PHP - Php Form, $_get, & $_post

I recently had a customer say that one of my forms isn't working. For some reason the ID number is getting lost when she submits the form.

The form code looks like:
...
print "<form method='post' name='form' action='update.php'>";
...
print "<input type='hidden' name='id' value=\"$id\" />";
print "<input type='submit' name='submit' value=\"Save Session\" />";
print "</form>";
...

And the PHP code that gets executed looks like:
...
//GET SESSION ID
if(isset($_GET['id'])) {  //ID from HTML link, before updates have been made
    $id = $_GET['id'];
} elseif(isset($_POST['id'])) {  //ID from form, after updates have been made
    $id = $_POST['id'];
} else {
    $id = '';
}

//IF SESSION ID IS VALID
if(preg_match("/^\d+$/", $id)) {
    ...
//ELSE, INVALID ID
} else {
    $msg = "<span class='errorText'>Session ID not found or invalid.</span>";
}
...

For some reason she usually gets the "Session ID not found..." error when submitting the form. Do you see any problems with the above code?


Note that she has been able to sucessfully use the form before (in the same day); we have nearly 1,800 records submitted using these forms; and I am unable to duplicate the issue. So I'm at a loss on what to do next.

Also, she talked with her IT person about the form. The IT person was able to submit data on his computer. So he reset her Internet options which seemed to fix the problem on her end temporarily. Note that she is using IE 7. She also said that she doesn't have access to any other browsers.

I'm tempted to chalk this up as a personal computer issue, but wanted to get your input first.

hey guys basically i have a form which searches my news


<form action="" method="GET">
<label for="search">Search: </label><input name="search" id="search" type="text" />
<input value="Search" type="submit" />
</form>


and im not sure the best way around this or if im going around this the right way but when i access

http://localhost/news/seach   (search form)

and press submit after entering a query i want the action to be

http://localhost/news/seach/search query value here

i hope ive explained well enough and someone could help me with this...thank you

Hi,

I am a curious fellow just beginning to use PHP. I understand the basics of what the $_GET and $_POST superglobals do, and how we can use them to retrieve data after form submission. I also know that since $_GET and $_POST are just associate arrays, we can create our own values in both $_GET and $_POST by writing statements like $_POST['variable'] = "value".

I am wondering if it is at all possible to send data beyond form data by adding new key/value pairs into $_GET and $_POST. So for example, if I had a form that transferred username/password through Post, would it be possible for me to include further data by just saying $_POST['formtype'] = "house_insurance_form"?

Basically what I'm getting at is trying to physically add your own data to $_POST or $_GET that you could pull from the next page where the form redirects to. In other words, can I send data beyond form data using these superglobals? I know I can do this with $_SESSION, but could I do it through $_POST or $_GET? I haven't been able to accomplish this, and I was just wondering if someone could give me an in-depth explanation of how this might work or how this is not possible. I would really really really appreciate it.

Best Regards,
-Sky

I have a php search page that takes form data to create its queries, then reload the original search page. The form is long, so there are numerous $_POST's to convert to variables for use in the query. I've looked at "extract" and a few other code snippets. But it's a form and I don't want any security issues. I'm hoping there's a "foreach" solution, but I'm a beginner. What's a proper way to to simplify this:

$s1 = $_POST["s1"];
$s2 = $_POST["s2"];
$s3 = $_POST["s3"];
$s4 = $_POST["s4"];
$s5 = $_POST["s5"];
$s6 = $_POST["s6"];
$s7 = $_POST["s7"];
$s8 = $_POST["s8"];
$s9 = $_POST["s9"];
$s10 = $_POST["s10"];
$s11 = $_POST["s11"];
$s12 = $_POST["s12"];

Is this an effective way of accessing the $_GET and $_POST properties?

I can see that the native $_GET function has been looped through so that $varName would be for example "username" and $value would be "Jeremy". Then they are both stored into an array called $getVars?

Is this the best way of doing it, if not then why?

foreach($_GET as $varName=>$value)

$getVars[$varName]=trim(clean($value, 100));

foreach($_POST as $varName=>$value)

$postVars[$varName]=trim(clean($value, 100));[/php]

Kind regards,
laanes

User clicks on a url, ie: example.com/AEQ438J

When I perform this in the code below:

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    $referrer = $_GET['_url'];
    // echo $referrer displays the referrer ID contents correctly as "AEQ438J"
   
    if ( ! empty($referrer))
    {
    $mysqli->query("UPDATE coming_soon_emails SET clicks = clicks + 1 WHERE code='" . $referrer ."'");
    }
    // this also updates the database correctly as it should

    if (!empty($_POST['email'])){

   // echo $referrer displays the referrer ID contents as BLANK. It should display "AEQ438J"!
    .....
$referrer displays correctly BEFORE if($_POST['form']), however during the if($_POST['form']) $referrer is empty.
How can I fix my code so that $referrer is not empty during the time the user posts their email address in the form?

