Re: [PHP] Storing values between multiple page forms
Matty Sarro wrote:
Yeah, I'm working on this with the hopes of it turning into a full module
for a larger project I'm working on... but I'm still a bit of a noob :)
Thanks for the assistance guys!
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Matty Sarro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greets all!
I am working on a minor project for work for entering inventory
information
for servers we ship out.
Here is my plan:
First page -
Get client name, number of servers, and find number of miscellaneous
equipment(s) being shipped (UPS's, monitors, etc)
[snip!]
I'm still planning this out... my major concern is how would I maintain
values between pages?
?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['value'] = $your_sanitized_value_from_POST;
$_SESSION['value2'] = $your_second_sanitized_value;
echo pre /\n;
print_r($_SESSION);
echo /pre\n;
?
RTFM: http://php.net/session
Keep in mind, it'll only work on the same server and same domain.
Otherwise, you may want to look into using wildcard cookies.
--
/Dan
Daniel P. Brown
Senior Unix Geek
? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?
If you are going to follow Daniel's example, since you could potentially be
working with more then one server on any given order, you might want to look at
using a multi-dimensional array to store your values in.
$_SESSION['order_info'] = array();
$_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data'] = array();
$_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data']['name'] = '';
$contact_data = array();
$contact_data['type'] = 'billing';
$contact_data['address'] = '123 Someplace Ave';
$contact_data['city'] = 'New York';
$contact_data['state']= 'NY';
$contact_data['phone_number'] = '2134526523';
$_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data']['contact_data'][0] = $contact_data;
$contact_data = array();
$contact_data['address'] = 'shipping';
$contact_data['city'] = '321 Somewhere Ave';
$contact_data['state']= 'New York';
$contact_data['state']= 'NY';
$contact_data['phone_number'] = '2134526523';
$_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data']['contact_data'][1] = $contact_data;
$server['make'] = 'Dell';
$server['model'] = 'Power Edge 2400';
$server['ram'] = '2gig';
$server['hd']= '6x18g Seagate U320 SCSI';
$server['video'] = '64 ATI';
$_SESSION['order_info']['servers'][0] = $server;
$server['make'] = 'Dell';
$server['model'] = 'Power Edge 2600';
$server['ram'] = '2gig';
$server['hd']= '3x36g Seagate U320 SCSI';
$server['video'] = '64 ATI';
$_SESSION['order_info']['servers'][1] = $server;
As you might have guessed, I like arrays.
I would actually go as far as making arrays out of the ram, hd, etc... data.
This would allow me to have detailed information about each section/option.
Hope this helps
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and some have greatness thrust upon them.
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by William Shakespeare
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Re: [PHP] Storing values between multiple page forms
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Jim Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you are going to follow Daniel's example, since you could potentially be
working with more then one server on any given order, you might want to look
at
using a multi-dimensional array to store your values in.
An excellent point, Jim. I hadn't even thought to mention that,
to be honest. That should be a great fit for what Matt's working on.
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[PHP] Storing values between multiple page forms
Greets all! I am working on a minor project for work for entering inventory information for servers we ship out. Here is my plan: First page - Get client name, number of servers, and find number of miscellaneous equipment(s) being shipped (UPS's, monitors, etc) From there, create a loop to run through each server based on number of servers input on first page. Each server will come up as a new page. Each server can have x hard drives, the number of which will be put in by the user, and the form will be generated by a loop based on the number the user puts in (ie: either generate the form based on submitted number of hard drives, or have user put in a drop down and use some javascript for the rest). I'm still planning this out... my major concern is how would I maintain values between pages? I'd like to have a summary printed before actually storing values into the database. I'm going to start throwing together some code, but I just wasn't sure how to maintain the values. The first version is most likely just going to be one really large form, but obviously this is going to be ugly and not so easy to work with considering the variances that the different servers have. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Re: [PHP] Storing values between multiple page forms
Quoting Matty Sarro [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Greets all! I am working on a minor project for work for entering inventory information for servers we ship out. Here is my plan: First page - Get client name, number of servers, and find number of miscellaneous equipment(s) being shipped (UPS's, monitors, etc) From there, create a loop to run through each server based on number of servers input on first page. Each server will come up as a new page. Each server can have x hard drives, the number of which will be put in by the user, and the form will be generated by a loop based on the number the user puts in (ie: either generate the form based on submitted number of hard drives, or have user put in a drop down and use some javascript for the rest). I'm still planning this out... my major concern is how would I maintain values between pages? I'd like to have a summary printed before actually storing values into the database. I'm going to start throwing together some code, but I just wasn't sure how to maintain the values. The first version is most likely just going to be one really large form, but obviously this is going to be ugly and not so easy to work with considering the variances that the different servers have. Any suggestions would be welcome. Maybe take a look at stut's article :) http://stut.net/articles/sessionless_sessions.html -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Storing values between multiple page forms
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Matty Sarro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greets all!
I am working on a minor project for work for entering inventory information
for servers we ship out.
Here is my plan:
First page -
Get client name, number of servers, and find number of miscellaneous
equipment(s) being shipped (UPS's, monitors, etc)
[snip!]
I'm still planning this out... my major concern is how would I maintain
values between pages?
?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['value'] = $your_sanitized_value_from_POST;
$_SESSION['value2'] = $your_second_sanitized_value;
echo pre /\n;
print_r($_SESSION);
echo /pre\n;
?
RTFM: http://php.net/session
Keep in mind, it'll only work on the same server and same domain.
Otherwise, you may want to look into using wildcard cookies.
--
/Dan
Daniel P. Brown
Senior Unix Geek
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Re: [PHP] Storing values between multiple page forms
Yeah, I'm working on this with the hopes of it turning into a full module
for a larger project I'm working on... but I'm still a bit of a noob :)
Thanks for the assistance guys!
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Matty Sarro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greets all!
I am working on a minor project for work for entering inventory
information
for servers we ship out.
Here is my plan:
First page -
Get client name, number of servers, and find number of miscellaneous
equipment(s) being shipped (UPS's, monitors, etc)
[snip!]
I'm still planning this out... my major concern is how would I maintain
values between pages?
?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['value'] = $your_sanitized_value_from_POST;
$_SESSION['value2'] = $your_second_sanitized_value;
echo pre /\n;
print_r($_SESSION);
echo /pre\n;
?
RTFM: http://php.net/session
Keep in mind, it'll only work on the same server and same domain.
Otherwise, you may want to look into using wildcard cookies.
--
/Dan
Daniel P. Brown
Senior Unix Geek
? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?
