After plugging in index.php?page=contact&user=User+One into the address bar I can view the source and "User One" is set as the value like
<input type="hidden" name="user" value="User One">
This might be easier than digging through code from a link.
Form
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['user'] = (isset($_GET['user']) ? $_GET['user'] : '');
$user = $_GET['user'];?>
<?php if (isset($user)) { echo "Get In Touch With $user"; } else { echo "Get In Touch"; } ?></h2>
<form id="contact-form">
<input type="hidden" name="user" value="<? echo "$user"; ?>">
<div class="success">Contact form submitted!<br>
<strong>We will be in touch soon.</strong>
</div>
<fieldset>
<label class="name">
<input type="text" value="Name:">
<span class="error">*This is not a valid name.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
</label>
<label class="email">
<input type="text" value="E-mail:">
<span class="error">*This is not a valid email address.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
</label>
<label class="message">
<textarea>Message:</textarea>
<span class="error">*The message is too short.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
</label>
<? $a = rand() % 2; $b = rand() % 3; $c = $a + $b; ?>
<label class="security">
<input type="text" value="<?php echo "Security question: $a + $b =";?>">
<span class="error">*This is not a valid response.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
</label>
<div class="buttons2">
<a href="#" data-type="reset" class="button1">Clear</a>
<a href="#" data-type="submit" class="button1">Submit</a>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
Jquery to validate form (where I don't think I would have to define "user" since this only validates the required fields in the form and sends it to the processor.
//forms
;(function($){
$.fn.forms=function(o){
return this.each(function(){
var th=$(this)
,_=th.data('forms')||{
errorCl:'error',
emptyCl:'empty',
invalidCl:'invalid',
notRequiredCl:'notRequired',
successCl:'success',
successShow:'4000',
mailHandlerURL:'bat/MailHandler.php',
ownerEmail:'#',
stripHTML:true,
smtpMailServer:'localhost',
targets:'input,textarea',
controls:'a[data-type=reset],a[data-type=submit]',
validate:true,
rx:{
".name":{rx:/^[a-zA-Z'][a-zA-Z-' ]+[a-zA-Z']?$/,target:'input'},
".state":{rx:/^[a-zA-Z'][a-zA-Z-' ]+[a-zA-Z']?$/,target:'input'},
".email":{rx:/^(("[\w-\s]+")|([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)|("[\w-\s]+")([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*))(@((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$)|(@\[?((25[0-5]\.|2[0-4][0-9]\.|1[0-9]{2}\.|[0-9]{1,2}\.))((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\.){2}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\]?$)/i,target:'input'},
".security":{rx:/^\+?(\b0*[0-5]\b)/,target:'input'},
".fax":{rx:/^\+?(\d[\d\-\+\(\) ]{5,}\d$)/,target:'input'},
".message":{rx:/.{20}/,target:'textarea'}
},
preFu:function(){
_.labels.each(function(){
var label=$(this),
inp=$(_.targets,this),
defVal=inp.val(),
trueVal=(function(){
var tmp=inp.is('input')?(tmp=label.html().match(/value=['"](.+?)['"].+/),!!tmp&&!!tmp[1]&&tmp[1]):inp.html()
return defVal==''?defVal:tmp
})()
trueVal!=defVal
&&inp.val(defVal=trueVal||defVal)
label.data({defVal:defVal})
inp
.bind('focus',function(){
inp.val()==defVal
&&(inp.val(''),_.hideEmptyFu(label),label.removeClas s(_.invalidCl))
})
.bind('blur',function(){
_.validateFu(label)
if(_.isEmpty(label))
inp.val(defVal)
,_.hideErrorFu(label.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
})
.bind('keyup',function(){
label.hasClass(_.invalidCl)
&&_.validateFu(label)
})
label.find('.'+_.errorCl+',.'+_.emptyCl).css({disp lay:'block'}).hide()
})
_.success=$('.'+_.successCl,_.form).hide()
},
isRequired:function(el){
return !el.hasClass(_.notRequiredCl)
},
isValid:function(el){
var ret=true
$.each(_.rx,function(k,d){
if(el.is(k))
ret=d.rx.test(el.find(d.target).val())
})
return ret
},
isEmpty:function(el){
var tmp
return (tmp=el.find(_.targets).val())==''||tmp==el.data(' defVal')
},
validateFu:function(el){
el.each(function(){
var th=$(this)
,req=_.isRequired(th)
,empty=_.isEmpty(th)
,valid=_.isValid(th)
if(empty&&req)
_.showEmptyFu(th.addClass(_.invalidCl))
else
_.hideEmptyFu(th.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
if(!empty)
if(valid)
_.hideErrorFu(th.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
else
_.showErrorFu(th.addClass(_.invalidCl))
})
},
getValFromLabel:function(label){
var val=$('input,textarea',label).val()
,defVal=label.data('defVal')
return label.length?val==defVal?'nope':val:'nope'
}
,submitFu:function(){
_.validateFu(_.labels)
if(!_.form.has('.'+_.invalidCl).length)
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url:_.mailHandlerURL,
data:{
name:_.getValFromLabel($('.name',_.form)),
email:_.getValFromLabel($('.email',_.form)),
//phone:_.getValFromLabel($('.phone',_.form)),
fax:_.getValFromLabel($('.fax',_.form)),
state:_.getValFromLabel($('.state',_.form)),
message:_.getValFromLabel($('.message',_.form)),
owner_email:_.ownerEmail,
stripHTML:_.stripHTML
},
success: function(){
_.showFu()
}
})
},
showFu:function(){
_.success.slideDown(function(){
setTimeout(function(){
_.success.slideUp()
_.form.trigger('reset')
},_.successShow)
})
},
controlsFu:function(){
$(_.controls,_.form).each(function(){
var th=$(this)
th
.bind('click',function(){
_.form.trigger(th.data('type'))
return false
})
})
},
showErrorFu:function(label){
label.find('.'+_.errorCl).slideDown()
},
hideErrorFu:function(label){
label.find('.'+_.errorCl).slideUp()
},
showEmptyFu:function(label){
label.find('.'+_.emptyCl).slideDown()
_.hideErrorFu(label)
},
hideEmptyFu:function(label){
label.find('.'+_.emptyCl).slideUp()
},
init:function(){
_.form=_.me
_.labels=$('label',_.form)
_.preFu()
_.controlsFu()
_.form
.bind('submit',function(){
if(_.validate)
_.submitFu()
else
_.form[0].submit()
return false
})
.bind('reset',function(){
_.labels.removeClass(_.invalidCl)
_.labels.each(function(){
var th=$(this)
_.hideErrorFu(th)
_.hideEmptyFu(th)
})
})
_.form.trigger('reset')
}
}
_.me||_.init(_.me=th.data({forms:_}))
typeof o=='object'
&&$.extend(_,o)
})
}
})(jQuery)
$(window).load(function(){
$('#contact-form').forms({
ownerEmail:'#'
})
})