PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide

Sending Values to a Script Manually

In the examples so far, all of the data received in the handle_form.php script came from what the user entered in the form. There are, however, two different ways you can pass a PHP script variables and values, both worth knowing.

The first method is to make use of HTML’s hidden input type:

<input type="hidden" name="name" value="Brian" />

As long as this code is anywhere between the form tags, the variable $name will have a value of Brian in the handling PHP script.

The second method is to append a value to the handling PHP script’s URL:

www.dmcinsights.com/page.php?name=Brian

This technique emulates the get method of an HTML form and can be used in lieu of or as well as an HTML form.

To manually send ...