Thank you!

Complete PHP and HTML

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    <?php
    
    require "includes/connect.php";
    //var_dump($_GET);die;
    
    function gen_code($codeLen = 7) {     
    $code = '';     
    for ($i=0; $i<$codeLen; $i++) {         
     $d=rand(1,30)%2;       
     $code .= $d ? chr(rand(65,90)) : chr(rand(48,57));      }  
     return $code; 
     }  
    
    
     function add_code($email_id) {
     global $mysqli;
     $code = gen_code(7); 
     $mysqli->query("UPDATE coming_soon_emails SET code='" . $code ."' WHERE email_id='" . $email_id . "'");  
     if($mysqli->affected_rows != 1) {   
     add_code($email_id);  
     } else return $code; } 
    
    $msg = '';
    $referrer = $_GET['_url'];
    // echo $referrer displays the referrer ID contents correctly
    
    if ( ! empty($referrer))
    {
    $mysqli->query("UPDATE coming_soon_emails SET clicks = clicks + 1 WHERE code='" . $referrer ."'");
    }
    
    if (!empty($_POST['email'])){
    
    // echo $referrer displays the referrer ID contents as BLANK
    
        // Requested with AJAX:
        $ajax = ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']  == 'XMLHttpRequest');
    
        try{
            if(!filter_input(INPUT_POST,'email',FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){
                throw new Exception('Invalid Email!');
            }
    
            $mysqli->query("INSERT INTO coming_soon_emails
                            SET email='".$mysqli->real_escape_string($_POST['email'])."'");
    
            if($mysqli->affected_rows != 1){
                throw new Exception('This email already exists in the database.');
            } else {   
              $email_code = add_code($mysqli->insert_id); 
            } 
    
     $msg = "http://www.example.com/" . $email_code;
    
     //the following doesn't work as referrer is now empty :(
     if ( ! empty($referrer))
     {
     $mysqli->query("UPDATE coming_soon_emails SET signup = signup + 1 WHERE code='" . $referrer ."'");
            }
    
     if($ajax){
     die(json_encode(array('msg' => $msg)));
     }
    
        }
        catch (Exception $e){
    
            if($ajax){
                die(json_encode(array('error'=>$e->getMessage())));
            }
    
            $msg = $e->getMessage();        
        }
    }
    
    ?>
   
   
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <title></title>
   
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/styles.css" />
   
    </head>
   
    <body>
   
    <div id="launch">
   
       
        <form id="form" method="post" action="">
        <input type="text" id="email" name="email" value="<?php echo $msg;?>" />
            <input type="submit" value="Submit" id="submitButton" />
        </form>
       
        <div id="invite">
        <p style="margin-top:20px;">The ID of who referred you: <?php echo $referrer; //this displays correctly?>)</p>
        <p style="margin-top:20px;"><span id="code" style="font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</span></p>
    </div>
   
       
    </div>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="js/script.js"></script>
    </body>
    </html>
script.js

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    $(document).ready(function(){
   
    // Binding event listeners for the form on document ready
   
    $('#email').defaultText('Your Email Address');
   
    // 'working' prevents multiple submissions
    var working = false;
   
    $('#form').submit(function(){
   
    if(working){
    return false;
    }
    working = true;
   
    $.post("./index.php",{email:$('#email').val()},function(r){
   
    if(r.error){
    $('#email').val(r.error);
    } else {
        $('#email').val(r.msg); // not needed but gets hidden anyways...
    $('#launch form').hide();
    $("#code").html(r.msg);
    $("#invite").fadeIn('slow');
    }
   
   
    working = false;
    },'json');
   
    return false;
    });
    });
   
    // A custom jQuery method for placeholder text:
   
    $.fn.defaultText = function(value){
   
    var element = this.eq(0);
    element.data('defaultText',value);
   
    element.focus(function(){
    if(element.val() == value){
    element.val('').removeClass('defaultText');
    }
    }).blur(function(){
    if(element.val() == '' || element.val() == value){
    element.addClass('defaultText').val(value);
    }
    });
   
    return element.blur();
    }
htaccess

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    RewriteEngine on
   
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^my-url.com
    RewriteRule (.*) http://www.my-url.com/$1 [R=301,L]
   
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9]+)$ /index.php?_url=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
table.sql

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    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `coming_soon_emails` (   
      `email_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,   
      `email` varchar(64) collate utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,   
      `code` char(7) collate utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL,
      `clicks` int(64) collate utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT 0,
      `signup` int(64) collate utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT 0,
      `ts` timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,   
      PRIMARY KEY  (`email_id`),   
      UNIQUE KEY `email` (`email`),
      UNIQUE KEY `code` (`code`)
    ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;

Hi All,

I am having a bit of difficulty with a form I've built that has some PHP elements in it. The issue is it is just not sending the values (which are in hidden fields).

