Passing Variables with PHP

[nofx1728]

Ok, I'm completely lost and I'm very new to php scripting.  I have a form on my page that has a number of hidden fields.  Then in my php file I have

 

header("Location: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr");

 

I need to be able to pass that hidden information onto the page I'm redirecting to but I have no clue how to do this.  Someone please help.

 

Thanks,

 

nofx1728

[chigley]

Use cURL

[nofx1728]

no clue what that is.. very new to php.

[chigley]

What are you trying to do? Login to PayPal remotely?

[nofx1728]

Ok this is what I'm trying to do.. hopefully this clarifies.  I have a donations page on my website that has a form.  All I want to do is collect the information on this form and email it to myself - and then redirect to paypals donations page.  When I talked to the people with paypal they said I need to pass my hidden variables to the redirect page in my php script.  No clue how to do that. 

 

<form method="post" name="donationform" id="donationform" action="test1.php">
  <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="contribute@votefetterman.com">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Contribution to Adam Fetterman, Candidate for State Representative District 81">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.votefetterman.com/thanks.php">
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.votefetterman.com/contribute/">
<input type="hidden" name="cn" value="Employer/Occupation (required)">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF">
<table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
  <td width="149">Contribution Amount:</td>
  <td width="451"><input name="amount" type="text" id="amount" size="10"> 
(Limit: $500 per person or organization)
  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>First Name:</td>
  <td><input name="firstname" type="text" id="firstname" size="40" value="" ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>Last Name :</td><td><input name="lastname" type="text" id="lastname" size="40" value="" ></td></tr>
<tr>
  <td>Address 1 :</td><td><input name="address1" type="text" id="address1"  size="40" value="" ></td></tr>
<tr>
  <td>Address 2 :</td><td><input name="address2" type="text" id="address2"  size="40"></td></tr>
<tr>
  <td>City:</td><td><input name="city" type="text" size="40"  id="city" value="" ></td></tr>
<tr>
  <td>State:</td><td><input name="state" type="text" size="40"  id="state" value="FL" ></td></tr>
<tr>
  <td>Zip:</td><td><input name="zip" type="text" size="40"  id="zip" value="" ></td></tr>
<tr>
  <td>Employer:</td><td><input name="company" type="text" id="company" size="40" value="" ></td></tr>
<tr>
  <td>Occupation:</td><td><input name="occupation" type="text"  id="occupation" size="40" value="" ></td></tr>
<tr>
  <td>Email:</td><td><input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="40"  value="" >
    <label></label></td></tr>
<tr>
  <td>Phone:</td><td><input name="phone1" type="text" id="phone1" size="13" maxlength="13" value="">
    <select name="phonetype">
						                                  <option value="">Phone Type?</option>
                                <option value="Home">Home</option>
                                <option value="Work">Work</option>
                                <option value="Mobile">Mobile</option>
                              </select>
                              </td></tr>
</table>    

<label>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</label>
</form> 

 

<?php
// Receiving variables
$item_name = addslashes($_POST['item_name']);
$quantity = addslashes($_POST['quantity']);
$amount = addslashes($_POST['amount']);
$firstname = addslashes($_POST['firstname']);
$lastname = addslashes($_POST['lastname']);
$address1 = addslashes($_POST['address1']);
$address2 = addslashes($_POST['address2']);
$city = addslashes($_POST['city']);
$state = addslashes($_POST['state']);
$zip = addslashes($_POST['zip']);
$company = addslashes($_POST['company']);
$occupation = addslashes($_POST['occupation']);
$email = addslashes($_POST['email']);
$phone1 = addslashes($_POST['phone1']);
$phone2 = addslashes($_POST['phone2']);
$phone3 = addslashes($_POST['phone3']);
$phonetype = addslashes($_POST['phonetype']);

