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SteveSoler · 07-06-2002, 05:47 PM

redhead,

Forgive me but i'm just learning PHP, MySQL, SQL. This is all new to me. I do know HTML though

(big deal).

The actions I want the user to take are as follows:
1) Fill out form.
2) Press Preview Button (the only button on that page).
3) Look over preview of text entered. (this should be on a new page and appear as text, not text in form fields.)
4a) If user finds mistake in text of Preview, click Edit button (or link or Browser back button) to go back to form and make changes. Then user repeats steps 1 (editing not re-entering data) through 4.
4b) If user does not find mistakes in text of Preview, clicks submit button that INSERTS form data into MySQL table.
5) User gets a new page thats says "thank you. form submitted."

Does the script/s you are working on function like this?

If not does anyone know how I can get this to work?

I already know how to INSERT form data into a table and ECHO the data onto a page after the data was inserted, but I can't figure out how to add the Preview in the middle before inserting the data.

Thanks!

07-06-2002, 05:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
SteveSoler Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3	redhead, Forgive me but i'm just learning PHP, MySQL, SQL. This is all new to me. I do know HTML though (big deal). The actions I want the user to take are as follows: 1) Fill out form. 2) Press Preview Button (the only button on that page). 3) Look over preview of text entered. (this should be on a new page and appear as text, not text in form fields.) 4a) If user finds mistake in text of Preview, click Edit button (or link or Browser back button) to go back to form and make changes. Then user repeats steps 1 (editing not re-entering data) through 4. 4b) If user does not find mistakes in text of Preview, clicks submit button that INSERTS form data into MySQL table. 5) User gets a new page thats says "thank you. form submitted." Does the script/s you are working on function like this? If not does anyone know how I can get this to work? I already know how to INSERT form data into a table and ECHO the data onto a page after the data was inserted, but I can't figure out how to add the Preview in the middle before inserting the data. Thanks!