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how to modify a text field on a form - richb201 - 01-20-2021
I have a text field on a form:
<?php
echo "<br><br><br><br><br><br><h3>Report for: ".$_SESSION['campaign']." for tax year ended ".$_SESSION['last_TY'];
?>
Then I have the rest of the page:
<form method="post">
<?php
$taxyear=$_SESSION['last_TY'];
\koolreport\inputs\Select::create(array(
"name"=>"taxyear",
"data"=>$_SESSION['TY'], //this is a list of years in an array
"defaultOption"=>array($taxyear=>''),
));
?>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
here is where I am trying to get the user's input:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['taxyear']))
$_SESSION['last_TY']=$_POST['taxyear'];
?>
Plus a whole report.
After a user presses the submit button, I'd like to update the for tax year ended ".$_SESSION['last_TY'] in the text field.
But I am finding that the $_SESSION['taxyear'] is not getting updated as I thought it would. It seems to be delayed until I press submit a 2nd time. Each time they hit submit, the entire page is run (which is good) but I need to set the $taxyear before running it. I have set up a default taxyear in $_SESSION['tax_year'] in my controller that gets used the first time they display the form.
How do I get the submit button to control this thing (except the first time, when it should use the default I have set)? What I would like is for a user to pick a tax year from $_SESSION['TY'] list, update Report for: ".$_SESSION['campaign']." for tax year ended ".$_SESSION['last_TY'];, and then rerun the page with the new $taxyear,