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<html>
<!-- try_hidden.php
... adding a hidden parameter to a form, and making this
more modular
adapted from "Learning PHP 5", Sklar, O'Reilly, Chapter 9
adapted by: Sharon Tuttle
last modified: 11-16-06
-->
<head>
<title> playing with here documents and hidden parameters
and better modularization </title>
</head>
<body>
<h2> playing with here documents and hidden parameters and better
modularization </h2>
<h3>
<?php
// make use of the hidden parameter here, instead
//if (array_key_exists('customer_name',$_POST))
if ($_POST["_submit_check"])
{
process_form();
}
else
{
display_form();
}
// process_form
// customize the list with the submitted name
function process_form()
{
$name = $_POST["customer_name"];
print <<<HTMLSTUFF
$name's items
<ul>
<li> $name's books
<li> $name's magazines
<li> $name's bicycles
</ul>
HTMLSTUFF;
}
// display_form
// ask the user to enter his/her name
function display_form()
{
print <<<HTMLFORM
<form method="post" action="$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]">
Your name: <input type="text" name="customer_name">
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Say Hello">
<input type="reset">
<input type="hidden" name="_submit_check" value="1">
</form>
HTMLFORM;
}
?>
</h3>
</body>
</html>