How to pull value from jQuery plugin and set as PHP variable?

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I am using a jQuery plugin called Stepy, to allow users to complete a 10-step form.

My site is setup so the user can leave the form in the middle of a 'step', in order to complete other tasks, and I'd like to have a variable set, so that when they complete the task, it takes them back to the last step they were on.

Is there a way to pull the value of the 'current' step from the plugin? My first thought was that the plugin places a class called current-step on the title, and pull the number value from the title text that has that class set.

I'd then want to set that as a PHP variable, so I could set the task link to something like http://www.example.com/task.php?step=3.

Any ideas on how to go about this?

CodeZombie · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-27 22:14:37Z

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Use the 'select' option stepy offers to register a callback when a tab is selected. In the callback use an asynchronous POST to your server to store the currently selected tab.

Sample:

$('#custom').stepy({
    ...,
    select: function(index){
        $.ajax({
            url: "saveCurrentStep?userID=1&step=" + index;
        });
    }
});

edited Nov 27, 2011 at 22:14

answered Nov 27, 2011 at 22:09

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Sal · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-27 22:06:40Z

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The simple solution would be to store a cookie for current step OR you can use anchors for each step like for step 1 mysite.com/task.php#tsep1 and pull the value from URL

answered Nov 27, 2011 at 22:06

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