Question

I have created a simple checkout form for use with a mobile website:

<form action="" method="GET">
        First Name:<br />
        <input type="text" name="firstname" />
        <br /><hr />
        Last Name:<br />
        <input type="text" name="lastname" />
        <br /><hr />
        Phone Number:<br />
        <input type="text" name="phonenumber" />
        <br /><hr />
        Address:<br />
        <input type="text" name="address" />
        <br /><hr />
        Town:<br />
        <input type="text" name="town" />
        <br /><hr />
        County:<br />
        <input type="text" name="county" />
        <br /><hr />
        Postcode:<br />
        <input type="text" name="postcode" />
        <br /><hr />
        Email:<br />
        <input type="text" name="email" />
        <br /><hr />
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
        </form>

The information created needs to pass in a URL only. The base URL is given, in this case, domain.com. The URL that is created and navigated to should look like: domain.com/p=firstname+lastname+123+456+7890+123+address+street+etc…..

Because this is for a mobile site, JavaScript cannot be used. PHP would be ideal as I have some knowledge, but other solutions may be possible.

Any guidance on where to start or what to research?

Answer 1

Anders,

If you are needing to post this to another site, then you should use a redirect.

Here are the steps needed ->

1. Post the above form to your own PHP page
2. On that page, do a redirect to the page you need to post to with the URL string being the format you need with your variables inserted.

To do a redirect in PHP:

header( 'Location: http://www.yoursite.com/new_page.html' )