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  Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 03:19 AM

  Ok, I am trying to pass a variable to an external page that is being framed with nukewrapper. I figure to have it load the page with the variable its going to have be setup in the array so that I call it like this:
  
  page.php?URL=quickquote
  
  which is a shortcut to:
  
  http://absreport.aghost.net/index.cfm?show=203&quote=
  
  Standalone, if I wanted to load the page with a quote for CSCO, i would just add CSCO to the end of the URL, like this:
  
  http://absreport.aghost.net/index.cfm?show=203&quote=CSCO
  
  So i figured I should be be able to use a form and POST that variable to the end like this:
  
  page.php?URL=quickquote&quote=csco. But that doesnt now work and loads no variable. So i tried this:
  
  'quickquote' => 'http://absreport.aghost.net/index.cfm?show=203&quote=$_POST[\'quote\']',
  
  No luck there either. As it will try to load $_POST[\'quote\' instead of CSCO
  
  Any ideas? Thanks.

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  Posted: Jan 27, 2005 - 02:46 AM

  In HTML forms using the POST method, you cannot have query strings in the form Action, as you point out it simply gets dropped. You can instead place the variables in a Hidden field.
  
  As for placing it in a key, in PHP varables are only parsed in double-quoted strings, and then you'd leave out the single quotes in $_POST['varname']. Anything in single quotes are taken literally, as you found out.
  The solution: Either use double-quotes for the URL part, or exit the single quotes first:
  

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  (quickquote' => "http://absreport.aghost.net/index.cfm?show=203&quote=$_POST[quote]");
  or
  (quickquote' => 'http://absreport.aghost.net/index.cfm?show=203&quote='.$_POST['quote']);

  
  The "." character after the end single quote appends the POST variable.
  
  Either way should work.

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