Easy one... Sending information to another file automatically...

[Devboy]

Ok so tho code I have works good but.... Im just having issues sendind some data from one file to another automatically without the users input so far I have:

 

 

^{echo "<form method='post' action='contest.php'>}

^{<input type='hidden' name='previously_entered' value='already_entered'/>}

^</form>";

        ^}

 

 

and on the contest.php I have:

 

 

^{$previously_entered = $_POST["previously_entered"];}

 

^{if ($previously_entered == already_entered) {}

^{echo "<td class='mediumText' valign='center'><font color='red'>Sorry, but you have already entered!!</font></td>";}

^{} else {}

^{echo "<td>", tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); "</td>";}

^}

 

 

But with the code I have that's action is contest.php, it doesn't automatically goto contest.php.

 

Now, I haven't done any php or html in a while so call me a "Newbie" but I can't for the life of me remember howto setup forms to automaticly forward that data on... if you get what I mean..

 

Thanks

Tony

[kratsg]

You can make a form auto-submit using javascript:

 

<script type='text/javascript'>
function submit_form(name){
document.all.form.submit();
}
</script>

The basic idea is:
document.all.[FORMNAME].submit();

Or, if you have form id="blah blah"

document.getElementById("FORMID").submit();

[Devboy]

okie, I just tried:

 

^{echo "<form action='contest.php' method='post' id='contest_registered'>}

^{<input type='hidden' name='already_entered' value='previously_entered' />}

^</form>

^{<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>}

 

^{document.getElementById('contest_registered').submit();}

 

^</script>";

 

But the form isn't submiting still because it isn't forwarding me to contest.php.......... have I done something really stupid here?

[Devboy]

bump

[aschk]

<form action="contest.php" method="post" id="contest_registered" target="hidden" name="content_registered">
   <input type="hidden" name="already_entered" value="previously_entered" />
</form>

<script>document.content_registered.submit();</script>