Re: Forms on Several Pages

I usually use PHP and insert a little script to write all post variables in
as hidden variables

// 2ndform page
<form action="3rdform.php" method="post">
<?php
while(list($key,$value) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS)) {
print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"$key\" value=\"$value\">\n";
}
?>
... rest of form...

and do the same thing until the last form whose action goes to the mailer

if magic quotes are on you might need to use stripslashes()

Rossi Designs
PO Box 1084
Holly Hill, FL 32125-1084
Phone : (904) 226-8979
URL : http://rossidesigns.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Campbell, Rebecca <Rebecca.Campbell(at)converg.com>
To: <denise(at)amun-ra.demon.co.uk>; <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 11:33 AM
Subject: RE: Forms on Several Pages


| hi denise,
|
| the most cumbersome way i've ever done this was to have a hidden frame on
my
| page that had a form on it that actually collected all the data.  so, the
| page loads and the user sees a few questions on a form.  the user does not
| see a 1px frame on the right that has a form with a bunch of hidden fields
| in it.  they fill out those questions and click next, a javascript
function
| is called that writes the answers to the form on the hidden frame and the
| main frame changes to a second set of questions.  user fills out, clicks
| next, more answers written to the hidden frame, etc.  on the last page,
the
| submit button submits the form in the hidden frame.
|
| this is cumbersome and, of course, only works if your users have
javascript
| turned on.  my example was from a corporate intranet where we had a very
| good idea of what people were using to view pages.
|
| another avenue to explore would be to write information to a cookie and
then
| read it back in on your last page to submit all the data.  if you do a
| server-side cookie, it should work; if you do a client-side cookie, it
will,
| of course, only work if the user allows cookies.
|
| hth,
| rebecca
| http://www.nerdygirl.com
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: denise cassidy [mailto:denise(at)amun-ra.demon.co.uk]
| Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 6:10 AM
| To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
| Subject: Forms on Several Pages
|
|
| I have a form I want to put on a website, but it is rather long and I
| think that it would be best split onto several pages.
|
| What is the best way to send so much information?  I've done a
| form which uses a cgi script to turn the information into an email,
| but I had a lot of help in modifying the script (it was supplied by the
| ISP).
|
| How has anyone else dealt with this?
|
| Denise
|
|

HWG hwg-techniques mailing list archives, maintained by Webmasters @ IWA