Name on card:
'; echo 'Credit Card No.:
'; echo ''; echo ''; echo ''; ?> ``` * compare_step3.php * ``` "; print_r($name);echo ""; echo ""; print_r($email_address);echo ""; echo "
"; print_r($name_on_card);echo ""; echo "
"; print_r($credit_card_number);echo ""; // Display final form and collect final info here echo ''; ?> ``` * process_form.php * ``` ``` Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zenation/) * (@zenation) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-multi-page-forms-advice-needed/#post-3371481) * compare_step2.php, compare_step3.php and process_form.php are stand-alone PHP script files that have no connection to WordPress whatsoever at this point. * I would put all forms into the shortcode function and use the page parameter for moving back and forth through the steps. * ``` function start_compare( $args, $content = '' ) { global $post; $currentURL = get_permalink( $post->ID ); // Use the page parameter for tracking the current step $currentStep = ( get_query_var( 'page' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'page' ) : 1; if( $currentStep < 1 || $currentStep > 4 ) { $currentStep = 1; } $nextStep = ( $currentStep < 4 ) ? ( $currentStep +1 ) : 4; $prevStep = ( $currentStep > 1 ) ? ( $currentStep -1 ) : 1; // This woud require a URL structure like /my-post/ $nextURL = $currentURL . $nextStep . '/'; $prevURL = $currentURL . $prevStep . '/'; // If you're using the GET paramter form like /?p=123 // $nextURL = add_query_arg( array( 'page' => $nextStep ), $currentURL ); // $prevURL = add_query_arg( array( 'page' => $prevStep ), $currentURL ); $html = ''; if( $currentStep == 1 ) { $html .= ''; } if( $currentStep == 2 ) { // Store the collected values in the session variables $_SESSION['multipageform']['name'] = $_POST['mpf_name']; $_SESSION['multipageform']['email_address'] = $_POST['mpf_email_address']; $html .= ''; $html .= ''; } if( $currentStep == 3 ) { $_SESSION['multipageform']['card_name'] = $_POST['mpf_name_on_card']; $_SESSION['multipageform']['card_number'] = $_POST['mpf_credit_card_number']; $name = $_SESSION['multipageform']['name']; $email_address = $_SESSION['multipageform']['email_address']; $name_on_card = $_POST['mpf_name_on_card']; $credit_card_number = $_POST['mpf_credit_card_number']; // Display info collected so far - For debugging $html .= "
" . $name . ""; $html .= "
" . $email_address . ""; $html .= "
" . $name_on_card . ""; $html .= "
" . $credit_card_number . ""; // Display final form and collect final info here $html .= ''; $html .= ''; } if( $currentStep == 4 ) { $_SESSION['multipageform']['purchase_price'] = $_POST['mpf_purchase_price']; $_SESSION['multipageform']['purchase_location'] = $_POST['mpf_purchase_location']; // Write collected info details to database here // Not coded yet // var_dump( $_SESSION ); } return $html; } add_shortcode( 'compare_form', 'start_compare' ); ``` * Thread Starter [pixelitus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelitus/) * (@pixelitus) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-multi-page-forms-advice-needed/#post-3371489) * Hi Chris, * Thanks a lot for your feedback and guidance. Much appreciated. It makes sense now that you mentioned the other PHP scripts are stand alone and not part of WP. * While testing the code, there was one behaviour I noted. When I entered data on form1 and move to form2, then clicking on the code “Back”, i.e. $prevURL, to return to form1. The form1 data input earlier has been cleared. This behaviour differs from the browser back button, which still maintains the data in form1. * What if the user wants to go back to form1 to change information and find the data he input earlier is gone? * Could you please help clarify or point me in the right direction, so I could research further. Thanks. * [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zenation/) * (@zenation) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-multi-page-forms-advice-needed/#post-3371493) * I guess you could add value attributes to the input fields as well. For example for Step 1: * ``` $valueName = isset( $_SESSION['multipageform']['name'] ) ? strip_tags( $_SESSION['multipageform']['name'] ) : ''; $valueEmail = isset( $_SESSION['multipageform']['email_address'] ) ? strip_tags( $_SESSION['multipageform']['email_address'] ) : ''; $html .= ''; ``` * Thread Starter [pixelitus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelitus/) * (@pixelitus) * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-multi-page-forms-advice-needed/#post-3371496) * Hi Chris, * thanks again for your feedback. It seems to work fine now. I’ll continue to test and work towards completing my form. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Create multi page forms – Advice needed’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [forms](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/forms/) * [page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/page/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [pixelitus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelitus/) * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-multi-page-forms-advice-needed/#post-3371496) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics