signup through Flash w/ create_account_process.php

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I'm using an older snapshot of osCommerce so much of this may have changed, but I thought I would ask if anyone else has tried this. I searched the forums but couldn't find any one trying to do this specifically.

 

I have a Flash animation where I want users to come and sign up for the newsletter. I only want their name and email address, but I thought I would go ahead and create an account for them in the process.

 

I created and tested a form that basically just submits the info to to /catalog/create_account_process.php and it seems to work just fine. Basically all I had to do is make all the required fields that I didn't need into hidden fields.. simple stuff, but it worked...

 

<form name="account_edit" method="post" action="http://URL/catalog/create_account_process.php">

 

<input type="hidden" name="action" value="process">

<input name="password" type="hidden" value="nopassword">

<input name="confirmation" type="hidden" value="nopassword">

<input name="street_address" type="hidden" value="null null">

<input name="city" type="hidden" value="metropolis">

<input name="state" type="hidden" value="NA">

<input name="postcode" type="hidden" value="00000">

<input name="country" type="hidden" value="US">

<input name="telephone" type="hidden" value="1111111111">

<input name="newsletter" type="hidden" value="1">

 

 

<input type="text" name="firstname">

<input type="text" name="lastname">

<input type="text" name="email_address">

 

<input name="submit" type="submit">

</form>

 

Now, I tried to recreate this simple form in Flash and I'm running into a problem. It seems to pass through all the variables except <input type="hidden" name="action" value="process"> which is obviously important because it tell the page to process the info. My thinking is that it may have to be a hidden field for create_account_process.php to recognize it, but I have to make it into a text field in flash.

 

I know this is an unsual setup, but has anyone else tried anything like this? Is there a better way to go about doing it? Is there something special about the create_account_process.php page that won't allow me to attempt what I am attempting?

 

Thanks for any help or insight.

 

RT

[blueline]

It's actually really simple.

 

Just change your code in your create_account php file to allow eithe a POST 'action' variable OR a GET 'action' variable.

 

Then when you call the php file from flash just call create_account.php?action=process

 

 

HTH

-Chris