Send form information using PHP

[eacollie]

I have an html form that submits to a php file.  I want the php file to send this information to another file (for email using formmail.php). 

 

I can pick up the form data, but how do I send this information to another file?  Do I create another form, populate it with the data, and submit it? Or is there another way?

[MatthewJ]

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[eacollie]

Thanks MatthewJ.

I'm not very good with PHP, but here's what I'm trying to do:

1. User fills out html form and this submits to a php file.

2. PHP file collects form data and automatically sends this to formmail.php (which sends email).  I then want to do other "stuff": give the user the option of paying by either printing out form data or redirecting to PayPal.

 

So far, I've got the html form and I can pick up the form data in the php file.  I just don't know how to send this information out to formmail.php for processing.

 

Any help you can give this newbie would be really appreciated!

Thanks

[msinternet]

Hi,

 

1) you could use an include like include('file.php') then it will be like the scripts are combined.

 

2) use a session variable or get string then use header to load the other page after other stuff has happened.

 

3) use cURL. this will load a page in the background kindof like Ajax in JavaScript.

 

4) put the processing inthe other page in to a function and just call the function.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Martin

 

 

[pengu]

Edit: Sorry misread the question, you could do this all on the one page. session()