Viewing Hidden Form Fields

[Ronald Schow]

When I specify a hidden field on the form page, I'd like to see the
contents of that field on the target page. I'm not having any luck with
this. I can see the contents of every field except the hidden one. What's
the trick?

 

[J.O. Aho]

When I specify a hidden field on the form page, I'd like to see the
contents of that field on the target page. I'm not having any luck with
this. I can see the contents of every field except the hidden one. What's
the trick?

Hidden inputs works in the same way as all other inputs, as long as you have a
name and value, the data will be sent to the processing script.

--- form.html ---
<form action"nextpage.php">
<input type="text" name="visible" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="invisible" value="something">
<input type="submit">
</form>
--- eof ---

--- nextpage.php ---
echo "The visible input field: ".$_REQUEST['visible']."<br>";
echo "The hidden input field: ".$_REQUEST['invisible']."<br>";
--- eof ---

As you see no difference, and this applies to other script languages too.

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

When I specify a hidden field on the form page, I'd like to see the
contents of that field on the target page. I'm not having any luck with
this. I can see the contents of every field except the hidden one. What's
the trick?

'cuz to are keeping the URL hidden as well! Well a WAG is you are not
giving the hidden fields a name...

 

[Neredbojias]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:40:29
GMT Jonathan N. Little scribed:

'cuz to are keeping the URL hidden as well! Well a WAG is you are not
giving the hidden fields a name...

A "wag" is what a dog does when it sees a squirrel, not a url.

 

[Jonathan N. Little]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:40:29
GMT Jonathan N. Little scribed:


A "wag" is what a dog does when it sees a squirrel, not a url.

Wild Ass Guess. Some may wag but mine have lunch! Very few squirrels in
my backyard.

 

[Neredbojias]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:58:08 GMT
Jonathan N. Little scribed:

Wild Ass Guess. Some may wag but mine have lunch! Very few squirrels in
my backyard.

How regurgitory! That's what happens when you leave civilization...