PHP - Form And Hidden Textfields

Here's my PHP form code:

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<form method='POST' action="<?php basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);?>" onSubmit="return stripInputBoxes(1)">
<?php
echo "<div id = 'purchaseOrderRow1' style = 'display:none;border: 1px solid black;'>";
echo $integrityBuildingProductsPDF;
echo '<input type = "hidden" id = "pdf1" value = "" name = "pdf1" />';
echo '<button name = "savePurchaseOrder" type = "submit">Save Purchase Order</button>';
echo "</div>";
?>


</form>
Here's my Javascript:
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function stripInputBoxes(pdfNumber)
{
if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;

for (i = 0; i < document.getElementById('tableBody').getElementsByTagName('tr').length - 3; i++)
{
document.getElementById(i).parentNode.innerHTML = document.getElementById(i).value;
}

document.getElementById("pdf" + pdfNumber).value = "ljkasdkljf";

return true;
}
Will this set the value of the hidden variable? I'm trying to echo the value of $_POST['pdf1'] but it comes out to nothing when the page reloads. How do I do this?
What I'm trying to do here is display a purchase order on the screen and the user can edit the quantities in the purchase order. They click SAVE to save the new updated quantities and it auto generates a PDF that's saved on the server with those new quantities. The problem is I need to run the stripInputBoxes function to take the <input> tags out of the HTML code before creating the PDF because the PDF generator doesn't recognize the tags.

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong here?  For some reason, the variable doess not seem to be getting passed to the "action" php script

this input is in my html form (action=post)...



<input type="hidden" name="httpreferer" value="<?php echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ?>" />




this is in the action script...

$httpreferer=$_POST['httpreferer'];
echo $httpreferer;

i made a quick example of the problem im having. at step 5 i dont get the data for some reason. and its weird because when i resend the data it usually works by clicking refresh page. is very frustrating and makes no sense. please help
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<?php
if(!isset($_GET['step'])){
?>

<form method="post" action="form.php?step=2">
<input type="text" name="text" id="text">
<input type="submit">
</form>

<?php
}
else if($_GET['step'] == 2){
?>

<form method="post" action="form.php?step=3">
<input type="hidden" name="text" id="text" value="<?php echo $_POST['text']; ?>">

<input type="text" name="text2" id="text2">
<input type="submit">
</form>

<?php
}
else if($_GET['step'] == 3){
?>

<form method="post" action="form.php?step=4">
<input type="hidden" name="text" id="text" value="<?php echo $_POST['text']; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="text2" id="text2" value="<?php echo $_POST['text2']; ?>">

<input type="text" name="text3" id="text3">
<input type="submit">
</form>

<?php
}
else if($_GET['step'] == 4){
?>

<form method="post" action="form.php?step=5">
<input type="hidden" name="text" id="text" value="<?php echo $_POST['text']; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="text2" id="text2" value="<?php echo $_POST['text2']; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="text3" id="text3" value="<?php echo $_POST['text3']; ?>">

<input type="text" name="text4" id="text4">
<input type="submit">
</form>

<?php
}
else if($_GET['step'] == 5){

echo $_POST['text'];
echo $_POST['text2'];
echo $_POST['text3'];
echo $_POST['text4'];

}
?>

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            <td >
           
               
               
               
               
                    <form action="" method="post">
                   
                    <b> <?php echo $likes_count; ?> </b> <b> | </b> <b> <?php echo $dislikes_count; ?> </b>
                   
                    <button class="LikeButton" type="submit" name="likes" value="+1">Likes</button>
                    <button class="DislikeButton" type="submit" name="dislikes" value="-1">Dislikes</button>
                   
                   
                   
                   
                    <input type="hidden" name="hidden_con_id" value="<?php echo $con_id; ?>" />
                </form>
         
               
               
            <?php echo $con_id; ?>
               
               
               
           
            </td>
I have a table with a voting system and the problem I am experiencing is that the hidden id, which I call the hidden contribution id is not set thus the numeric array changes. I know that it is not best practice to use a numeric array for this, though I learned that afterwards.

This is the array:

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                // POST BUTTONS inside the table
                if (isset($_POST['likes'])) {
                    $likes = $_POST['likes'];
                }
                if (isset($_POST['dislikes'])) {
                    $dislikes = $_POST['dislikes'];
                }
                if (isset($_POST['likes']) || isset($_POST['dislikes'])) {
                    $hidden_con_id = $_POST['hidden_con_id'];
                }

               
               
// $array = array ($likes, $dislikes, $con_id, $user_id);
               
                if (isset($likes)) {
                    $array[] = $likes;
                }
                if (isset($dislikes)) {
                    $array[] = $dislikes;
                }
                if (isset($hidden_con_id)) {
                    $array[] = $hidden_con_id;
                }
                if (isset($dnuser_id)) {
                    $array[] = $dnuser_id;
                }
As said the problem I have is that the hidden_con_id variable is not set and that consequently array[2] becomes the user_id variable.


