Passing form submit data to nested .php document?

[HalfNote5]

I have a framework .php file (for right now we'll call it "index.php")

 

Within index.PHP, it includes another PHP (which we'll call PagePanel.php)  to show all of the items in a list (or a portion thereof, as dictated by a search parameter, which we'll call "SearchString").

 

 

 

I would like to be able to do a post form submit of "SearchString" to index.php and when index.php loads the included PagePanel.php, it also passes "SearchString" to PagePanel.php's $_POST array.

 

Any easy way to do this?  I've been googling it, but I'm evidently not phrasing it correctly.

[teynon]

$_POST is a super global. So it will be accessible to all included files automatically.

 

Are you "including" the file like "include('myfile.php');" or including it as like an iframe or something like that?

Edited March 7, 2013 by teynon

[HalfNote5]

include('myfile.php');

 

Technically

 

<?php
include("php2/test_api8_withpost.php");
?>

 

because the "index.php"  file is mostly HTML

[HalfNote5]

Oh hell; I should be using php2/test_api13_withpost.php

 

My bad; it works fine, and I'm apparently either low on sleep, have been working on this too long, or have suddenly gone stupid.

 

My apologies.