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    copied!<p>I am passing a hidden variable from HTML to a PHP page. In the PHP page I want to use that variable in my form.</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php $newVar=trim($_POST['newVar']); $subject = "new var is ---&gt; $newVar"; ?&gt; </code></pre> <p>I am not able to use <code>$newVar</code> in any <code>if</code> statement - it shows blank. If I try to echo <code>$subject</code>, it shows the value of <code>$newVar</code> but when I try to echo the value of <code>$subject</code> in any <code>if</code> statement it does not show me the value of <code>$newVar</code>.</p> <p><strong>My Code is:</strong> html markup is:</p> <pre><code>&lt;a href="#" class="applyNow" onclick="document.sendVar.newVar.value='myVar'; document.sendVar.submit(); return false"&gt;New Variable&lt;/a&gt; &lt;form method="post" name="sendVar" action="test.php" style="display:none;"&gt; &lt;input type="hidden" name="newVar" value=""&gt; &lt;input type="submit" value="Send form!"&gt; &lt;/form&gt; </code></pre> <p>php:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php $newVar=trim($_POST['newVar']); $subject = "new var is ---&gt; $newVar"; ?&gt; if(isset($_POST['submit'])) { if(!isset($hasError)) { $from_add = "test@test.com"; $emailTo = 'shruti@example.com'; $headers = "From: $from_add \r\n"; $headers .= "Reply-To: $from_add \r\n"; $headers .= "Return-Path: $from_add\r\n"; $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP \r\n"; mail($emailTo, $subject, $headers); // HERE in $subject.. value of newVar is not displaying $emailSent = true; } $from_add = "do-not-reply@example.com"; $headers = "From: $from_add \r\n"; $headers .= "Reply-To: $from_add \r\n"; $headers .= "Return-Path: $from_add\r\n"; $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP \r\n"; } ?&gt; </code></pre>
 

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