Hi!

I am really stuck on PHP problem...having never used it before my knowledge is extreemly limited - however its working ok with the exception of one field that i need to transfer to a piece of PHP script...


This is the user input field on the form
<input type="text" name="amount" value size="6" maxlength="50">


This is from the php script file.
$amount = echo("amount_input"); (need to get the amount entered on form to appear here)

So that it can be inserted as the variable here...
<input type=hidden name="AMOUNT" value="<?=$amount?>">

I hope this makes some sense..

I would appreciate any help as this has been driving me mad for ages and has become an urgent problem!

Thanks

Ka:-)

base ur script off of this:

input.html

<form action="script.php" name="number" method="post">
<input type="text" name="amount" value size="6" maxlength="50"><br>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>

script.php

PHP Code:

<?php
$number=$_POST(amount);
$amount=echo($number);
?>

somefile.html

<form action="script.php" name="other" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="AMOUNT" value="<?$amount?>">
</form>

I just wrote that on the spot, so it may have bugs. If anyone sees any, please make the appropriate changes.

Hope that helps

Thank You - got it working at last!!!


"It should actually be $_POST['amount'].

You're also missing something from the input field it should be as follows: <input type="text" name="amount" value="" size="6" maxlength="50" />"

Thanks for the help!

np

im a newb at php too and i just learned $_POST lol

as for the html form input... i just copied and pasted ur input code so its not my fault

should have made that quote clear - that was a message from someone else correcting my code LOL!!!

Thanks again!

Must buy a good book on PHP!

Why bother with a book - go to http://www.php.net/ and simply download their excellent documentation. Of course, working from a manual is not as easy as being told what to do by a book, but it by far and away the best way to learn as you experiment until you get it right! Thats the way I learned, though, of course, you never really stop learning, and I am learning something new everyday!

If you want a great manual on your desktop go to http://www.php.net/download-docs.php and select the English CHM (first line of downloads - far right). I use that, and apart from looking up a few specialist items from time to time, I use nothing else.

Thanks will check them out - I find I learn more by experiemening with code design etc...too.