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MrMan9879 · Feb 25th, 2008, 10:50 PM

Hi guys, I have another question... this time about using forms and the $_GET method.

Basically, for the website I'm building I have a news posting system, and I want to have a page where you can edit the posts. When you go to the editing page, I want to be able to order it by ID or title name.

My editing page is on my index.php, but I have a few pages on there, and I use a $_GET variable to get to them.
ie. index.php?act=post index.php?act=edit

I'm also using a $_GET variable for ordering the news articles to edit/delete
ie. index.php?act=edit&sort=newsdesc

But, I'm wondering how I can send the form that holds the sort variable to the page and also keep the act variable. I thought it might be as simple as this:

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<form action="index.php?act=edit" method="get">
                <input type="radio" name="sort" value="newsdesc" />
           </form>

But, all this does is send it to index.php.

Does anyone know how I could accomplish this?

kruptof · Feb 26th, 2008, 7:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrMan9879

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<form action="index.php?act=edit" method="get">
<input type="radio" name="sort" value="newsdesc" />
 </form>

You could use a hidden field set it's value to the action, or just stick it in the $_SESSION array.

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<form action="index.php?act=edit" method="get">
                <input type="radio" name="sort" value="newsdesc" />
                 <input type="hidden" name="action" value="<?php print $_GET['action']" />
           </form>

Ooble · Feb 26th, 2008, 7:56 AM

Little tip: never just chuck out unescaped user input. Try this:

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<input type="hidden" name="action" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_GET['action']) ?>" />

MrMan9879 · Feb 26th, 2008, 10:04 PM

Wow, I must have been tired last night... I'm not sure why that didn't occur to me.

Thanks for your help again, Ooble.

Ooble · Feb 27th, 2008, 4:47 AM

Methinks it was kruptof that gave you the solution. I just expanded on it a little.

MrMan9879 · Feb 27th, 2008, 9:11 PM

Oh sorry, Kruptof I just read the bottom post and for some reason assumed it was Ooble both times.

Feb 25th, 2008, 10:50 PM	#1
MrMan9879 Programmer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada Posts: 97 Rep Power: 0	Sending Forms with GET variables from other forms Hi guys, I have another question... this time about using forms and the $_GET method. Basically, for the website I'm building I have a news posting system, and I want to have a page where you can edit the posts. When you go to the editing page, I want to be able to order it by ID or title name. My editing page is on my index.php, but I have a few pages on there, and I use a $_GET variable to get to them. ie. index.php?act=post index.php?act=edit I'm also using a $_GET variable for ordering the news articles to edit/delete ie. index.php?act=edit&sort=newsdesc But, I'm wondering how I can send the form that holds the sort variable to the page and also keep the act variable. I thought it might be as simple as this: (Toggle Plain Text) <form action="index.php?act=edit" method="get"> <input type="radio" name="sort" value="newsdesc" /> </form> <form action="index.php?act=edit" method="get"> <input type="radio" name="sort" value="newsdesc" /> </form> But, all this does is send it to index.php. Does anyone know how I could accomplish this?

Feb 26th, 2008, 7:56 AM	#3
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	Re: Sending Forms with GET variables from other forms Little tip: never just chuck out unescaped user input. Try this: (Toggle Plain Text) <input type="hidden" name="action" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_GET['action']) ?>" /> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_GET['action']) ?>" /> __________________ Me :: You :: Them

Feb 26th, 2008, 10:04 PM	#4
MrMan9879 Programmer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada Posts: 97 Rep Power: 0	Re: Sending Forms with GET variables from other forms Wow, I must have been tired last night... I'm not sure why that didn't occur to me. Thanks for your help again, Ooble.

Feb 27th, 2008, 4:47 AM	#5
Ooble I eat cake for breakfast. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In my box. Posts: 4,434 Rep Power: 9	Re: Sending Forms with GET variables from other forms Methinks it was kruptof that gave you the solution. I just expanded on it a little. __________________ Me :: You :: Them

Feb 27th, 2008, 9:11 PM	#6
MrMan9879 Programmer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada Posts: 97 Rep Power: 0	Re: Sending Forms with GET variables from other forms Oh sorry, Kruptof I just read the bottom post and for some reason assumed it was Ooble both times.

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