Any suggestions why it is not becoming set?

hi , when I use hidden input tag and save there information to send with the form , is that secure?
I mean , if the user or hacker or anything can change the value of the hidden tag?
thanks , Mor.

how would i retrieve a hidden field from this form



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$checkoutBtn .= '<form action="checkout.php" method="POST" id="checkform">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_name_' . $x . '" value="' . $eventname . '">
        <input type="hidden" name="amount_' . $x . '" value="' . $studentsprice . '">
        <input type="hidden" name="quantity_' . $x . '" value="' . $each_item['quantity'] . '">;[
        <input type="hidden" name="custom" value="' . $product_id_array . '">
        <input type="submit" class="checkoutbtn" name="checkoutbtn" value="CHECKOUT" />
</form>';

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I  have a menu that i want to be added to every page of  my coding using a hidden variable, but i cannot get it to work. I using this with a few if conditions. the index page should navigate every page. can anyone help?


I have attached the files to illustrate the coding i have done so far.

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I have a while loop that fetches data from the database and prints it out organized in a table.

Now I want to implement a voting functionality, the problem I'm encountering is, once I've printed out a list of tables one table after other with the while loop I need to figure out a way to tell the query TO WHICH of those tables to ADD or SUBTRACT the vote.

I thought of implement a hidden id field into the while loop of contributions, the id field would be fetched from the auto_increment field in the contribution table in the MySQL database.

Since the id field is unique there can be no misunderstandings to which table to add the vote.

My question how can I do exactly that? How can I add a hidden id field to the while loop with the table WHICH I then can pass along to the voting script.

Here's the while loop:

while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($data)) 

{

echo "<table padding='0' margin='0' class='knuffixTable'>";

echo "<tr><td width='65px' height='64px' class='avatar_bg' rowspan='2' colpan='2'><img src='$avatar_path' alt='avatar' /></td><td class='knuffix_username'><strong>" . $user_name;

echo "</strong><br />" . $row['category'] .  " | " . date('M d, Y', strtotime($row['contributed_date'])) . "</td></tr><tr><td>";

echo "<form action='' method='post'>

<input type='submit' name='plusVote' value='Y' />

<input type='submit' name='minusVote' value='N' />

</form></td><td class='votes'>Y[ - ] | N[ - ]</td></tr>";

echo "<tr><td class='knuffix_name' colspan='3'><strong>" . htmlentities($row['name']) . "</strong><br /></td></tr>";

echo "<tr><td colspan='2' class='knuffix_contribution'><pre>" . $row['contribution'] . "</pre><br /></td></tr>";

echo "</table>";

}


If I simply add $row['con_id'] it's obviously going to be echo'd out, what is the right practice to have it hidden?

Hi I have an index.php with three drop down boxes on, each drop down uses an SQL statement to pull seatNumber from 'seats' each seat number has a UI and a forgein key field called SrideID.

I have the buttons on the dorp down boxes going to dd-check.php, here the seat chosen is posted and a simple echo(just testing it works atm)

for me to do any queries I also need the SrideID within the dropdown box, i tried adding it within the <option></option> but it only made the drop down duplicate.
1
1
2
2
3
3
ect.....

what i would like is for the SrideID field to be included with in the dropdown box but hidden so i can post it to  the dd-check.php and then show the time and price of that particular ride.

here is the table and the code so far. Thanks for any help.



CREATE TABLE `ride` 
(
`RrideID` tinyint(1) default NULL,  
`name` varchar(20) default NULL,  
`time` tinyint(1) default NULL,  
`price` varchar(4) default NULL
) 

INSERT INTO `ride` 
VALUES (1, 'Swinging Ship', 7, '2.50');
INSERT INTO `ride` VALUES (2, 'Roller Coaster', 5, '3.75');
INSERT INTO `ride` VALUES (3, 'Ice Blast', 4, '3.00');

CREATE TABLE `seats` 
(
`seatID` int(8) NOT NULL default '0',  
`SrideID` tinyint(1) default NULL,  
`seatNumber` int(2) default NULL,  
PRIMARY KEY (`seatID`)
) 

INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (1, 1, 1);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (2, 1, 2);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (3, 1, 3);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (4, 1, 4);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (5, 1, 5);

INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (49, 2, 1);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (50, 2, 2);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (51, 2, 3);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (52, 2, 4);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (53, 2, 5);

INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (69, 3, 1);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (70, 3, 2);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (71, 3, 3);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (72, 3, 4);
INSERT INTO `seats` VALUES (73, 3, 5);




code for index.php

<table width="200" border="1">
  <tr>
 <h1>Swinging Ship</h1>
<?php
echo '<form method="post" name="f1" action="dd-check.php">';
$query_s = "SELECT * FROM `seats` WHERE SrideID='1' ORDER BY seatID";  
$result = mysql_query($query_s);  

echo"<select name='seatNumber'><option value=''>Select Seat</option>";
while( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) 
{ 
     echo '<option>'.$row['seatNumber'].'</option>'; 
}  
echo '</select>'; 
mysql_free_result( $result ); 
echo "<input type='submit' value='Submit'>";
echo "</form>";
?>
  </tr>
  
