[SOLVED] Carry PHP Code Over to an Extra Page?

[makeITfunctional]

Hi, PHP Freaks!

 

I have a question for you regarding the ability for PHP to carry information over to another page.

 

To explain:

 

This is for a wedding registry website I am constructing. 

 

On page one, I have a search field.  If you search for Joe Smith, you will then be taken to a dynamically generated PHP & HTML page that displays any Joe Smiths in the database.

 

From there, you could click on the name of the wedding party you wanted and a page would load that would have a photo of the bride and groom couple.

 

Finally, from the photo page, you could click a button again that would load a wedding registry for the couple.

 

 

I have not pasted the search page, but I am pasting the code for the PHP page that generates the listings of the couples.  How can I have it bridge (and remember) the information so that I can add a photo page that then carries the data to the registry page?

 

I have pasted the code here:  http://pastie.org/private/iw0obthro1l716uqtppqfa

 

But as the code is, it only will take you to the listing of the people -- I basically need the PHP code to be carried through to subsequent pages, how can I do this?

 

I know this is hard to follow so please ask if you have any questions!

 

Thanks!

 

[savagenoob]

Sorry man, I'm not reading over that code, but just submit a common id of the table via post or get, then just get it on the next page and run another query. Or learn to use $_SESSION to store the info you want passed on.

[makeITfunctional]

Hey, savagenoob.  Thanks for your help -- you gave me some direction!    Yeah, I guess the website code I pasted wasn't necessary.  What's the best way to carry over mySQL data using $_SESSION?  I appreciate it!

[savagenoob]

something like this....

<?php

session_start();

$_SESSION['name'] = "whatever info, field, or varibable you want to pass";

?>

then on every page you do a session_start(), you can call the field by doing something like....

 

<?php
session_start()

$name = $_SESSION['name'];
//then do a query

$example = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table WHERE name = '$name'")or die(mysql_error());

while(mysql_fetch_assoc($example)){
//pull all  the data you need again and display

}
?>

then you can remove all the session varibales by using session_unset();

 

hope that helps a little.

But passing a common field from a table via a hidden field in a table using get or post works as well like ...

 

<input type="hidden" name="clientid" value="<?php echo $ID ?>">

 

then just get it on the page you post to.