form 2 form

i have a form. the form name is getstarted.php

the action is getstarted.php

the forms basically validates itself, thru a script, then submits the data into a database. no problem there.

what i want to do now is have a form located on a different page transport its data to the getstarted.php form. i have tried to have 2 files. send.htm and recieve.php. the send file i can fill out because its a normal htm form. the action on that form is getstarted.php this will then send the info to getstarted.php. the thing is that because the form getstarted.php has an action that is also getstarted.php the info gets submitted rather than going into the form where other data can be filled in. how do i get the send.htm to submit data to getstarted.php without getstarted submitting?

What is the method on the getstarted.php form? Is it POST?

If so, why don't you use GET as the method on the form in send.htm.

The logic in getstarted.php would then work like this: If I receive data via POST then act as if the getstarted.php form was submitted. If I receive data via GET, act as if the send.htm form was submitted and show the getstarted.php form.

The code might look something like this:

yes, on the getstarted.php i use POST

Ok, then do you see what I am suggesting?

If POST do database stuff
If GET show the form

the submit button from the htm for is this:


what i am i doing wrong?

Are you saying that isset($_POST['sendtoform']) is not evaluting to true and that echo($_POST['name']); is not being printed out?

Or are you asking where you should go from here?


if you are asking how to get the values submitted into the form, I'd do this:



then do my input elements on the form like this:

i managed to do it. i have 2 forms there. the form that is filld in and the blank form that the values are passed to.

That should work fine, but my point was "Why have two forms?" You should be able to do it with one form, and then that one form will be more robust. It would be able to handle many of the problems you have been having with validation because you could choose to have it blank, or fill it out automatically if your validation routine discovers an error.

well its like this. the main php form has 2 blank forms. 1 form that has data passed to it from another file. and one form that is the actual getstartedform.php

both have php validation on it that i am very happy with. its simple but effective. the reason for 2 forms is this: i have an area where ppl can choose kits. beside it i have a quick form allowing ppl to choose the kits as they look and see what the kits do. this lil kit form is linked to the main php form that asks more questions like their personal details and their preferences and so on. they can still navigate to the form via the menu but because we want them to get there as quickly as possible we have made it easily accessible. MARKETING PLOY

using the same technology here how do i pass the value of a checkbox from one form to another. i have managed to do the textfield but i need to do the same for a checkbox.

use an if statement:

i managed to get this code to work.


this code does what i want it to do. i had gotten a real complicated code and wanted a simpler/simplified version. i think this is it
cheers anyway