HELP!! Multiple forms on one page???

tcooper · #1 (**permalink**) 06-30-04, 09:53 AM

I want to have multiple forms on one page, however, I need to get the results of the form and keep those results for the remainder of the session. How do I do this? Right now I am just testing this which is why there is not much information on the page. When I select an item in my first box and hit the "Submit" button it works fine. The problem is when I click the "submit" button on one of other forms...I loose all my information. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

PHP Code:


			
<?php require_once('Connections/Thor.php'); ?>

<?php
function get_ind_string($idx){ //This function will return the string value from my select box
switch ($idx) {
    case "2":
        return 'Electric';
        break;
    case "4":
        return 'IT';
        break;
    case "6":
        return 'Nat Gas';
        break;
    case "7":
        return 'Other';
        break;
    case "8":
        return 'Telecom';
        break;
    case "9":
        return 'Wtr & WasteWtr';
        break;}}
        ?>



<?php
$ckSubmit=$_POST['ckSubmit']+1;//Here I am declaring variables that occur after the form has been posted
$ckSubmit1=$_POST['ckSubmit1']+1;
$ckSubmit2=$_POST['ckSubmit2']+1;
echo $ckSubmit;
echo $ckSubmit1;
echo $ckSubmit2;

if($ckSubmit>1){ 
    $industry = $_POST['selectIndustry'];
    $ind = get_ind_string($industry);}



?>


<html>
<head>
<title>PROJECT OPENING REPORT</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<table width="631" height="143" border="0">
  <tr> 
    <td width="332" height="137"><img src="intranet_01.jpg" name="Image1" width="300" height="50" id="Image1"><img src="intranet_03.jpg" name="Image2" width="300" height="50" id="Image2"></td>
    <td width="283"> <div align="center">
        <p><strong><font size="5">Project Opening Report</font></strong></p>
        <p>
          <input type="text" value="INDICATES REQUIRED FIELDS" style="width:80%; background:yellow" name="textfield">
        </p>
      </div></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<form name="form1" method="POST"  action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>">

<input type="hidden" name="ckSubmit" value="<?php echo $ckSubmit; ?> ">

            <?php      if ($ckSubmit<2) {?>
            <select name="selectIndustry" style="width:20%; background:yellow" size="1" id="selectIndustry">
              <option value="2">Electric</option>
              <option value="4">IT</option>
              <option value="6">Natural Gas</option>
              <option value="7">Other</option>
              <option value="8">Telecom</option>
              <option value="9">Wtr &amp; WasteWtr</option>
            </select>
            <?php      } else {?>
            <input name="txtSelectIndustry" type="text" id="txtSelectIndustry" value="<?php echo $ind; $ckSubmit=3; ?>">
            <?php }?>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" >
</form>

<form name="form2" method="POST"  action="<?php echo 

$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
<input type="hidden" name="ckSubmit1" value="<?php echo $ckSubmit1; ?> ">


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

<form name="form3" method="POST"  action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
<input type="hidden" name="ckSubmit2" value="<?php echo $ckSubmit2; ?> ">


<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</body>
</html>

infinitylimit · #2 (**permalink**) 06-30-04, 12:58 PM

I'm not sure you are going about this the right way. What are you trying to do, it looks like you are trying to do some type of vote or selection... I don't think you need to use multiple forms.

tcooper · #3 (**permalink**) 06-30-04, 01:19 PM

This is just a very small sample of what I am trying to do. I have several pieces on my form that are submitted at different times so I can pull off the variables. Right now a person has to fill out the form in order or it will not submit properly. I am trying to work around that and thought if I had multiple forms it would solve my problem, however, as you can see from my previous post, that is not working either.

mikaelf · #4 (**permalink**) 07-03-04, 05:03 AM

yeah, of course. there will be only one concurrent superglobal $_POST for each post action taken from the each form. i propose to save the variables in superglobal $_SESSION or databases or whatever you want it to in order to keep them in the multiple forms.

infinitylimit · #5 (**permalink**) 07-03-04, 03:49 PM

saving them in $_SESSION would work, it will just take alot of memory and if you plan on having a bunch of people using it the same time it might causing SESSION fragmentation.

Infinite_Hackers · #6 (**permalink**) 07-03-04, 08:59 PM

Wouldn't just using $HTTP_POST_VARS do it? if you don't need it in 1 form just make it as a hidden input, and you can do that for ever form, that way the information is passed on.