php get results on same page

Question

Hi all,

I Have a php form page where users fill the data and process page to add data to database, Its working fine, But problem is I need the results from process page to be displayed back on to my main page? How to get results back to main page?? ..

Answer 1

In the form's action attribute, set the path to $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] rather than processing file. This way, form will submit to same page where you can process it.

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
.....
</form>

Answer 2

How about

<form action="mainPage.php" ...>

Simple and your Data will be on the main page.

Answer 3

Use sessions. In script assign a error message to session variable and do redirect. On script.php

$_SESSION['error'] = 'Incorrect email';

index.php

echo $_SESSION['error'];

Don't forget session_start() in begin of scripts.

Answer 4

There's a wide variety of ways, depending on what you're talking about. You'll likely want to use session variables, though. In the processing script:

<?php
start_session();

// Do your processing here

$_SESSION['myvar'] = $finished_data;
?>

And in the main page that called it:

<?php
session_start();

if(!empty($_SESSION['myvar'])) {
     $data = $_SESSION['myvar'];
}

// Use $data here as you need
?>