  
  <tr>
   <h1>Roller Coaster</h1>
<?php
echo '<form method="post" name="f2" action="dd-check.php">';
$query_r = "SELECT * FROM `seats` WHERE SrideID='2' ORDER BY seatID";  
$result = mysql_query($query_r);  

echo"<select name='seatNumber'><option value=''>Select Seat</option>";
while( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) 
{ 
     echo '<option>'.$row['seatNumber'].'</option>'; 
}  
echo '</select>'; 
mysql_free_result( $result ); 
echo "<input type='submit' value='Submit'>";
echo "</form>";
?> 
  </tr>
  
  
  
  
  <tr>
   <h1>Ice Blast</h1>
<?php
echo '<form method="post" name="f3" action="dd-check.php">';
$query_i = "SELECT * FROM `seats` WHERE SrideID='3' ORDER BY seatID";  
$result = mysql_query($query_i);  

echo"<select name='seatNumber'><option value=''>Select Seat</option>";
while( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) 
{ 
     echo '<option>'.$row['seatNumber'].'</option>'; 
}  
echo '</select>'; 
mysql_free_result( $result ); 
echo "<input type='submit' value='Submit'>";
echo "</form>";
?>
  </tr>
</table>



code for dd-check.php


<?php
$result=$_POST['seatNumber'];
echo " <p> the seat choosen is : $result <p> ";

//TEST PULL ALL QUERY
$testPullAll = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ride");

echo "<table border='1'>
  <tr>
  <th>Name</th>
  <th>Duration</th>
  <th>Price</th>
    </tr>";

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($testPullAll))
  {
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['name'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['time'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['price'] . "</td>";
  echo "</tr>";
  }
echo "</table>";
?>



the end result will be a query in dd-check.php that says something like

if [hidden SrideID = 1]
echo 'the name, time and price of the ride'
if [hidden SrideID =2
echo name, time and price
if number 3 then echo the rest of the row.

any help would be great, i've been using trial and error so far (since yesterday afternoon) with no success  =(

ps sorry for the long post, i wanted to try and explain everything the best i can. =)

Hi Guys,

Appreciate any help here please...

Basically I want to hide some inputs on my registration page and populate them will default values.  Everything works okay, apart from the input below:

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<input type="hidden" name="seek_location" value="Anywhere">
When I use the above, the MYSQL database field for seek_location is left empty...

I've noticed that the code below pulls the location into a dropdown list.  You know the kind of thing, Australia, UK, USA etc etc:

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$seek_location = $wcr[$seek_location];
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<? $p=0;asort($wcr);reset($wcr);
while (list ($p, $val) = each ($wcr)) {
echo '<option value="'.$p.'">'.$val;
}
?>
So, all I want to do is have:

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<input type="hidden" name="seek_location" value="Anywhere">
Populate seek_location with Anywhere

Any help appreciated
Thanks
Rob

Hello,
My question is how to send values over and over without using forms or even hidden forums. I have tried to use sessions but it didn't work out for me. Any suggestions!

Hello everyone, I have a question.

I'm trying to figure out a way to make it so that when a user visits a page for a certain file, they are given the file to download but can't see the link to that file.

Example:
There is a file on http://serverB.com/file.rar
A person goes to http://serverA.com/?file=file.rar
They can download http://serverB.com/file.rar without seeing the link to that file.

Is there any way to do this?

Thanks.

i have the following code:
            <li>Have you read the <?php echo link_to('FAQ','util/faq') ?> ?
                 <select id="yesnolist" onChange="getChoice(this.value)">
                    <option value="yes" selected="selected">Yes</option>
                    <option value="no">No</option>
                 </select>
            </li>   
             <input type="hidden" name="text" size=30 id="yesandno">
             <?php
                if ($_GET['yesandno'] == "no")
                {
                   echo "anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!";
                }
            ?>

then my java script for getCoice():
function getChoice(val)
  {
      yesNo = new Array("Yes", "No");
      var getsel = document.contactus.yesnolist.value;
      var e = document.getElementById("yesnolist");
      var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
     
      document.contactus.yesandno.value = strUser;
      alert(document.contactus.yesandno.value);
      return strUser;
  }

my alert will gove yes or no depending on what i chose in the dropdown
but HOWCOME it does not go into the if  ($_GET['yesandno'] == "no") ????

please help???

I know that it is possible to see what is sent by looking at livehttpheaders, but how do you know how hidden variables are generated?

I don't think that that's possible to see that from live httpheaders.