Matty Sarro wrote:
> Yeah, I'm working on this with the hopes of it turning into a full module
> for a larger project I'm working on... but I'm still a bit of a noob
> Thanks for the assistance guys!
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Daniel Brown <parasane@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Matty Sarro <msarro@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Greets all!
>>> I am working on a minor project for work for entering inventory
>> information
>>> for servers we ship out.
>>>
>>> Here is my plan:
>>> First page -
>>> Get client name, number of servers, and find number of miscellaneous
>>> equipment(s) being shipped (UPS's, monitors, etc)
>> [snip!]
>>> I'm still planning this out... my major concern is how would I maintain
>>> values between pages?
>> <?php
>> session_start();
>> $_SESSION['value'] = $your_sanitized_value_from_POST;
>> $_SESSION['value2'] = $your_second_sanitized_value;
>> echo "<pre />\n";
>> print_r($_SESSION);
>> echo "</pre>\n";
>> ?>
>>
>> RTFM: http://php.net/session
>>
>> Keep in mind, it'll only work on the same server and same domain.
>> Otherwise, you may want to look into using wildcard .
>>
>> --
>> </Dan>
>>
>> Daniel P. Brown
>> Senior Unix Geek
>> <? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?>
>>
>

If you are going to follow Daniel's example, since you could potentially be
working with more then one server on any given order, you might want to look at
using a multi-dimensional array to store your values in.

$_SESSION['order_info'] = array();

$_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data'] = array();

$_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data']['name'] = '';

$contact_data = array();
$contact_data['type'] = 'billing';
$contact_data['address'] = '123 Someplace Ave';
$contact_data['city'] = 'New York';
$contact_data['state'] = 'NY';
$contact_data['phone_number'] = '2134526523';

$_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data']['contact_data'][0] = $contact_data;

$contact_data = array();
$contact_data['address'] = 'shipping';
$contact_data['city'] = '321 Somewhere Ave';
$contact_data['state'] = 'New York';
$contact_data['state'] = 'NY';
$contact_data['phone_number'] = '2134526523';

$_SESSION['order_info']['customer_data']['contact_data'][1] = $contact_data;

$server['make'] = 'Dell';
$server['model'] = 'Power Edge 2400';
$server['ram'] = '2gig';
$server['hd'] = '6x18g Seagate U320 SCSI';
$server['video'] = '64 ATI';

$_SESSION['order_info']['servers'][0] = $server;

$server['make'] = 'Dell';
$server['model'] = 'Power Edge 2600';
$server['ram'] = '2gig';
$server['hd'] = '3x36g Seagate U320 SCSI';
$server['video'] = '64 ATI';

$_SESSION['order_info']['servers'][1] = $server;


As you might have guessed, I like arrays.

I would actually go as far as making arrays out of the ram, hd, etc... data.
This would allow me to have detailed information about each section/option.

Hope this s

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