passing parameters to form action field

**davidM.ME** · 06-25-2011 03:37 AM

Hi I'm struggling with my contact form and php - I'm new to all this and trying to understand the sequence of events. The first time the contact form is loaded is from this link:

HTML Code:

             <li class="accordionButton"><a class="rfpMenuBtn" href="contactform.php?id=1">Contact us</a></li>

Then it's loaded again when I click Submit!

HTML Code:

<form style="margin-left: 10em;" id='contactus' action='<?php echo $formproc->GetSelfScript(); ?>' method='post' accept-charset='UTF-8'>

- I guess it's a case of before and after the form is filled, but it seems strange the page loading itself again!

My question is how do I pass the parameter that was passed in the original link ( href="contactform.php?id=1") to the contact form when it's loaded the second time after clicking Submit ?

Here's the full contact form page:

PHP Code:


<?PHP

/*

    Contact Form from HTML Form Guide

    This program is free software published under the

    terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.

    See this page for more info:

    http://www.html-form-guide.com/contact-form/php-contact-form-tutorial.html

*/

require_once("./include/fgcontactform.php");



$formproc = new FGContactForm();



$var1=$_GET['id'];

switch($var1)

{

case 3:

echo 'send to david';

$formproc->AddRecipient('davidm.me@gmail.com'); //<<--- Web Masters address 

break;



default:

echo 'send to rahel';

$formproc->AddRecipient('reikiforpeace@gmail.com'); //<<--- Rahel 

break;

}



//2. For better security. Get a random tring from this link: http://tinyurl.com/randstr

// and put it here

$formproc->SetFormRandomKey('CnRrspl1FyEylUj');





if(isset($_POST['submitted']))

{

   if($formproc->ProcessForm())

   {

        $formproc->RedirectToURL("thank-you.php");

   }

}



?>

<?php

 include ("include/head-section.php");

?> 

<style type="text/css">

<!--

body {

      margin: 0;

            padding: 0;

        }    

fieldset {      

float: left;      

/* clear: both; */      

width: auto;

margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;      

margin-left: 10em;      

padding: 0;      

border: 1px solid #BFBAB0;      

background-color: #F2EFE9;      

}  

-->

</style>



</head>

<body>

<div id="screenWrapper">

<!-- see http://cooltext.com/ to generate a logo like this

<img src="images/reikiforpeace.png" alt="reiki for peace logo" style="position: absolute; top: 75px; right: 130px;"></img>

 -->



<?php include('include/header.php'); ?> 



<?php include('include/menu.php'); ?> 

<!-- Form Code Start -->

<div style="margin-top: 2.3em;">

<?php

echo 

"$formproc->GetSelfScript()'?='$_GET['id']. \n";

?>

<form style="margin-left: 10em;" id='contactus' action='<?php echo $formproc->GetSelfScript(); ?>' method='post' accept-charset='UTF-8'>

<fieldset id="fset">



<?php

//$var1=$_GET['id'];

//switch($_GET['id'])

switch($var1)

{

case 1:

echo "<legend style='margin-top: 1em; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: normal; color: #a6a6a6; text-align: left;'>Contact us</legend>";

break;



case 2:

echo "<legend style='margin-top: 0.5em; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: normal; color: #a6a6a6; text-align: left;'>Contact Rahel Warshaw-Dadon </legend>";

echo "<span style='font-size: 12pt; color: grey; text-align: center;'> &nbsp; &nbsp; Reiki Master and Director of Reiki for Peace</span><br/>";

break;



case 3:

echo "<legend style='margin-top: 1em; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: normal; color: #a6a6a6; text-align: left;'>Contact David Myers - Web Master</legend>";

break;



default:

echo "Try Again, the id was ". $var1 . "<br />";

break;

}

?>

<input type='hidden' name='submitted' id='submitted' value='1'/>

<input type='hidden' name='<?php echo $formproc->GetFormIDInputName(); ?>' value='<?php echo $formproc->GetFormIDInputValue(); ?>'/>

<input type='text'  class='spmhidip' name='<?php echo $formproc->GetSpamTrapInputName(); ?>' />



<div class='short_explanation'>* required fields</div>



<div><span class='error'><?php echo $formproc->GetErrorMessage(); ?></span></div>

<div class='container'>

    <label for='name'>* Your Name: </label>

    <label style="float: left; margin-left: 170px; clear: right;"  for='email'>* Your Email Address:</label>

    <span id='contactus_email_errorloc' class='error'></span>

</div>

<div class='container'>

    <input type='text' name='name' id='name' value='<?php echo $formproc->SafeDisplay('name') ?>' maxlength="50" />

    <input style="margin-left: 20px;" type='text' name='email' id='email' value='<?php echo $formproc->SafeDisplay('email') ?>' maxlength="50" /><br>

    <span id='contactus_name_errorloc' class='error'></span>

</div>



<div class='container'>

    <label for='message' >Message:</label><br/>

    <span id='contactus_message_errorloc' class='error'></span>

    <textarea rows="10" cols="50" name='message' id='message'><?php echo $formproc->SafeDisplay('message') ?></textarea>

      <input style="margin-left: 50px;" type='submit' name='Submit' value='Submit' />

</div>







</fieldset>

</div>

</form>

<!-- client-side Form Validations:

Uses the excellent form validation script from JavaScript-coder.com-->



<script type='text/javascript'>

// <![CDATA[



    var frmvalidator  = new Validator("contactus");

    frmvalidator.EnableOnPageErrorDisplay();

    frmvalidator.EnableMsgsTogether();

    frmvalidator.addValidation("name","req","Please provide your name");



    frmvalidator.addValidation("email","req","Please provide your email address");



    frmvalidator.addValidation("email","email","Please provide a valid email address");



    frmvalidator.addValidation("message","maxlen=2048","The message is too long!(more than 2KB!)");



// ]]>

</script>

<div id='fg_crdiv'><p>for customization, <a href='http://www.html-form-guide.com/contact-form/php-contact-form-tutorial.html'

>see the contact form code page</a>.</p></div>

<!--

Form Code End

Visit html-form-guide.com for more info.

-->

</div>

<?php include('include/footer.php'); ?> 

</body>

</html>

Thanks for any help

David

**NogDog** · 06-25-2011 07:55 AM

One way:

PHP Code:


<form style="margin-left: 10em;" id='contactus' action='<?php
echo $formproc->GetSelfScript();
if(!empty($_GET['id'])) {
   echo "?id=" . (int) $_GET['id']; // use (int) to make sure it's integer
}
?>' method='post' accept-charset='UTF-8'>

**davidM.ME** · 06-25-2011 10:00 AM

Thanks for your reply Nogdog. I tried your suggestion, the problem is after I click Submit $_GET['id'] returns empty.
I don't know how to pass the parameter ('id') from the first event when I open the contact form to the second event when I click Submit - as I said I don't exactly understand the sequence of events. Can you help?

Thanks

David

**Cvaughan** · 06-25-2011 12:53 PM

hey david,

what exactly does this parameter do?

seems like if you want to pass it again, you would just need to redecalre it within the form. once you hit submit, everything in the form gets submitted, so just add a hidden field named id and pass that variable as it's value.

**davidM.ME** · 06-25-2011 04:07 PM

Thanks CVaughan for your reply. The parameter is for the layout of the contact form and also who the contact form gets sent to. I'll give your suggestion a try.
Hope the hidden field keeps its value when the form is reloaded.
You'll be hearing from me if it doesn't - lol.

David

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