Question

We have a Quenstion and Answer script we have made.

Essentially, the form element looks like this ( I think the issue I have is POST and not GET )

Anyway will ask anyway.

On the Q and A page, users can enter title and question. So form looks a tad like this:

<form method="post">
  <input id="askit" type="text" name="q_desc" value="">
    ...blah blah blah
</form>

Basically, I want to add a input field on an external page ( same domain ) so that when user clicks submit, it takes them to the Q and A page, and propagates the input field in the form above with the value of what they typed on previous page.

For this purpose I have added the id=”askit”

So basically, the external page would fire something like this:

http://www.somewebsite.com/questions/?askit=hello+world

Because my form uses Post, I am pretty sure this is where it is going pear shaped.

Any suggestions please. ? The form must be POST because it is for submitting questions.

Answer 1

To get http://www.somewebsite.com/questions/?askit=hello+world to working you need to update your code above in the following way:

<?php
    $askit = '';
    if(array_key_exists('askit', $_GET)) {
        $askit = $_GET['askit'];
    }
?>
<form method="post">
  <input id="askit" type="text" name="q_desc" 
         value="<?php echo htmlentities($askit); ?>">
    ...blah blah blah
</form>