GET form method wont append parameters

Question

I am working for a school project written in PHP for some weeks and i am stuck.

I am using for my structure a page index.php?page=.... where page could be home , game, aboutus,contact etc.

Now I am in index.php?page=game and I want to send using a form with GET method some parameters like game_name, created_by and stage_paused. Here comes the problem because when I press the Submit button I lose my "page=game" parameter and is something like index.php?game_name=...&created_by=...., and I don't have anymore my page=game, and by default my script check the page parameter and if not it renders the home page.

I checked w3 standards and they say that GET method shoud APPEND my form parameters with the one that is specified in the action ="" on the form, but in my case I lose my page parameter.

I don't get it why it doesn't remember my current parameters when I submit the form.

I would appreciate very much your help and sorry for my bad english.

Thanks !

Answer 1

Add the page parameter to either:

1. Your <form> action URL, or
2. Your <form> as a hidden <input> element, like so:

<input type="hidden" name="page" value="<?= $_GET['page'] ?>" />