How to split a long form into two pages and have all field submit at the end.

**tscott** · Jul 20 '07, 12:15 AM

Hey,
Would it be possible to send half of it to the next page VIA post, then set them as variables then do something like (Sending it to next page)
[php]
<?php
$var1 = $_POST['var1'];
$var2 = $_POST['var2'];
echo '<form method=POST action=somethin g.php?var1=' . $var1 .'&var2=' . $var2 .' >The second page form would go here </form>';
?>
[/php]
That would send half via GET and half via POST allowing you to continue the trend. Although GET isn't very secure So if your using it for private data it may not be the best. But for general purposes it should be fine. Only easy way I know unless you want to store it in a cookie/session/file until the last page.
~Tyler

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**HaLo2FrEeEk** · Jan 24 '11, 01:25 AM

Send them both with POST and on the second page, simply loop through the POST array and echo out inputs wth type="hidden". For example, write your first page form and set its method to post, ten on the second page, do something like this, AFTER you're already echoed the form start tag:

Code:

foreach($_POST as $name=>$value) {
  echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"".$name."\" id=\"".$name."\" value=\"".$value."\">\n";
  }

This will result in each of the values from the first page essentially being auto-populated on the second form, but they're hidden, so they don't actually appear anywhere on the page. Keep in mind, however, that the user could simply use something like Developer Tools in IE8+ and change the values in the hidden inputs, but they could do that if you used tscott's method too, and it's a bad idea to submit any part of your form with GET, especially if it contains or controls personal information.

How to split a long form into two pages and have all field submit at the end.

How to split a long form into two pages and have all field submit at the end.

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