Resending Posted Form Data

Is there an easy way to send form data via post to a page that captures
all that data ( manipulates it ) and then via post again sends it off to
another page (the manipulation requires no action by the user)? I know
it sounds redundant, but I need to manipulate some of the data entered
in the form and I don't want to do it with client side javascript before
the form is sent the first time. I'm using ASP and PHP.

To clarify, I would like to take the input from a form, manipulate the
data in just a couple of the fields of the form, and then forward the
whole form on via post to another page that is the final destination. I
have to make sure the data manipulation takes place which is why I would
like to do it with server side code instead of client side.

Any suggestions?

On 02 Dec 2005 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Gabe wrote:

Is there an easy way to send form data via post to a page that
captures all that data ( manipulates it ) and then via post again
sends it off to another page (the manipulation requires no action by
the user)? I know it sounds redundant, but I need to manipulate
some of the data entered in the form and I don't want to do it with
client side javascript before the form is sent the first time. I'm
using ASP and PHP.

Huh? Last I knew, you couldn't use both in the same file...

To clarify, I would like to take the input from a form, manipulate
the data in just a couple of the fields of the form, and then
forward the whole form on via post to another page that is the final
destination. I have to make sure the data manipulation takes place
which is why I would like to do it with server side code instead of
client side.

Any suggestions?

Do it all in the script which sends the mail (pseudocode):

// Get information from the form
myfirstname = trim(post('firstname'))
mylastname = trim(post('lastname'))
// Do some processing
myfullname = myfirstname & ' ' & mylastname
....
// Send mail
mail('me (AT) example (DOT) com', from: myfullname, ...)

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Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.net/
Email: http://makowiec.net/email.php

Sorry about that. I just meant I could use PHP or ASP, not both in the
same file.

Also, I can't email the info to someone. I have to "post" the
information to an external website that I have no control over. So
basically, I need to retrieve the info that the user filled out in a
form, manipulate some of that data ( server side ), and then send the
form data to an external website that needs to receive the data via the
"post" method.


Joe Makowiec wrote:

On 02 Dec 2005 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Gabe wrote:


Is there an easy way to send form data via post to a page that
captures all that data ( manipulates it ) and then via post again
sends it off to another page (the manipulation requires no action by
the user)? I know it sounds redundant, but I need to manipulate
some of the data entered in the form and I don't want to do it with
client side javascript before the form is sent the first time. I'm
using ASP and PHP.


Huh? Last I knew, you couldn't use both in the same file...


To clarify, I would like to take the input from a form, manipulate
the data in just a couple of the fields of the form, and then
forward the whole form on via post to another page that is the final
destination. I have to make sure the data manipulation takes place
which is why I would like to do it with server side code instead of
client side.

Any suggestions?


Do it all in the script which sends the mail (pseudocode):

// Get information from the form
myfirstname = trim(post('firstname'))
mylastname = trim(post('lastname'))
// Do some processing
myfullname = myfirstname & ' ' & mylastname
...
// Send mail
mail('me (AT) example (DOT) com', from: myfullname, ...)

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:57:40 -0500, Gabe <none (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote:

Also, I can't email the info to someone. I have to "post" the
information to an external website that I have no control over. So
basically, I need to retrieve the info that the user filled out in a
form, manipulate some of that data ( server side ), and then send the
form data to an external website that needs to receive the data via the
"post" method.

It's a relatively straightforward process in PHP by using direct socket
I/O. Although, I'm worried by your comment that you can use either ASP
or PHP. All too often, hosts turn off direct socket I/O in PHP when it's
on a Windows server.

Gary