Question

I want to send data from one page to the other via a form in PHP. In the initial page I have included the following PHP script that generates an input form with hidden fields. The names of these hidden fields are generated by the PHP:

<?php
  echo     "<form class='available-form' name='available_os' method='get' action='process-results.php'>";
  echo        "<input type='hidden' name='$software'></input>";
  echo        "<input type='hidden' name='$version'></input>";
  echo        "<input type='submit' name='available-button' value='Find Available Libraries for this Software'></input>";
  echo     "</form>";
?>

In the second page, named process-results.php, I would like to get the names of these hidden fields via the $_GET method but of course using $_GET[$software] and $_GET[$version] wouldn’t work…Can someone tell me if there is a solution to this issue or if there is a better alternative? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Instead of

"<input type='hidden' name='$software'></input>";

you should use

"<input type='hidden' name='software' value='".$software."'></input>";

for each. This way, you can use $_GET['software'] to retrieve the value. Do this for each of your hidden inputs.