// Validation
if ( $amount < 0)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid amount</font></p>");
}
if ( $amount > 500)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid amount</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($amount) == 0 )
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid amount</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($firstname) <1)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid firstname</font></p>");
}
if (strlen($firstname) >20)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid firstname</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($firstname) == 0 )
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid firstname</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($lastname) <1)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid lastname</font></p>");
}
if (strlen($lastname) >20)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid lastname</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($lastname) == 0 )
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid lastname</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($address1) <1)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid address1</font></p>");
}
if (strlen($address1) >100)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid address1</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($address1) == 0 )
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid address1</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($city) <1)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid city</font></p>");
}
if (strlen($city) >30)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid city</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($city) == 0 )
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid city</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($zip) <5)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid zip</font></p>");
}
if (strlen($zip) >10)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid zip</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($zip) == 0 )
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid zip</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($occupation) <1)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid occupation</font></p>");
}
if (strlen($occupation) >20)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid occupation</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($occupation) == 0 )
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid occupation</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($email) <1)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid email</font></p>");
}
if (strlen($email) >100)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid email</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($email) == 0 )
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid email</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($phone1) <10)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid phone1</font></p>");
}
if (strlen($phone1) >13)
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid phone1</font></p>");
}

if (strlen($phone1) == 0 )
{
die("<p align='center'><font face='Arial' size='3' color='#FF0000'>Please enter a valid phone1</font></p>");
}

//Sending Email to form owner
$pfw_header = "From: $email\r\n";
$pfw_subject = "Donation Form";
$pfw_email_to = "youremail@email.com";
$pfw_message = "item_name: $item_name\r\n"
. "quantity: $quantity\r\n"
. "amount: $amount\r\n"
. "firstname: $firstname\r\n"
. "lastname: $lastname\r\n"
. "address1: $address1\r\n"
. "address2: $address2\r\n"
. "city: $city\r\n"
. "state: $state\r\n"
. "zip: $zip\r\n"
. "company: $company\r\n"
. "occupation: $occupation\r\n"
. "email: $email\r\n"
. "phone1: $phone1\r\n"
. "phone2: $phone2\r\n"
. "phone3: $phone3\r\n"
. "phonetype: $phonetype\r\n";
mail($pfw_email_to, $pfw_subject ,$pfw_message ,$pfw_header );
<?
header("Location: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&busines=business@email.com&item_name=Contribution&return=returnsite.com&amount=""\n\n");

?>

 

That is what I have set up currently, but it does not work.  Please help.

[chigley]

OK what I'd do is send the form to one of your own pages, which sends the email. Then use cURL to re-post the form to PayPal with the same variables that the page has already received. I have to go soon, will post some code tomorrow!

[nofx1728]

Ok I almost have this worked out.  I just need to pass one variable in my form from php to javascript... anyone know how to do that.  I have basic form which you can see above.  I need to record the data the user inputs in the Amount, and transfer it to a page that contains javascript which redirects to paypal.  Below is the javascript page that redirects.  My php file is redirecting me to this page after it sends me an email. - header("Location: http://www.site.com/paypal.html");

 

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function submitForm() {
document.myForm.submit();
}
//-->
</script>
</head>

<body onLoad="javascript:submitForm()">
You are being redirected to PayPal.

<form name="myForm" method="post" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="business" value="site@email.com">
<input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Contribution">
<input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="return" value="http://www.site.com/thanks.php">
<input type="hidden" name="cancel_return" value="http://www.site.com/contribute/">
<input type="hidden" name="cn" value="Employer/Occupation (required)">
<input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
<input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="lc" value="US">
<input type="hidden" name="bn" value="PP-DonationsBF">
</form>
</body>
</html>

 

Thanks,

 

nofx1728

[nofx1728]

Still stuck on this problem.  I tried adding - <input type="text" name="amountText" onchange="this.form.amount.value = this.value;" /> - but that did not work either.  Any clue on how to redirect to paypal with the information the user inserts into the "amount" on the form?