RE: [PHP] hidden form field.

2001-02-13 Thread Maxim Maletsky
I'll give you an example of it's use: You have a submission form where you need to confirm: you have a form on page 1: field 1... field 2... field 3... and submit button.. When people submit the data it goes to page 2 where a loop will take all that, create a hidden forms and will also list th

Re: [PHP] hidden form field.

2001-02-13 Thread Kevin McCarthy
If you mean why would any script bother using a hidden form field to hold a value between html pages as opposed to holding it in a db field, I would answer there are reasons. One would be to use a hidden form field as a buffer so that you don't have to change a field's value until you are sure

Re: [PHP] hidden form field.

2001-02-13 Thread Ifrim Sorin
Hello, The reason is that you might want to pass to PHP script that process the form information that is not found in any other shown field of the form , for example an id code. HTH Sorin Ifrim - Original Message - From: Angerer, Chad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sen