passing field values between forms using Formit [SOLVED]

I have the following situation:

Form A : offers a list to the user; user selects item from list and submits Form A

Formit handles Form A with:

[[!Formit? &hooks=`redirect` &redirectTo=`30`]]

Form B: processes the selected item from Form A

Form B is the redirect "30" used in the Formit call in Form A
The items are a set of values set by a Javascript routine into hidden input fields in Form A prior to submitting Form A

Am I correct to assume that these values should be available in Form B when I define the same hidden fields in Form B?

If not, does that then implicate that Formit cannot be used for situations where one has multiple chained forms that complete a specific process?

This is related to http://github.com/splittingred/FormIt/issues#issue/8 and will be added in a later version.

The only way you could do this now is with a custom hook that stores the values somewhere, and a snippet before your FormIt call in the 2nd page that loads those values and makes them placeholders.

Thanks!

When you say "placeholders", do you mean hidden input fields or something else?

Could you give an example of how to make a placeholder if you don’t mean hidden inputs.

Sorry for the ignorance, but I’m rather new at modx...

I think I figured it out.

made a snippet that does the following:



I can now use [[+name]] in the second form.

By the way: I came across a handy thing in $_SESSION.
There’s an array called ’last-form’ which holds all posted values of the last form.
I wasn’t aware of this. Is this standard PHP or is this a modx feature?

I believe it’s a formit thing; it’s used to prevent re-submitting exactly the same form.