Topic: noobie question

[j1979]

hello all, i hope someone can help, i am trying to make a PHP variable from a hidden form variable.

the page already has the value i need and the correct value is displayed.

<span class='summary betrag_rechts'>
         <span id='summary_total'>total <span>&nbsp;".$this->currency."</span></span>
         <input type='hidden' name='tbclient[total]' value='total'>
         </span><br />

but i need the value of "total" as a $php type variable.  is this possible?

thanks

[thorpe]

This has what to do with Ajax?

If you already have an echo statement echoing your form (its VERY unclear from your snippet) then its simply....

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<input type='hidden' name='tbclient[total]' value='$total'>

otherwise.....

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<input type='hidden' name='tbclient[total]' value='<?php echo $total; ?>'>


[j1979]

This has what to do with Ajax?

If you already have an echo statement echoing your form (its VERY unclear from your snippet) then its simply....

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<input type='hidden' name='tbclient[total]' value='$total'>

otherwise.....

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<input type='hidden' name='tbclient[total]' value='<?php echo $total; ?>'>


yes my post is perhaps a little unclear.  the original line of code works, and does have the echo statment.  what i want to do is capture the value of <input type='hidden' name='tbclient[total]' value='total'>.

i need this because i need to send a session variable in the $format. 

something like

session_start();
$total = <input type='hidden' name='tbclient[total]' value='total'>;
$_SESSION['paypal'] = $total ;