Passing a value through forms then using it?

[wayned16]

Hi (my first post, i dont know if this post should go in here or html forum i think either? )

Now onto my question...

I have 4 html pages with 4 forms, i want to allow the user to input their name ($name) on form 1, then set up a hidden field with the value, $name - section 1 etc ... so when the information is emailed each time the user selects next the value $name will stop with each form, without the user inputing their name every time.

Or instead of having 4 html pages is there a way to use one html page and and only show one section at a time? I.E; user fills in section 1, presses next then in the same html file the user sees section 2? Saving the data from section 1 for it all to be emailed at the same time at the end when the user presses submit. This is the ideal way to do it i suppose but i dont know how to. Is there any online tutorials or help anywhere?

Thanks

[grahame]

The magic you're looking for is "sessions" and the $_SESSION super-global array. You'll probably not want to use hidden fields unless you're looking for a high security setuop where people aren't sllowed to move away from the site in the middle of their application and come back. And sessions do all the hard work for you too !