PHP Multiple Forms
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PHP Multiple Forms
Multiple forms in a single page is very important when you need user to fill in multiple forms. In each form, users need to fill in information before the other forms can be displayed. The previous entried information are saved in the hidden fields in the current form.
Example TRY-IT
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Multiple Forms</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// use to move from one form to the next
$form = (isset($_REQUEST['form']) && !empty($_REQUEST['form'])) ? $_REQUEST['form'] : 'step1';
$data = "";
if (isset($_REQUEST['name']) && !empty($_REQUEST['name'])) {
$data = $_REQUEST['name'];
}
switch ($form) {
case 'step1':
echo "<form name=\"{$form}\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\"/>";
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form\" value=\"step2\"/>";
echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"sb1\" value=\"step1\"/>";
echo "</form>";
break;
case 'step2':
echo "<form name=\"{$form}\" method=\"post\" >";
echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\"/>";
echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"sb2\" value=\"step2\"/>";
// keep step 1 data
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"step1\" value=\"{$data}\"/>";
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form\" value=\"step3\"/>";
echo "</form>";
break;
case 'step3':
$step = $_REQUEST['step1'];
echo "<form name=\"{$form}\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\"/>";
echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"sb3\" value=\"step3\"/>";
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form\" value=\"step4\"/>";
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"step2\" value=\"{$data}\"/>";
echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"step1\" value=\"{$step}\"/>";
echo "</form>";
break;
case 'step4':
echo 'Step 1: ' . $_REQUEST['step1'] . '<br/>';
echo 'Step 2: ' . $_REQUEST['step2'] . '<br/>';
echo 'Step 3: ' . $data . '<br/>';
break;
}
?>
</body>
</html>
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