Append Form Submitted GET to the URL?

[chaseman]

I now know how to append GET over normal hyperlinks, but I don't know how to do it with form submissions.

 

Here's the problem:

 

I have a form like this one:

 

<form method="GET" action="">

<?php 
require_once ('sort_category_func.php');
$switch = 1;
sort_category ($switch); 
?>

+ Most Liked <input type='checkbox' value='mostLiked' name='mostLiked' />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="sortSubmit" value='Go' />
<br /><br />
</form>

 

 

And the variables:

 

// DROP DOWN MENU VARIABLES
$select_category = $_REQUEST['sort_category'];
$most_liked = $_GET['mostLiked'];

 

I'm using a while loop to list user submission, you can also sort them by category which works over GET, this works as long as there is no GET data already in the URL, but as soon as there is GET data it won't work anymore.

 

Here's an example:

 

If I have a user profile page opened like this:

 

profile.php?user=konopkov

 

And a category has been chosen to sort the user's submissions the URL will change to:

 

profile.php?sort_category=Logos

 

INSTEAD it should be:

 

profile.php?user=konopkov&sort_category=Logos

 

As I said I know how to achieve this with hyperlinks now, but I have no clue how do it with form submissions.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks.

[flolam]

You could either add a hidden input field

<form action="action.php" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="user" value="<?php echo $user; ?>" />
<!-- form stuff -->
</form>

or add it to the action of your form

<form action="action.php?user=<?php echo $user; ?>" method="get">
<!-- form stuff -->
</form>

[chaseman]

action variant didn't work for me, but the hidden field variant worked great.

 

In the last and in this thread you rescued my day!

 

I've been working on this since so many hours.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

If the form method='get', only the form data is included on the end of the URL. In this case, the only way you can get it to work is by using hidden fields.

[flolam]

Good to know, never tried it =)

I'm glad I could help!