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Advice For A Rookie - Form Submit to Populate Web Page

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:59 pm
by seaturtle
I'm fairly new to PHP and I'm starting on a new project where I want my visitors to fill out a form that will populate the appropriate fields on a web page for them. I've done forms but not one like this. Is this possible with PHP? Any advice?

Thanks!

Re: Advice For A Rookie - Form Submit to Populate Web Page

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:42 am
by Ambush Commander
Yes of course! Google for PHP sessions.

Re: Advice For A Rookie - Form Submit to Populate Web Page

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:12 pm
by alex.barylski
I'm confused as to what the question is can you explain in greater detail...?

Re: Advice For A Rookie - Form Submit to Populate Web Page

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:45 pm
by seaturtle
I briefly looked at sessions and I'm not sure that's it.

I need to create a form that visitors will fill out that will dynamically create a web page for them on my site (based on a template I design) that will fill out their information in the appropriate places. They will need to be able to update their information as needed. Basically I guess I need it to build an account for them that populates a web page...an account that they can update.

I hope this makes more sense. I know what I want it's just hard to put it into words...

Thanks :)

Re: Advice For A Rookie - Form Submit to Populate Web Page

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:01 am
by SL20
I am also fairly new to PHP, but I believe the solution to your problem will be to make use of a database to store and retrieve the information you want to display. You can use CSS to format the output.

You can also make use of sessions to allow a user to log in.

All the information you need can be found on http://www.w3schools.com