Posting Form Data to Redirect Page

Question

I have a contact form that I'm using phpmailer to send out the information that was entered in the form and once sent is redirected to another page. Which works great, now what I would like is to have all the information that is sent to the email address also posted on the redirect page (ie - target.php). I use 3 pages 1 for html, 1 for verify(js) and 1 (phpmailer) to send. I have read other questions here and I know if you put the redirect page in the action"target.php" on the form you can get the data, except I have to put action"appt.php" which is my phpmailer form. I have tried:

 

    
        Form data
        
        This is a simple page showing the data you have just submitted

I put the code above on the target.php page.

This is what I get when redirected to target.php page:

Notice: Undefined index: fullname in C:\xampp\htdocs\appt arget.php on line 14

Notice: Undefined index: address in C:\xampp\htdocs\appt arget.php on line 16

Also tried taking off Field at the end of the $ and still get the same code.

Here is html page:


   

  
  Appointment Request

  

  
    Full Name*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
    Address*
    
       
        
      
    
  


  

  
    City*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
    State*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
    Zip Code*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
    Phone*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
    E-mail*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
    Appt Reason*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
    Appt Date*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
    Appt Time*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
    Contact You*
    
       
        
      
    
  

    

  
    Project Description*
    
       
        
      
    
  

  

  
      Captcha

appt.php (phpmailer form):

 isSMTP();

//Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = 0;

//Ask for HTML-friendly debug output
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';

//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = 'smtp.aol.com';
// use
// $mail->Host = gethostbyname('smtp.gmail.com');
// if your network does not support SMTP over IPv6

//Set the SMTP port number - 587 for authenticated TLS, a.k.a. RFC4409 SMTP submission
$mail->Port = 587;

//Set the encryption system to use - ssl (deprecated) or tls
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';

//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;

//Username to use for SMTP authentication - use full email address for gmail
$mail->Username = "username";

//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "password";

//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom('sent from');

//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->addAddress('sent to');

//Set the subject line
$mail->Subject = 'Information For Appointment Wanted';

//Read an HTML message body from an external file, convert referenced images to embedded,
//convert HTML into a basic plain-text alternative body
$mail->Body = <<Here is the information $fullnameField entered in your Appointment form.



Name:  $fullnameField


Address:  $addressField


City:  $cityField


State:  $stateField


Zip Code:  $zipcodeField


Phone #:  $phoneField


E-mail:  $emailField


Appointment Reason:  $apptReasonField


Date Wanted For Appointment:  $apptDateField


Time Wanted For Appointment:  $apptTimeField


Best Way To Contact You:  $methodField


Project Description:  $commentsField


EOD;


//Replace the plain text body with one created manually
$mail->AltBody = 'This is a plain-text message body';

//send the message, check for errors
if(!$mail->Send())
{
 echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}else{

$_SESSION[fullname]=$fullnameField; 
$_SESSION[address]=$addressField; 
$_SESSION[city]=$cityField;
$_SESSION[state]=$stateField; 
$_SESSION[zip]=$zipcodeField; 
$_SESSION[phone]=$phoneField;
$_SESSION[email]=$emailField; 
$_SESSION[reason]=$apptReasonField; 
$_SESSION[apptDate]=$apptDateField;
$_SESSION[apptTime]=$apptTimeField;
$_SESSION[method]=$methodField;
$_SESSION[comment]=$commentsField;

     header('Location: http://localhost/appt/target.php');

}

Here is the target.php

    



    Thank You
    



    
        
            Thank you  for scheduling an appointment with U.S. Pride Home Specialists. We will be contacting you by the contact method you chose as soon as possible.
        
        
            
Your Appointment Form Information

        
        
        
            
Name: 

        
                
        
            
Address: 

        
        
        
            
City: 

        
        
        
            
State: 

        
        
        
            
Zip Code: 

        
        
        
            
Phone: 

        
        
        
            
E-mail: 

        
        
        
            
Appointment Reason: 

        
        
        
            
Appointment Date Wanted: 

        
        
        
            
Appointment Time Wanted: 

        
        
        
            
Way You Wanted Contacted: 

        
        
        
            
Project Description:

Justin M. Ucar · Accepted Answer

You need to store your form data in a database table or session for persistence. something like:

$mail->AltBody = 'This is a plain-text message body';

//send the message, check for errors
if(!$mail->Send())
{
 echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}else{
    // BUILD $form_data here
    $_SESSION['temp_form_data'] = serialize($form_data); 
    and after redirect just get data from session.
    header('Location: http://localhost/appt/target.php');
}

And in the page that you show after redirect in target.php

$form_data = unserialize($_SESSION['temp_form_data']);
    // Use form data here

Another option would be to store it in database and retrieve it after redirect.

I do not suggest placing form data params and values over a url.

Posting Form Data to Redirect Page

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