[FX.php List] Break up a big form

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

Why not have all the communication with the database in one file?

CreateRecord.php for example..

ggt667

On 7/20/06, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
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> OK. Here I go, breaking up a large form into several pages.
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> Form1.php calls CreateRecord.php through a submit button.
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> CreateRecord creates the record...and now I need to call form2.php.
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> (Previously, a review page was displayed, which handled the whole form).
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> That's where I'm perplexed.
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> Do I use an include(Form2.php) on the bottom of the CreateRecord.php page,
> just after the FMNew function?
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> Or, do I open a Form2.php as a whole new page?  If so, I can't figure out
> which function does that, versus simply including on existing page.
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> Sorry for basic question.
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> No problem; everyone started in the same spot...
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> I process the 1st form in the 2nd page, which is also the submission page,
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> So the PHP at the top creates the NEW record, then immediately uses those
> same variables which I've captured from page 1, and plugs them into page 2,
> if you want the applicant to see them. For example, if page 2 should show
> the stuff they entered into page 1, and then adds some more input fields,
> this makes it really easy to do that.
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> You can use IF statements to make it so that if there's an error, a line of
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> if ($newResult['errorCode']==0){
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> <<< here's the 2nd form's fields >>>
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> }else{
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> echo "There was an error, yada yada yada.";
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> Hope that helps,
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> Bob Patin
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