Web Design & Development
PHP
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Passing Data Between Pages
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1. Passing Form Data
• Forms provide a mean of submitting information
from the client to the server.
• We can create HTML forms using <form> tag
• Method and action are the most common attributes
of <form>
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1. Passing Form Data…
• action
– gives the URL of the application that is to receive and
process the forms data
• method
– sets the HTTP method that the browser uses to send
the form's data to the server for processing
• most common methods are POST or GET
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1. Passing Form Data…
When to Use GET?
• You can use GET (the default method):
• If the form submission is passive (like a search engine
query), and without sensitive information.
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1. Passing Form Data…
When to Use GET?
• When you use GET, the form data will be visible in the
page address:
• action_page.php?firstname=Mickey&lastname=Mouse
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1. Passing Form Data…
URL where Information Get Method
is to be submitted
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1. Passing Form Data…
Getting Name
Getting Email
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1. Passing Form Data…
Information to be Sent
URL contains all Data that was sent from previous page
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1. Passing Form Data…
When to Use POST?
• You should use POST:
• If the form is updating data, or includes sensitive
information (password).
• POST offers better security because the submitted data
is not visible in the page address.
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1. Passing form data…
Post method:
– Information sent will be invisible to others
– When using sensitive data such as passwords, use
Post Method.
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1. Passing Form Data…
URL where Information Get Method
is to be submitted
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1. Passing Form Data…
Getting Posted Name
Getting Posted Email
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1. Passing Form Data…
Information to be Sent
URL contains no Data that was sent from previous page
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1.1 Super Global Variables
Several predefined variables in PHP are "superglobals",
which means that they are always accessible, regardless of
scope - and you can access them from any function, class or file
without having to do anything special.
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1.1 Super Global Variables
• PHP automatically makes few variables available in your
program
• These are array variables and can be accessed by name
• These variables are called super-global variables because
they can be accessed without regard to scope
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2.1 Passing Text Field Data
Post Method
Text Field Text Field Name
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2.1 Passing Text Field Data…
Display A Message
Data Received
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2.1 Passing Text Field Data…
Form Page
Action Page
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2.2 Passing Hidden Field Data…
Hidden Value
Hidden Field Field Name
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2.2 Passing Hidden Field Data…
Accessing Hidden Value
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2.2 Passing Hidden Field Data…
No Third Entry
Hidden Field Data
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2.3 Getting Value From Checkbox
CheckBox Name Value
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2.3 Getting Value From Checkbox
PHP Value
ASP Value
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2.3 Getting Value From Checkbox…
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2.3 Getting Value From Checkbox…
Checking for Value of PHP
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2.4 Getting Value From Radio Button
Same Name
Value Set
Value Not Set
Getting Value from Radio Button
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2.4 Getting Value From Radio Button…
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2.5 Getting Value From Select List
Name of List
Option and Value
Getting Value of List
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2.5 Getting Value From Select List…
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3. Passing Variables Using Sessions
A session is basically a temporary set of variables that
exists only until the browser has shut down
• $_SESSION:
– represents data available to a PHP script that has
previously been stored in a session
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3. Passing Variables Using Sessions
First Page
<?php
$_SESSION[‘name ‘] =‘Tehseen’; nth page
?>
<?php
echo $_SESSION[‘name ‘];
echo $_SESSION[‘email ‘];
?>
2nd Page
<?php
echo $_SESSION[‘name ‘];
$_SESSION[‘email ‘] =
‘tehseen.abbasi@comsats.edu.pk’;
?>
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3. Passing Variables Using Sessions
session_start()
– is used to start a session
$_SESSION[‘variable_name’]
– is used to store data in session variable
session_destroy()
– is used to destroy a session
unset($_SESSION[‘variable_name’])
– is used to unset a specific variable
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3. Passing Variables Using Sessions…
Session Starts
Session Variable Created
Link to Next Page
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3. Passing Variables Using Sessions…
Session Starts
Session Variable Created
Link Page
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3. Passing variables using sessions…
Session Variable’s Value
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3. Passing variables using sessions…
Destroying Session
Accessing Session
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3. Passing variables using sessions…
Session Accessed
Session Destroyed
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THANK YOU
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