Problem with sending a variable(python) while using html

[Kent Johnson]

Hansan wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Sorry forgot to post a "non-working" example
> 
> That could be
> print "<a href=script.py?id=", variable,  "'>", "some text"  <input 
> type=hidden name="eventid" value='''+str(variable_name)+'''>'''</a>"
> 
> I know that it isnt very creative, but I am having a hard time getting html 
> to work together with python.
> 
> When the link "some text" is clicked I want to send both the first variable 
> called variable and the second one(variable_name) to the script (script.py)

As Hal pointed out you need to put both variables into the link. Also, you should be url-encoding 
your values using urllib.quote_plus(); otherwise variable values containing characters like &= will 
cause trouble. So for the link I would use

from ulrlib import quote_plus
link = "<a href='script.py?id=%s&eventid=%s'>" % (quote_plus(str(variable)), 
quote_plus(str(variable_name)))

Then you may need urllib.unquote_plus() on the reading end depending on the server.

Kent