Passing page values to a hidden form field

[Jaygo]

I want to get the values from various page links to
a hidden field in a single online form. So if visitor A links
to the form from apples.htm and visitor B links to the
form from oranges.htm the value in the db table field would be
Apples or Oranges. Any pointers appreciated.

TIA John

 

[kaeli]

I want to get the values from various page links to
a hidden field in a single online form. So if visitor A links
to the form from apples.htm and visitor B links to the
form from oranges.htm the value in the db table field would be
Apples or Oranges. Any pointers appreciated.

TIA John

You could try document.referrer (or is it referer?), but I've heard it's
rather unreliable for internet applications.
A reliable method is to have the links on apples.htm and oranges.htm
send a value themselves. This requires recoding the links, however.
<a href="theURLwithTheForm.htm?ref=apples.htm">link</a>

Then you'd parse the URL, get the value of ref, and populate your form.

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[Jaygo]

You could try document.referrer (or is it referer?), but I've heard it's
rather unreliable for internet applications.
A reliable method is to have the links on apples.htm and oranges.htm
send a value themselves. This requires recoding the links, however.
<a href="theURLwithTheForm.htm?ref=apples.htm">link</a>

Then you'd parse the URL, get the value of ref, and populate your form.

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two.

John