Fill HTML Form Fields With JSON Object -
i have basic html form i've created locally , form, same one, on separate local site.
i wondering if there way fill out first html form , automatically fill out second form same data.
i have looked possibly packaging form data json object can't seem find guidance how it.
<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="main.css"> <title>form test</title> </head> <body> <center> <h1>form test</h1></center> <div class="navigation"> <nav> <a href="secondform.html">second form submission</a> </nav> </div> <p>upon clicking submit button, populated fields should send field data second form emailed someone.</p> </body> <div id="message"> </div> <form name="form_simple" id="form-simple" action="c:/xampp/htdocs/formsubmit/formsubmit.php" method="post" target="_blank"> name: <br> <input type="text" name="name" value=""> <br> email: <br> <input type="email" name="email" value=""> <br> university: <br> <input type="text" name="university" value=""> <br> year in school: <br> <input type="text" name="year" value=""> <br> grad date: <br> <input type="date" name="graddate" value=""> <br> <br> <input type="submit" value="submit"> </form> </html>
since you're using php, there's no need monkey-about json encoding data. when hit submit button, formsubmit.php page requested.
in it, can of data form held. can use populate fields of next form.
i imagine you're not yet familiar $_post , $_get arrays available each , every php script. since method of above form post, can grab submitted values $_post array.
that say, array contain elements in array indexed name of original form inputs. in case, these found in $_post['name'], $_post['email'], $_post['university'], $_post['year'] , $_post['graddate'].
now's time mention shouldn't include full local path of script in action attribute of form. refer relative web-server's root folder. in case, c:/xampp/htdocs - equates address of localhost/ in browser. so, should change action /formsubmit/formsubmit.php or formsubmit.php if html shown above , php file both exist in same folder.
something else may find of use var_dump function. if place var_dump($_post); in formsubmit.php file, can see entered values straight there on screen - helpful tool debugging, allowing check think sent via post in fact sent, , named , structured expecting. can trivially populate fields on target form retrieving , echoing passed data.
an example perform no error-checking, has no styling, inert , populate 2 fields may this:
formsubmit.php
<?php $name = $_post['name']; $email = $_post['email']; ?> <html> <body> <form> <input type='text' name='nameinput' value='<?php echo $name; ?>' /> <input type='email' name='emailinput' value='<?php echo $email; ?>' /> </form> </body> </html>
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