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[Jim Hendricks]

No problem.  Glad my little tidbit could help.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "SolTek" <soltek at mac.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Can this be done with PHP or JavaScript? Is it
even possible?


> Bravo Jim!  Your "off the top of the head" JavaScript worked excellently!
> I even added some additional hidden fields to it and I didn't mess it
> up. LoL
> Seems like when I'm ready to actually start learning JS (after I master
> PHP of course) it won't be that difficult.
>
> Thanks for all your help! ;-)
> - Steve
>
> On Saturday, July 20, 2002, at 05:21 PM, Jim Hendricks wrote:
>
> > Where is the problem with passing all the items?  If $submit ==
> > "submit1"
> > then use $item1 and $amount1 if $submit =="submit2" then use $item2 and
> > $amount2.
> >
> > Based on your example also, couldn't item & amount be put into a table &
> > based on which button the user pushes determines which record to look
> > up to
> > populate item and amount?
> >
> > If you can't do all this on the server, then JS looks the way to go.  I
> > would still use 1 form, except the submit button would call a JS user
> > function passing the 2 values.  The function would then take the 2
> > values
> > and put them in the fields.  So long as the button is a submit, the
> > submit
> > will happen after the JS user function.  Look at below example.  I just
> > typed this off the top of my head, so if it doesn't work, you'll know
> > why.
> > Hopefully it gives you the idea though.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > <p>STEP 1. ENTER YOUR DOMAIN NAME:
> > <form action="https://domain.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"
> > name="form1">
> > <input type="hidden" name="OptionName" value="Domain">
> > <input type="text" name="OptionValue" size="25"></p>
> >
> >  <p>STEP 2. CHOOSE A PLAN:</p>
> > <p>PLAN A 3 MONTHS
> > <input type="hidden" name="item">
> > <input type="hidden" name="amount">
> > <input type="submit" name="submit" onClick="setValues( 'PA03',
> > '74.85' );"></p>
> > <p>PLAN A 6 MONTHS
> > <input type="submit" name="submit" onClick="setValues( 'PA06',
> > '137.70' );"></p>
> > <p>PLAN A 12 MONTHS
> > <input type="submit" name="submit" onClick="setValues( 'PA12',
> > '239.40' );"></p>
> > </form>
> >
> > <script language="javascript">
> >
> > function setValues( asItem, asAmount ) {
> >   document.form1.item.value = asItem ;
> >   document.form1.amount.value = asAmount ;
> > }
> >
> > </script>
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "SolTek" <soltek at mac.com>
> > To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 4:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Can this be done with PHP or JavaScript? Is it
> > even possible?
> >
> >
> >> Thanks for the advice Jim, but when a button is clicked I need only one
> >> of the hidden "item" and one of the hidden "amount" values to be passed
> >> to the cart.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> On Saturday, July 20, 2002, at 11:53 AM, Jim Hendricks wrote:
> >>
> >>> As far as I know, the only way to get data outside a form to be sent
> >>> with
> >>> the request
> >>> would be the use of JS either to build it as part of the querystring,
> >>> or to
> >>> finagle some
> >>> form elements.
> >>>
> >>> But, based on what you have below, I don't see that you need all those
> >>> forms, why not
> >>> just one form.  If it's a matter of determining which submit button
> >>> the
> >>> user
> >>> chose, then
> >>> give each submit button a different value, the selected button's value
> >>> would
> >>> be associated
> >>> with the button field item available on the server side which would
> >>> then let
> >>> you know
> >>> which of your hidden fields to use.  For example:
> >>>
> >>> <p>STEP 1. ENTER YOUR DOMAIN NAME:
> >>> <form action="https://domain.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
> >>> <input type="hidden" name="OptionName" value="Domain">
> >>> <input type="text" name="OptionValue" size="25"></p>
> >>>
> >>>  <p>STEP 2. CHOOSE A PLAN:</p>
> >>> <p>PLAN A 3 MONTHS
> >>> <input type="hidden" name="item1" value="PA03">
> >>> <input type="hidden" name="amount1" value="74.85">
> >>> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit1"></p>
> >>>
> >>> <p>PLAN A 6 MONTHS
> >>> <input type="hidden" name="item2" value="PA06">
> >>> <input type="hidden" name="amount2" value="137.70">
> >>> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit2"></p>
> >>>
> >>> <p>PLAN A 12 MONTHS
> >>> <input type="hidden" name="item3" value="PA12">
> >>> <input type="hidden" name="amount3" value="239.40">
> >>> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit3"></p>
> >>> </form>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "SolTek" <soltek at mac.com>
> >>> To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at nyphp.org>
> >>> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 8:58 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Can this be done with PHP or JavaScript? Is
> >>> it
> >>> even possible?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Sorry to stir up such a debate earlier, but I still do need help. :-)
> >>>> Maybe someone can assist me. I'm actually just learning PHP and was
> >>>> hoping to concentrate on that before learning anything else. But it
> >>>> seems I may not have a choice.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm thinking this can only be done with JavaScript, but maybe I'm
> >>>> wrong.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there a way I can get form values that are on the same html page
> >>>> as a
> >>>> form but outside of the form tags, and then pass them along with the
> >>>> rest of a forms values when a submit button of a form is clicked? The
> >>>> page must contain multiple forms. Each form will contain different
> >>>> hidden values and a submit button.  The form values outside of the
> >>>> form
> >>>> tags will be associated with every form on the page which is why they
> >>>> must also be sent along with the rest of the particular form's hidden
> >>>> values.  To help illustrate this I've included and commented the HTML
> >>>> code I'm using below.
> >>>>
> >>>> Many thanks to anyone who could help out!
> >>>> - Steve
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