"Jim Lucas" <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:46CB05C7.504@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Mike Ryan wrote: > > I am creating a series of forms that collect information this covers 3 > > screens before I want to write it out to the database. when I go from one > > screen to the next I have tried hidden and readonly input boxes but the data > > in the hidden and readonly fields from screen one do not make it to the > > final page. > > > > Is there a way to get the data from page one without letting the users > > modify the information. I guess I could write the data to the database but > > how do I find the record number of the data I just wrote so that I can > > update the information, will php tell me the record number? I am using php > > 5.2.1 and mysql 5.x > > > > thanks for your help. > > > > > Are working with the data from Form 1 before going to form 2 and so forth? > > If you are not, then you could look into a three layered div with tabs and keep it all on one page. > > -- > Jim Lucas > > "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, > and some have greatness thrust upon them." > > Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V > by William Shakespeare yes I get information from form one transfers to form two ok but then does not show up on form 3. form 1 and 2 do not then save to the database after the last page of form 3. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php