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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Integrating with PayPal HTML Forms

James Houston II
James Houston II
1,812 Points
Posted by James Houston II
James Houston II
1,812 Points

I have been stuck on 3/3 for a week now what is the issues with my code HELP!!!

Integrating with PayPal stage 5

form.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe</title>
</head>
<body>

<p>Your order has been created. What flavor of ice cream would you like to add to it?</p>

<form action="process.php" method="post">

    <label for="flavor">Flavor</label>
    <select id="flavor" name="flavor"> 

        <option value="">&#8212; Select &#8212;</option>
        <option value="Vanilla">Vanilla</option>
        <option value="Chocolate">Chocolate</option>
        <option value="Strawberry">Strawberry</option>
        <option value="Cookie Dough">Cookie Dough</option>
    </select>

    <input type="submit" value="Update Order">

</form>

</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Any time that data should be not displayed in the browser, they want the data to be "hidden" which means using the <input type="hidden"> element which will not display in the browser. Any data in the hidden element can be accessed by the process.php program. As a side note, any data sent this way can also be seen by the user if they view the source code of the page they are on since input elements are client-side elements.

I put the <input type="hidden"> element above the submit element but you can put it anywhere in the form, I'm sure.

The name and order ID are just inserted from the given text. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe</title>
</head>
<body>

<p>Your order has been created. What flavor of ice cream would you like to add to it?</p>

<form action="process.php" method="post">

    <label for="flavor">Flavor</label>
    <select id="flavor" name="flavor"> 

        <option value="">&#8212; Select &#8212;</option>
        <option value="Vanilla">Vanilla</option>
        <option value="Chocolate">Chocolate</option>
        <option value="Strawberry">Strawberry</option>
        <option value="Cookie Dough">Cookie Dough</option>
    </select>

    <input type="hidden" name="order_id" value="7546">

    <input type="submit" value="Update Order">


</form>

</body>
</html>
Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

My pleasure, James!

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi James,

Add this after the closing select tag 

<input type="hidden" value="7546" name="order_id">