Pass form data to another form using array

[ultrasound0000]

Hi,

 

I need to pass form data from one form to another, different pages.  The form has about 6 fields (i.e. first name, last name, etc).  What is the best way to do this in PHP?  I was thinking maybe put all the form values into an array and then pass them over to the next page?

 

The trick is that I can use php for the first site/page, but not for the second (since that site does not have PHP installed). 

 

So this might have to be done via URL variables also, but I'm concerned about security.

 

Any suggestions and examples would be greatly appreciated. 

 

 

[AdRock]

if you are submitting the form you could save all the variables in a session and then echo out the session variables in another form

[ultrasound0000]

Do you have a specific example with using a session?  I'm new to PHP so I have no idea.

 

Also, the problem is that I won't be able to echo anything on the second page/form since it does not support PHP.  Any other thoughts?

[ultrasound0000]

Anyone have any suggestion about my post?  Thanks!

[AdRock]

You need to use session_start() at the top of any page that uses sessions.

 

This is a very basic example. Thi

 

<?php
session_start();

$_SESSION['value1'] = $_POST['form_value'];
?>

 

and if you want to echo the session you just

echo $_SESSION['value1];

 

is there any reason why the other form is php supported?

[ultrasound0000]

Hi AdRock,

 

The second site does not have PHP installed and unfortunately it's something I don't have control over.

 

So basically I would still need to find a solution for going from A to B where B does not support PHP but A does.

[premiso]

What does site B support?

[ultrasound0000]

ASP

[premiso]

ASP

 

You can use json_encode/json_decode if ASP as code for that. Basically that serializes an array for ajax usage.

 

See if ASP supports json_decode or if you can find code to do that. If so that would be my suggestion either POST the json_encode version or send it via GET.

[ultrasound0000]

Thanks Premiso I'll look into that.

 

Curious: would it be possible to simple pass the form field values one by one as url variables?  Or is that impossible?

[premiso]

Thanks Premiso I'll look into that.

 

Curious: would it be possible to simple pass the form field values one by one as url variables?  Or is that impossible?

 

Yes you can, as asp should know how to handle "REQUEST" data.

[samshel]

following are the methods of transferring data between 2 pages of different sites

 

- GET - send all variables in URL

- POST - submit the form to the second page.

 

These methods work irrespective of languages used for both pages. Languages will come into picture to READ variablesi n the second page of assing values to FORM variables before submit in first page.

 

- Session will not work in this case as the 2 pages are in different sites and hence different domains.

 

hope i make some sense.