amandabee/action.php

## action.php
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
  echo "<pre>";
    // Everything that was entered into the form lives in an associative array called $_POST
    // Guess what the array is called if you used GET as your form action?
    print_r($_POST);
    // You can create a new variable by stringing together strings and variables.
    $new_url = "http://" . $_POST['something_unique'] . "/more_strings";
    print($new_url);
    // You can also continue to append things to that URL, with ".="
    if(isset($_POST['the_pulldown'])) {
      $new_url .= "&pulldown=" . $_POST['the_pulldown'];
      print("<br />New new URL: " . $new_url);
    }

    // So with a few "if" statements, you can build up a URL that starts with the things you know you need:
    $api_call = "https://www.documentcloud.org/api/search.json?q=group:dhpraxis";
    // and adds the search criteria your user submitted.
    //Once you know your URL, you can use cURL or guzzler to pull the JSON that DocumentCloud provides
    //You'll pull the JSON into an associative array and use that to populate a page of content.


    echo "</pre>";
} else {
  phpinfo();
  //If the user didn't come here by form submit, you want to show ... something else!
  // either the search form or a link back to the search form.
}
?>

## form.html
<form action="action.php" method="POST" name="sample">
  <input type="text" name="something_unique" value="say anything">

    <select id="the_pulldown" name="the_pulldown" class="input-large">
      <option>Pick this</option>
      <option>Or that</option>
    </select>

  <input type="submit" value="push me" name="submit">
</form>

## index.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <title>Simple Form Demo</title>

    <!-- Bootstrap --><!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">

    <!-- Optional theme -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css">
    <style type="text/css">
        body {
          background: #EEE;

        }

    </style>

  </head>
  <body>

  <div class="container">


  <?php include 'form.html'; ?>


  </div><!-- /container -->


  </body>
</html>
	<?php
	if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
	echo "<pre>";
	// Everything that was entered into the form lives in an associative array called $_POST
	// Guess what the array is called if you used GET as your form action?
	print_r($_POST);
	// You can create a new variable by stringing together strings and variables.
	$new_url = "http://" . $_POST['something_unique'] . "/more_strings";
	print($new_url);
	// You can also continue to append things to that URL, with ".="
	if(isset($_POST['the_pulldown'])) {
	$new_url .= "&pulldown=" . $_POST['the_pulldown'];
	print("<br />New new URL: " . $new_url);
	}

	// So with a few "if" statements, you can build up a URL that starts with the things you know you need:
	$api_call = "https://www.documentcloud.org/api/search.json?q=group:dhpraxis";
	// and adds the search criteria your user submitted.
	//Once you know your URL, you can use cURL or guzzler to pull the JSON that DocumentCloud provides
	//You'll pull the JSON into an associative array and use that to populate a page of content.


	echo "</pre>";
	} else {
	phpinfo();
	//If the user didn't come here by form submit, you want to show ... something else!
	// either the search form or a link back to the search form.
	}
	?>
	<form action="action.php" method="POST" name="sample">
	<input type="text" name="something_unique" value="say anything">

	<select id="the_pulldown" name="the_pulldown" class="input-large">
	<option>Pick this</option>
	<option>Or that</option>
	</select>

	<input type="submit" value="push me" name="submit">
	</form>
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
	<title>Simple Form Demo</title>

	<!-- Bootstrap --><!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">

	<!-- Optional theme -->
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css">
	<style type="text/css">
	body {
	background: #EEE;

	}

	</style>

	</head>
	<body>

	<div class="container">


	<?php include 'form.html'; ?>



	</div><!-- /container -->


	</body>
	</html>