How hard is #1? I have two situations that I have to handle in this manner (one with two forms and one with two submits of the same form and then the second form, to check if user account exists). Can you point me to some examples?
> One way would be to do an ajax call to submit the form #1 data to your > database, then upon acknowledgment of success, do a regular form submit > to payal (I'm guessing the user is supposed to be redirected to paypal > to complete the transaction). > > The other way would be to do a regular submit, pass all the info (paypal > also) to a second php page, which processes the form #1 data then does a > redirect to paypal. You could add the paypal info in the url (not so > nice) or paste it into a form as hidden variables, then do a javascript > <body onLoad="document.mypaypalform.submit()"> so that the form is > automatically submitted on page load. For maximum non-javascript > compatibility, you should include a <input type="submit" value="Click > here to continue"> in the form. > > ~Rolan > > Kristina Anderson wrote: > > I have a PHP page with two forms. One form posts the form data and > > inserts it into the database. The second form contains Paypal hidden > > variables and passes the transaction to the Paypal site. This has to > > happen seamlessly with one button and I can't combine the two forms as > > Paypal form has standard format for their form... > > > > How to do this? Can I call the second form submit programmatically at > > the end of the first form submit in PHP? Or with Javascript on the > > second form submit call the first form to be submitted? > > ------------------- > > Kristina > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > ------------------- Kristina _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
