HTML form help

Ghoulish Delight · 01-18-2009, 01:03 PM

Arrgh. I'm mired in form tags, javascript, and cgi/perl. There's ONE freaking thing that I can't get to work, hopefully someone can give me a hand.

I'm creating a form that I've split up into 2 pages. What I need to do is take the POST results from the first page and make them hidden inputs on the 2nd. I can't for the life of my figure it out.

So the form on page 1 is:

<form method="post" action="page2.html">
<input type="text" name="input1">
<input type="button" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>

and then page two I've tried (with no success):

<form method="post" action="a_script.cgi">
<input type="hidden" name="input1" value=$_POST['input1']>
....
....
</form>

What am I doing wrong? Is it even possible?

Ghoulish Delight · 01-18-2009, 01:38 PM

Oh wait, I think I've got it. PHP. 'cause you know, juggling 3 languages wasn't enough.

Deebs · 01-18-2009, 04:08 PM

Ouch.

I'm glad you got it, but that really hurt my little pea brain.

keith - SuPeR K! · 01-18-2009, 09:32 PM

Ghoulish Delight · 01-18-2009, 09:43 PM

Yeah, got that. I was trying to find a way around PHP since this is within a wordpress page and I didn't want to either edit the template or add a plugin, but I finally faced facts and went the plugin route.

Of course I finally get that figured out and stop my cgi script from giving me sh*t, only to learn that the host's email service has taken a sh*t and sendmail isn't responding to requests.

Ef.

bewitched · 01-19-2009, 02:03 AM

Type in the thingy, then press the button, press the spacebar a few times then ask someone like GD or Andrew for help.

At least that's what I'd do...

Kevy Baby · 01-19-2009, 06:42 PM

You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around...

01-18-2009, 01:03 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	HTML form help Arrgh. I'm mired in form tags, javascript, and cgi/perl. There's ONE freaking thing that I can't get to work, hopefully someone can give me a hand. I'm creating a form that I've split up into 2 pages. What I need to do is take the POST results from the first page and make them hidden inputs on the 2nd. I can't for the life of my figure it out. So the form on page 1 is: <form method="post" action="page2.html"> <input type="text" name="input1"> <input type="button" name="submit" value="submit"> </form> and then page two I've tried (with no success): <form method="post" action="a_script.cgi"> <input type="hidden" name="input1" value=$_POST['input1']> .... .... </form> What am I doing wrong? Is it even possible? __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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01-18-2009, 01:38 PM	#2
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Oh wait, I think I've got it. PHP. 'cause you know, juggling 3 languages wasn't enough. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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01-18-2009, 04:08 PM	#3
Deebs ... Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 961	Ouch. I'm glad you got it, but that really hurt my little pea brain.
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01-18-2009, 09:32 PM	#4
keith - SuPeR K! Community Fruit Join Date: May 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 547	<form method="post" action="a_script.cgi"> <input type="hidden" name="input1" value="<?php echo $_POST['input1']; ?>"> .... .... </form>
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01-18-2009, 09:43 PM	#5
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Yeah, got that. I was trying to find a way around PHP since this is within a wordpress page and I didn't want to either edit the template or add a plugin, but I finally faced facts and went the plugin route. Of course I finally get that figured out and stop my cgi script from giving me sht, only to learn that the host's email service has taken a sht and sendmail isn't responding to requests. Ef. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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bewitched 101% Yummy! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I know Kung Fu. Posts: 1,413	Type in the thingy, then press the button, press the spacebar a few times then ask someone like GD or Andrew for help. At least that's what I'd do... __________________ ~Whitney Wondering about the future of Ellington Woodard's punk@ss sh!t.
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around... __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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