Pass variables from form to thanks page - booking calendar

[virtualgeorge]

I am using the wp booking calendar pro 9.0 plugin. So you choose dates on a calendar, fill out a form, then it takes you to your thank you page. So I want to use something like <?php echo $name; ?> to put the form data on my thank you page but it does not work.

Here is a quick sample page if you care to have a look:
virtualgeorge.info/book/calendar

Not exactly sure how the ajax form in the plugin works so I just used firebug to see the field names and
added <?php echo $name14; ?> & <?php echo $secondname14; ?> to the thanks page thinking that would display the first & last names?

Do I need anything like:
<?php
$name14 = $_POST["name14"];
?>

on the thanks page?

thx!

[J. H. Rasmussen]

Here is an example of how to receive posted form data, and converting it to xhtml before the data is send to the web browser:

PHP Code:

<?php
//check if variable is set
if(isset($_POST["name14"]))
{
    //add post value to variable
    $name14 = $_POST["name14"];
    echo changePostValueToXHTML($name14);
}


function changePostValueToXHTML($postValue)
{
    //if get_magic_quotes_gpc() is on then slashes is added to special characters like single and double quotes
    //that is good if the data need to be inserted to a database, but doesn't look good if you just want to display
    //the variable value on a web page.
    if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
    {
        $postValue = stripslashes($postValue);
    }
    
    //convert string to xhtml, so you can echo it to the client web browser, without risking 
    //that somebody adds xhtml markup in the form and it get rendered on the thank you page as xhtml markup(for security and valid markup)
    //I have have asumed that you use XHTML and characterset is set to UTF-8,
    //if that's not the case, then take a look at:
    //http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php
    $postValue = htmlspecialchars($postValue, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_XHTML, 'UTF-8');
    
    return $postValue;
}



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[virtualgeorge]

I am not sure where to add that code? I tried the thank you / results page but that didn't work.

I have done similar things with more simple forms but have a form page, then a processor.php but this plugin has one long page for the form that is over 3000 lines long so not sure how to go about this.

Any other tips or should I just go hire someone and save some time

[J. H. Rasmussen]

I tested the code before i posted it on v7n, so if the code is on the page where the form is posted to, and the form have a text input with the name name14, then the code should work.

Maybe you can post an url to the page with the form?

[virtualgeorge]

Thanks for the help!
I posted the link to the form in the OP
virtualgeorge.info/book/calendar

[J. H. Rasmussen]

Ok, made a few changes, so now the markup is handled as html5, and text input for first name was named name18, and not name14(i think i got that from your post). Anyway, i hope this code work:

PHP Code:

<?php
//check if variable is set
if(isset($_POST["name18"]))
{
    //add post value to variable
    $name18 = $_POST["name18"];
    echo changePostValueToXHTML($name18);
}


function changePostValueToXHTML($postValue)
{
    //if get_magic_quotes_gpc() is on then slashes is added to special characters like single and double quotes
    //that is good if the data need to be inserted to a database, but doesn't look good if you just want to display
    //the variable value on a web page.
    if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
    {
        $postValue = stripslashes($postValue);
    }
    
    $postValue = htmlspecialchars($postValue, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, 'UTF-8');
    
    return $postValue;
}



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