Define and submit value for variables in the page - HOW?

[Tonkpils]

Hello all,
which is the way to let a user choose an option on a page (check boxes), and with this define a value for a variable in the page itself?
I did a form, displayed with a statement to check is other values are set. Is so, a form is displayed. Here the user has two option in order to display stuff on the page. Seems that i don't get how to link the form to the variables values...
OF COURSE IF THERE ARE EXPEMLE AROUND JUST SEND ME THERE...
Thanks all...

[toweter]

You can access to the vars of your form with the following:

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$myvar = $_REQUEST['myvar'];

if your problem is only the checkbox, here a example how to:

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echo "<input type=checkbox name=myvar value=thevalueofmyvar>";

[sigix]

you want to get value from user and then use the same value of variable in the same php page ?
( if yes you can do by setting the form action to the PHP_SELF and then track that variable/value according to get/post methods)

[Tonkpils]

I've almost did it, but now i have a problem displaying this string. How i can escape the carhacters?

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print ("<form name=\"status\" method=\"POST\" action=\"issues.php?pn=\".$_GET['pn'].\"\">");


This is the line where i get the error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING

How can i let the script accept

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.$_GET['pn'].

to read the variable?

[sigix]

you can embed php in html like this

<form name="" method="post" action="<?php echo "issue.php?pn=".$_GET['pn']; ?> ">
...
...
</form>
will work neat

[Tonkpils]

Is not a problem of embedding a piece of code. And more over, is not html pure, is displayed via the PHP parser, so there is something to do to let him read

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action="issues.php?pn=".$_GET['pn']."

[ruturajv]

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print ("<form name="status" method="POST" action="issues.php?pn=".$_GET['pn']."">");


This is the line where i get the error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING

How can i let the script accept

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.$_GET['pn'].

to read the variable?

Just see your above code you have escaped the charecter but have not closed the string

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print ("<form name="status" method="POST" action="issues.php?pn=" . $_GET['pn']. "">");