Prepopulate Form From A URL

markswan20 · 06-25-2012, 02:08 PM

I have found various answers on the internet but none of them seem to work

When i follow a URL to my form page i need a field to have the product already filled out. no matter what i tried it never populates the field.

I have tried the following

http://www.yourcaketopper.co.uk/cont....php?name=mark

The form name is called contactform
The ID field is called name

Is there anything special i need to do to make it work or is it not possible.

Your help is very much appreciated in advance.

Thank You Very Much
Mark

abduraooft · 06-25-2012, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Is there anything special i need to do to make it work or is it not possible.

Where's your code ? The following should work.

PHP Code:


			
<input type="text" name="somename" value="<?php echo $_GET['name']?>">

markswan20 · 06-25-2012, 05:16 PM

I'm really sorry for me being pretty vague, where do i put your response?

My scenario is i have 4 options when a customer clicks on a picture it will put the picture id in the required box on the form, this isn't the actual form yet i want to use the hyperlink that way it saves me setting hundreds of paypal buttons i can use just 1 using a different ref number.

I am truly sorry if i am being awkward i'm just newish to this

I truely appreciate your help

Mark

jdswebservice · 06-25-2012, 06:20 PM

You'll probably want to do an OnClick on the image and use javascript to generate putting the value into the form input tag.

code is below.

Code:

<html>
<head>
	<title>
		Post ID: 266216
	</title>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	function changeValue(value) {
		document.getElementById('myField').value=value;
	}
	</script>
</head>
<body>


<img src="" width="100" height="100" onclick="changeValue('value1')">
<br>
<br>
<img src="" width="100" height="100" onclick="changeValue('value2')">
<br>
<br>
<img src="" width="100" height="100" onclick="changeValue('value3')">
<br>
<br>
<img src="" width="100" height="100" onclick="changeValue('value4')">
<br>
<br>
<input type="text" name="myField" id="myField">
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="****s and Giggles Submit Button">


</body>
</html>

Copy and paste that into a new HTML file and you'll have what you want!

Happy Coding!