form input in a new page

sara_dippity posted this at 11:23 — 9th November 2001.

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Joined: Nov 2001

The little sad guy icon I picked is me with a headache.
M'k, I have looked for this everywhere, and I'm sure five min after I post this, I will find the answer in an ambiguosly name post 3 posts down.
Anyway ~ I want to make a form output to a new page (instead of mailto), like inserting a name in a box, submit= new page that says "Howdy, name!". That thing. I keep running across terms like "hidden values", but I can't find how to use them. Or decoding a cgi string onto the new page. Or what to write the output page in, like html, or ASP (which my server doesn't support, Unix), or my advil. Anyone have very simple step by step instructions for the output part? The form page is done and ready to upload, I just need the next page.

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Peter J. Boettcher posted this at 15:36 — 9th November 2001.

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In the most basic terms, heres how form handling works:

:: form.html ::

:: handler.asp ::

<?php
strName = Request.Form("txtName")
?>

Howdy

<?php
=strName
?>

The syntax will vary depending on what server you're using but the methodology will stay the same. You don't have to use hidden text boxes unless you're passing some info you don't want the user to see.

I can't help you with the CGI/Perl stuff maybe someone else can pipe in...

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