Can I use a field of the type ... and retrieve it after the GET / POST method ...
Yes (haven't you tried?)
Are there any other ways of using hidden fields in PHP?
You mean other ways of retrieving the value? No.
Of course you can use hidden fields for what ever you want.
Btw. input
fiels have no end tag. So write either just <input ...>
or as self-closing tag <input .../>
.