Re: Setting post variables

Yeah that makes sense.

On Mon, 2 May 2005, Joshua wrote:

> That map:set thing should be changed to an action someday soon
>
> On Monday 02 May 2005 9:44, Albert Lash wrote:
> > On Mon, 2 May 2005, Joshua wrote:
> > > On Monday 02 May 2005 6:29, Albert Lash wrote:
> > > > Hi Joshua,
> > > >
> > > > Remember your suggestion to set query params using the php protocol?
> > > >
> > > > <param name="php:$_POST['from_date']" type="text"/>
> > > >
> > > > Now I need to set the variable in the case that nothing is currently
> > > > selected. Is it possible to set the post variable from the sitemap? I'm
> > > > checking out Path and there doesn't seem to be any set function.
> > >
> > > Not sure what you mean. Do you just want so have a value for
> > > $_POST['from_date'] if none selected?  besides the default param?
> > >
> > > Path doesn't set values - it just gets them. You can set them using flow
> > > of course or straight from php for things like session, globals etc....
> > > all path is is a way for xml to get these otherwise hard to get vars
> >
> > OK, so the <map:set... directive should use flow to set or add the var?
> > That makes sense. However, it dies when trying to add
> > anything other than a root node. I'll keep digging around
> >
> > Al
> >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Al
>