Passing Multiple Variables in Form

Passing Variables in Form

[Becca800]

In a regular form with text fields, can I pass the imput from the user directly into a hidden textarea from multiple fields intertwined with html? Example:

<form>
<input type="text" name="firstname">
<input type="text" name="lastname">
<input type="text" name="occupation">
<input type="hidden" value="some html + firstname + some html + lastname + some html + occupation">
</form>

I think this might require some javascript. Is something like this possible?

[vincevincevince]

Yes, you can do that with javascript. The more important question is why you want to do it with javascript.

Your form handler is the best place to do form processing - the thing within <form action="?">. It should be able to access all of the form fields which were submitted and then combine them with HTML as required.

[Becca800]

Well, not in this case. This form is a joomla component created to submit content. The final textarea created will be deposited into the db table in one cell which creates the "article". For some reason, I can not use more than one, it has to be from one input. Actually, I don't really understand it all, so I don't know what else to do. I did not create the initial form, it is a component of Joomla, however I can modify the form. The initial form only gives one giant text box for the article which I user would upload. But I only want the user to enter pieces of info which will then be used to create the article with my own html. And this is the only way I know how to do this.