I am looking for a way to keep form values after submit with cookies (after going to page2 and going back to page_form). I am really trying but i need you help guys.
I tried this but it didn't work
<? php
if (isset($_POST['Infos_test']))
{
$expire = 8*3600;
setcookie("Infos_test", $_POST['from']&|&$_POST['area_html'], time()+$expire);
}
?>
.....
<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE['Infos_test']))
{
$Infos_test = explode("&|&", $_COOKIE['Infos_test']);
}
?>
.....
<input type="text" name="from" style="width:350px" value="<?php echo $Info_test[0]; ?>"/>
<textarea valign="top" name="area_html" style="width:350px; height:150px; resize:none;" /><?php echo $Info_test[1]; ?></textarea>
I prefer using SESSION variables before cookies. Here is an example code:
On the form recieving page:
session_start();
$_SESSION['from'] = $_POST['from'];
$_SESSION['area_html'] = $_POST['area_html'];
Then on your other page:
<?php session_start(); ?>
<!-- here is your html header etc -->
From: <?php echo $_SESSION['from']; ?><br>
Area HTML: <?php echo $_SESSION['area_html']; ?>
Note that the session_start();
part must be stated BEFORE any other HTML output.
HTML syntax for form should read:
<input type="text" name="from" style="width:350px" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['from']; ?>" />
<textarea valign="top" name="area_html"><?php echo $_SESSION['area_html']; ?></textarea>
Note the type of the INPUT tag and the change how values should be inserted into a TEXTAREA.
You can save form values in the php session using $_SESSION
variable and not the cookies.
here are several tutorials which help you to do this.
session_php 1 session_php 2
Just copy and paste this code in test.php
and run & refresh it.. you will understant how it worked.
<?php
if (isset($_POST['sub'])) {
echo "Values from POST <br />";
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_POST);
echo "</pre>";
$post_arr = $_POST;
echo "<pre>";
print_r($post_arr);
echo "</pre>";
echo "<pre>";
print_r(serialize($post_arr));
echo "</pre>";
$expire = 8*3600;
setcookie("Cookie_Info", serialize($post_arr), time()+$expire);
}
if (isset($_COOKIE['Cookie_Info'])) {
$data = unserialize($_COOKIE['Cookie_Info']);
} else {
$data = array(
'from' => '',
'area_html' => ''
);
/* in above array add what ever fields in a form with same field name */
}
echo "This is what we get from cookie";
echo "<pre>";
print_r($data);
echo "</pre>";
?>
To view Cookie, it need browser refres one time <br />
<form name="test_form" method="post">
<input type="text" name="from" value="<?php echo $data['from']; ?>" /> <br />
<textarea rows="3" name="area_html" ><?php echo $data['area_html']; ?></textarea> <br />
<input type="submit" name="sub" value="Submit" />
</form>