MachForm Community Forums Topic: Method to pass data to forms other than URL parameters.

MachForm Community Forums Topic: Method to pass data to forms other than URL parameters. https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Method to pass data to forms other than URL parameters. en Sun, 03 May 2026 20:38:55 +0000 Steve1951 on "Method to pass data to forms other than URL parameters." https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/method-to-pass-data-to-forms-other-than-url-parameters#post-17888 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:44:28 +0000 Steve1951 17888@https://www.machform.com/forums/ I found a method to accomplish what I need without making any modifications to any MachForm files. If I want to pass data to a form without adding the information to the URL here is what I do. Within the same PHP file where I embed the MachForm code I add the following before the embedded MachForm code: <pre><code>if (!isset($_GET['element_5'])) { $_GET['element_5'] = $meeting_event; }</code></pre> If the data is not already in the $_GET array, then I add it to the array. With this method, the data is not displayed in the URL. Steve1951 on "Method to pass data to forms other than URL parameters." https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/method-to-pass-data-to-forms-other-than-url-parameters#post-17883 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:14:03 +0000 Steve1951 17883@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Thanks for your reply. Considering $_GET is used 93 times in the view-functions.php file, perhaps I should just tolerate long URL links or look for a different method to pass data. yuniar on "Method to pass data to forms other than URL parameters." https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/method-to-pass-data-to-forms-other-than-url-parameters#post-17875 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:48:17 +0000 yuniar 17875@https://www.machform.com/forums/ I'm afraid you will need to modify the code and change the GET into POST. You can search into "includes/view-functions.php" file. Simply search for all $_GET variables there and you'll find it. Steve1951 on "Method to pass data to forms other than URL parameters." https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/method-to-pass-data-to-forms-other-than-url-parameters#post-17847 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:51:58 +0000 Steve1951 17847@https://www.machform.com/forums/ Is there a method to pass data to forms other than URL parameters? On some long forms I pass a lot of data and the URL becomes very long. I normally use PHP Embed Code so I was hoping I could set some type of global variable (or array) similiar to $_POST instead of $_GET. If this functionality is not available, could you direct me to the file where the URL parameters are parsed so I can modify the file to use an array instead of the URL parameters. Thanks, Steve