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Asked: 2026-06-13T17:58:16+00:00

I have this simple form. a.php <html> <head> </head> <body> <? echo <form action

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I have this simple form.

a.php

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
    <?

    echo "
        <form action = 'a2.php' method = 'post'>
            <input type = 'text' name = 'name'>
            <input type = 'submit' value = 'SEND' name = 'send'>
        </form>
    ";

    ?>
</body>
</html>

a2.php

<?

$name = $_REQUEST ['name'];
echo $name;

    echo "
    <form action = 'a2.php' method = 'post'>
        <input type = 'submit' value = 'EDIT' name = 'edit'>
     </form>
    ";

?>

How can I keep the value introduced when I click EDIT and i’m back to the first form?
Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    EDIT 2: using hidden inputs
    on a2.php just put another <input type="hidden" name="hidden_name" value="{$_POST['name']}" /> after you hit submit on a2.php (BTW for it to go back to a.php, you need to change the form action="a.php" on a2.php), a.php will have a $_POST['hidden_name'], that will contain the value from the first iteration.

    EDIT: before you start handling $_SESSION variables, first initiate the session before any html output with a session_start() function.

    Use a superglobal like $_SESSION so in your case you would need to fetch the incoming in a2.php $_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['name'] and refer to the $_SESSION['name'] in your a.php. Remember that $_SESSION['name'] will retain the last assigned value until the the session is terminated, I.e. browser window is closed.

    You can read more in http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.session.php
    Also about session_start: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php

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