Grabbing a Field in my FORM and using it too..

[viper54]

Well the docs that I gave you were from the website, here are the ones that it gives me when i login into my admin section on the affiliate website. It gives me the code I gave if i have no experience in PHP

amount B (required) - The amount of the sale that will be used when computing the affiliate commission. This should be the total of the sale and not the total the affiliate will receive. When you setup an affiliate program you are going to enter a flat rate or a percentage that the affiliate will receive from this sale.
transaction C (optional) - The purchase's transaction ID, for record keeping in the affiliate program. This is optional and only use for tracking and nothing else within the program.
The code to insert into the thank you page if you do not have php experience to dynamically generate the affiliate id:
<img src="http://pokernetonline.com/affiliate/sale.php?&amount=100.00&transaction=C" style="visibility:hidden">

[russellr]

Hi,

OK. This means that you need to put the img tag on the page after the user has submitted the form. Does that makes sense?

So, the first thing to do is to use the "good_template" feature to display a "thank you" page. That's where the img tag will go.

You can read about that here: http://www.tectite.com/vbforums/showthread.php?t=194 and download the Sample Good Template.

Next, you need to grab the affiliate ID from the redirect.

Here's what you need to do:

1. Rename registerform.html to registerform.php. This converts the static HTML page to a PHP script. Just rename it and try it again. You'll find it works exactly the same as it did before.
2. You can now save the affiliate ID in a hidden field on your form like this:
   

   <input type="hidden" name="affiliateID" value="<?php echo $_GET["affiliate"]; ?>" />

When you get to that point, you can load the form like this:

http://www.pokernetonline.com/registerform.php?affiliate=12345

Then look at the source in your browser and you'll see the hidden field set to 12345.

The final step is to put the img tag on the "good_template".

On your template, add this:

<img src="http://testing.omnisecureweb.com/affiliate/sale.php?affiliate=$affiliateID&amount=100.0&transaction=$TTR" style="visibility:hidden">

where TTR is the field that the user inputs on your form and affiliateID is the hidden field created above.

[viper54]

!!!!! I THINK IT WORKED! Wow, I have been trying to figure this out for 4 days posting to over 4 forums. Thanks RUssle, that subscription was worth it, Thanks again.

[russellr]

Hi,

You're welcome.

It seems that their instructions are designed for programmers. I don't know how you'd know what to do without being a programmer, and, in fact, a PHP or JavaScript programmer!