><TD>

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="Listing Code" SIZE="30" CLASS="shadeform" value="<?PHP=$_GET['code']?>"> <B>Listing Code*</B><BR><BR>

</TD></TR><TR><TD>

 

The parse error is this:

 

Parse error: parse error in /home/www/bradleybrokers/missing.php on line 121

 

I gave <?PHP and <? both a try.

[akitchin]

that doesn't look like the line i posted.  change it to the one i posted and try again.

[BradleyBrokers]

OOooops I was wrong.... It was the short hand version problem. The long hand version works. Yes! Yes! Thanks You Thanks YOU Thank YOU!!!!!