Save values in db with submit button only

Question

I am trying to save some values into db, on first page i am running some matches and on the the 2nd page i need to save values. on first page only click button is shown to user, when he clicks , the values are stored.

code

<form action="ms_insert.php" method="post">
<input type="submit" value="Claim your daily bonus" name="test">
</form>

How can i submit all the values that are outside the form and send them to the ms_insert.php and process the values.

What i need to achieve it like this.

some values shall be matched , on successful match it will save the enteries into the db.

Here is the exact code that i am using now :

<?php
if ( $thismemberinfo[msurf] >= $msurfclicks ) {
$sql=$Db1->query("INSERT INTO d_bonus VALUES('$userid','0.02',NOW())"); 
echo "success";
}
else
{
echo "wrong";
}
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="hidden" value="123" name="match">
<input type="submit" value="Claim your daily bonus $o.o2" name="claim">
</form>

I want this php code to excute when user click the submit button.

Why do you need to submit form elements that reside outside the `form` tag? It's there to contain them. — esqew, Aug 11 '14 at 15:37
these are not the form elements. I have some conditions that are already outside form, once user clicks the submit button, I need them to store the values in the db, — Neha, Aug 11 '14 at 15:40
possible duplicate of [Php page with html form inside execute php code before form is completed](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21834925/php-page-with-html-form-inside-execute-php-code-before-form-is-completed) — codehitman, Aug 11 '14 at 18:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

There are two ways that I can think of doing this:

Simply set the post variable to another value as described here:
```
$_POST['text'] = 'another value';
```
This will override the previous value corresponding to text key of the array. The $_POST is super global associative array and you can change the values like a normal php array.
Second would be to use _SESSION tags as described in this post:

In the first.php:
```
$_SESSION['favcolor'] = 'green';
```
In ms_insert.php:
```
echo $_SESSION['favcolor']; // green
```

P.S. You can also use cookies

Additional sources:

http://www.felixgers.de/teaching/php/hidden1.html

Have a look at [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/21835020/3199478) post this might help. — codehitman, Aug 11 '14 at 18:12

Ugo T. · Answer 2 · 2014-08-11T16:09:51.907

You can use Javascript with a XHR object for example or try to insert your values to store in hidden inputs.

Solution 1 : AJAX, for example :

Your JS (Here with Jquery):

function saveInDb(){

    /* Retrieve your values in your page : */
    var myValue1 = $('#value1Id').val();
    var myValue2 = $('#value2Id').val();

    /*Create a Jquery ajax object : */
    $.ajax({
      type: "POST",
      url: "ms_insert.php",
      data: { "value1": myValue1, "value2": myValue2 }
    }).done(function( msg ) {
        alert( "Data Saved");
    });
}

Your HTML :

<span id="value1Id">My value 1</span>
<span id="value2Id">My value 2</span>
<button onclick=saveInDb()></button>

Solution 2 : the HTML with hidden inputs :

<form action="ms_insert.php" method="post">
   <input type="hidden" value="My value 1" name="value1">
   <input type="hidden" value="My value 2" name="value2">
   <input type="submit" value="Claim your daily bonus" name="test">
</form>

Please show how. The answer as is should be a comment. – Baum mit Augen Aug 11 '14 at 15:48 — Baum mit Augen, Aug 11 '14 at 15:48

Save values in db with submit button only

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