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Asked: 2026-06-12T23:24:48+00:00

Suppose I have 2 html files: form.html and confirm.html form.html just have a text

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Suppose I have 2 html files: form.html and confirm.html

form.html just have a text field and a submit button, when you hit submit it will display what you just typed in text field.

    <HTML>
      <HEAD>
        <TITLE>Test</TITLE>
        <script type="text/javascript"> 

        function display(){ 
            document.write("You entered: " + document.myform.data.value);
        } 
        </script> 
      </HEAD>
      <BODY>
      <center>    
<form name="myform">

  <input  type="text" name="data">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" onClick="display()">

</form>
    </BODY>
    </HTML>

Now I want that when hit submit button it will display entered value in confirm.html. What should I do? I mean what should be in confirm.html and how data from form.html be used in other location, do I need create a separate JavaScript file to store JS function so I can use it in both 2 html files. I am kind of new to all kind of stuff.

Note: No PHP or server side language or anything super here, just 2 html files in my Desktop and I want to test using FireFox.

Thank you!

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can try using localStorage or cookies. Check one of the 2 solutions found below…

    1 – If you have HTML5, you can store the content of you input into the localStorage.

    Try this example:

    form.html:

    <html>
<head>
    <title>Test</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">

        // Called on form's `onsubmit`
        function tosubmit() {
            // Getting the value of your text input
            var mytext = document.getElementById("mytext").value;

            // Storing the value above into localStorage
            localStorage.setItem("mytext", mytext);

            return true;
        }

    </script> 
</head>
<body>
    <center>   
        <!-- INLCUDING `ONSUBMIT` EVENT + ACTION URL --> 
        <form name="myform" onsubmit="tosubmit();" action="confirm.html">

            <input  id="mytext" type="text" name="data">
            <input type="submit" value="Submit">

        </form>
</body>
</html>

    confirm.html:

    <html>
<head>
<script>

    // Called on body's `onload` event
    function init() {
        // Retrieving the text input's value which was stored into localStorage
        var mytext = localStorage.getItem("mytext");

        // Writing the value in the document
        document.write("passed value = "+mytext);
    }

</script>
</head>    

<body onload="init();">

</body>

</html>

    2 – Also, as @apprentice mentioned, you can also use cookies with HTML standards.

    Try this example:

    form.html:

    <html>
<head>
    <title>Test</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        // Function for storing to cookie
        function setCookie(c_name,value,exdays)
        {
            var exdate=new Date();
            exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + exdays);
            var c_value=escape(value) + ((exdays==null) ? "" : "; expires="+exdate.toUTCString());
            document.cookie=c_name + "=" + c_value;
        }

        // Called on form's `onsubmit`
        function tosubmit() {
            // Getting the value of your text input
            var mytext = document.getElementById("mytext").value;

            // Storing the value above into a cookie
            setCookie("mytext", mytext, 300);

            return true;
        }

    </script> 
</head>
<body>
    <center>   
        <!-- INLCUDING `ONSUBMIT` EVENT + ACTION URL --> 
        <form name="myform" onsubmit="tosubmit();" action="confirm.html">

            <input  id="mytext" type="text" name="data">
            <input type="submit" value="Submit">

        </form>
</body>
</html>

    confirm.html:

    <html>
<head>
<script>

    // Function for retrieveing value from a cookie
    function getCookie(c_name)
    {
        var i,x,y,ARRcookies=document.cookie.split(";");
        for (i=0;i<ARRcookies.length;i++)
        {
            x=ARRcookies[i].substr(0,ARRcookies[i].indexOf("="));
            y=ARRcookies[i].substr(ARRcookies[i].indexOf("=")+1);
            x=x.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
            if (x==c_name)
            {
                return unescape(y);
            }
        }
    }

    // Called on body's `onload` event
    function init() {
        // Retrieving the text input's value which was stored into a cookie
        var mytext = getCookie("mytext");

        // Writing the value in the document
        document.write("passed value = "+mytext);
    }

</script>
</head>    

<body onload="init();">

</body>

</html>
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