How can hidden form fields be used to include additional information in a form submission in PHP?

Hidden form fields can be used to include additional information in a form submission by adding input fields to the form that are not visible to the user. This allows you to pass data along with the form submission without the user being able to see or modify it. In PHP, you can set the value of hidden form fields using PHP variables before the form is displayed. When the form is submitted, you can access the hidden field values in the PHP script that processes the form submission. 

<form action="process_form.php" method="post">
  <input type="hidden" name="additional_info" value="<?php echo $additional_info; ?>">
  <!-- Other form fields here -->
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
```

In the PHP script that processes the form submission (process_form.php), you can access the value of the hidden field like this:

```php
$additional_info = $_POST['additional_info'];
// Process the form submission using the additional_info variable

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hidden form fields form submission PHP additional information data transfer

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