need help forms

[sethupathy]

i have two forms for diffrent type of company

 

in step 1 they have to sectlect company 1  (form1) or company 2 (form2) depending on what they choose i will redirect them to the proper form,

 

how do i put this into  a script,

 

Thanks

[smc]

Well its Javascript if you want them to do a drop down menu and when they select it have them redirect.

 

PHP would be this:

 

First of all you would want Company 1 and Company 2 to be in the same form. Lets say the form's "name" is myform, Company 1's value is "1" and Company 2's "2"

 

You would then have the forum submit to the PHP script, in the PHP script you would have something like:

 

$choice = $_POST['myform']; //Use addslashes(  ); around the $_POST var to increase security

if( $choice == "1" ){

   header( 'location: /company1.html' );
   exit;

}

if( $choice == "2" ){

  header( 'location: /company2.html' );
  exit;

}

 

The header() function is touchy, but basically re-directs the user.

 

Hope this helps

[Jaguar]

Would you still need to addslashes for security even though it is used purely for a comparison?

[smc]

To be totally honest with you I don't know. These guys are constantly figuring out new ways to abuse PHP, but when I program I always like to think the person hacking me is smarter than I am so I always use percaussions no matter what.

 

It affects parse time by mere miliseconds (if at all) so why not

 

Edit: Technically speaking if they knew enough about your code they could. If you have DB connection on the page, for example, they might be able to break the variable into a mysql_query and do some malicious stuff. Never underestimate teenage-bordeom

[sethupathy]

right now i have to separate forms, how do i go about making one form out of them ?

 

any tutorials on this?

[smc]

Well no what I mean is on the page that originally asks which company they want it is in something like this:

 

<form action = "<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method = "post">
<p><select size="1" name="myform">
<option value="1">Company 1</option>
<option value="2">Company 2</option>
</select><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit"></p>
</form>

 

The actual forms you want to redirect to do not have to be seperated or combined, you can leave them on their respective pages.

[sethupathy]

Another problem Solved

 

Thanks a bunch dude i am starting to get this bit by bit.