cle13 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Hi, I have a php script which searches for school name results in a database and displays them back as links to another php script which displays detailed information about the a particular school from the same table and database. Now the second php script is supposed to use a variable from the first php script. How can I send that variable. Please help.Below are the two scripts in question.search script. [color=brown][code]<html><head><title>School Search Results</title></head><body><h3>School Search Results</h3><?php//create short variable names$search1=$HTTP_POST_VARS['name'];$search2=$HTTP_POST_VARS['type'];$search3=$HTTP_POST_VARS['year'];$search3=trim($search3);if(!$search1) { echo 'You have not entered search details please go back and try again'; exit; }$search1=addslashes($search1);$search2=addslashes($search2);$search3=addslashes($search3);$conn = mysql_connect('localhost','','pass');if (!$conn) { echo 'Error: could not connect to database. Please try again later.'; exit; }mysql_select_db('school');$query = "select * from SCHOOL where sch_name like '%".$search1."%' or type like '%".$search2."%' or year like '%".$search3."%'";$result = mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error()."<br>Couldn't execute query: $query");$num_results = mysql_num_rows($result);echo '<p>Search results found: '.$num_results.'</p>';for ($i=0; $i < $num_results; $i++) { $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); echo '<p> '.($i+1).'<a href=schselect.php> '; echo htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($row['sch_name'])); echo '</a><br> '; echo stripslashes($row['type']); echo '<br> '; echo stripslashes($row['year']); echo '</p>'; }?></body></html>[/code][/color]view details script [color=brown][code]<?$sch_name=$_GET[sch_name];mysql_connect("localhost", "","pass") or die ("Could not connect to database"); mysql_select_db("school") or die ("Could not select database"); // define the SQL command$query = "select * from school where sch_name = '$sch_name'";// submit the query to the database$res=mysql_query($query);// make sure it worked!if (!$res) {echo mysql_error();exit;}echo "<div align=\"center\">";echo "<center>";echo "<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" width=\"98%\">";echo "<tr>";// keeps getting the next row until there are no more to getwhile($row = mysql_fetch_array( $res )) { // Print out the contents of each row into a table echo "<tr>"; echo "<td width=\"100%\" height=\"58\" colspan=\"2\"><strong><font size=\"7\">"; echo $row['sch_name']; echo "</font></strong>"; echo "</td>"; echo "</tr>"; echo "<tr>"; echo " <td width=\"20%\"><font size=\"2\">YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT</font>"; echo "<font size=\"3\"><br>"; echo $row['year']; echo "</font>"; echo "<font size=\"2\">"; echo "<br>"; echo "<p><font size=\"2\">LOCATION</font><font size=\"4\"><br>"; echo "</font><font size=\"2\">"; echo $row['location']; echo "<br>"; echo "<p><font size=\"2\">KIND</font><br>"; echo "<font size=\"2\">"; echo $row['kind']; echo "<br><br>"; echo "<p><font size=\"3\">TYPE</font></p>"; echo "<p>"; echo $row['type']; echo "</p>"; echo "<p>TEL:</p><p><font size=\"3\">"; echo $row['phone']; echo "</font><br>"; echo "<p>POSTAL ADDRESS:</p><p><font size=\"3\">"; echo $row['address']; echo "</font><br>"; echo "</td>"; echo "<td width=\"80%\"><p><strong><font size=\"4\">Headteacher's Message</font></strong></p><p>"; echo $row['ht_msg']; echo "</p></font></td></tr>"; }echo "</table>";echo "</center></div>"; echo "</table>"?>[/code][/color]Thanx in advance. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/16436-passing-variables-from-php-script-to-another/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyican Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 POST or GET or Sessions or CookiesI would use get<a href='page.php?school=".$school."'>View Info</a> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/16436-passing-variables-from-php-script-to-another/#findComment-68431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cle13 Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 <a href='page.php?school=".$school."'>View Info[/url]Thanx but I dont know what to put where.for example, in <a href='page.php?school=".$school."'>View Info[/url]I put <a href='viewscript.php?folder=".$variable_to_be_sent."'>View Info[/url]Is that how I do it? or I got it wrong somewhere. Coz that returns an error.Thanx. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/16436-passing-variables-from-php-script-to-another/#findComment-68442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyican Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 exactlybut remember that the information is in the address bar, so this is not a good option for sensative information Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/16436-passing-variables-from-php-script-to-another/#findComment-68445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cle13 Posted August 3, 2006 Author Share Posted August 3, 2006 Hey man, I've done exactly that but the details script doesnt display anything! Try to look at the code for me and tell me where my mistakes are. Thanx. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/16436-passing-variables-from-php-script-to-another/#findComment-68517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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