Code is:

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while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){

echo '<tr style="padding: 15px;">';
echo '<td>' . $row['product_id'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['name'] . '</td>';
echo '<td>' . $row['catalogue_id'] . '</td>';
                         ?>           
<td>
            <form method="post"  enctype="multipart/form-data" action="<?php echo str_replace( '%7E', '~', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); ?>">
            <!--Hidden Field Checks to see if form has already been sent-->
<input type="hidden" name="editform" value="Y">
            <!--Hidden Fields for Edit Job-->
<input type="hidden" name="prodid" value="<?php echo $row['product_id'] ?>">           
            <input type="hidden" name="prodname" value="<?php echo $row['name'] ?>">
            <input type="hidden" name="catalogue_id" value="<?php echo $row['catalogue_id'] ?>">
            <input type="hidden" name="full_description" value="<?php echo $row['full_description'] ?>">   
            <input type="submit" name="Edit" value="<?php _e('Edit', 'pmimp_trdom' ) ?>" />
            </form>
            </td>

Would it have something to do with splitting up the php tags?
Any help would be apprecited!

Thanks!

Hi there I'm trying to make this form submit...but alas, is to no avail .... i have two forms on top of each other one of them is:

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<form name="entries_form" method="post" action="index.php">
        <table>
    <tr>
<th><label>Date</label></th>
<th><label>From</label></th>
<th><label>To</label></th>
<th><label>Break</label></th>
<th><label>Hours</label></th>
<th><label>Required Hours</label></th>
<th><label>Notes</label></th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
<td>
   
    <input name="Date" type="text" id="Date" />
</td>
<td>
   
<input name="From" type="text" id="From" />
</td>
<td>
    <input name="To" type="text" id="To" />
</td>
<td>
   
    <input name="Break" type="text" id="Break" />
</td>
<td>
   
    <input name="Hours" type="text" id="Hours" />
</td>
<td>
   
    <input name="Rqrd_hrs" type="text" id="Rqrd_hrs" />
</td>
<td>
   
    <input name="Notes" type="text" id="Notes" />
</td>
<td>
    <input type="submit" name="Save" value="Save" id="Save" style="background-color:#7A70A4;" />
</td>
    </tr>
</table>
    </form>
to post i'm using this code (to much over the top maybe):
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<?php

$session = new Session();
$u_id = $session->get('id'); //to get the user id from session

 if(isset($_POST['submit']) == 'Save'){//form's button  name is Save
$entry->user_id = $user_id = $u_id;
        $entry->date = $date = trim(strtolower($_POST['Date']));
        $entry->start_time = $start_time = trim(strtolower($_POST['From']));
        $entry->end_time   = $end_time   = trim(strtolower($_POST['To']));
$entry->breaks      = $break   = trim(strtolower($_POST['Break']));
$entry->total_hours   = $total_hours   = trim(strtolower($_POST['Hours']));
$entry->reqd_hours   = $required_hours   = trim(strtolower($_POST['Rqrd_hrs']));
$entry->notes   = $notes   = trim(strtolower($_POST['Notes'])); 
   
        $entry->add_entry();
    }else die("Not Posted");
    ?>
the add entry() function does the following:
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public function add_entry(){
    global $database;
$sql = "INSERT INTO sheetentries (";
$sql .= "user_id, date, start_time, end_time, break, required_hours, total_hours, notes";
$sql .= ") VALUES ('";
$sql .= $this->user_id ."', '";
$sql .= $this->date ."', '";
$sql .= $this->start_time ."', '";
$sql .= $this->end_time ."', '";
$sql .= $this->breaks ."', '";
$sql .= $this->reqd_hours ."', '";
$sql .= $this->total_hours ."', '";
$sql .= $this->notes ."')";
    $database->query($sql);
    }
the user_id or $u_id brought from the session when the user loggs in:
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$u_id = $session->get('id');
anyway, whenever i try submitting the form nothing happens, what am i missing,,, thanks in advance

This is just a snippet of my code. The php script itself is called test.php and so it calls itself once the form is submitted. I keep having problems retrieving the data back correctly; I am testing in retrieving the data on the same script from the same page before retrieving the POST data from another webpage.

If $decimalSum is a variable that assigns a value that is hard-coded then I would be able to retrieve the same value. However, if the value is computed I can not retrieve it unless I click on the "Find" button twice. This is such a strange behavior and I don't know why.

Does anyone have any suggested solutions to this?



<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  <title></title>
</head>
<body>

<?php
echo '<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="test.php">';

echo '   <label for="_firstName">First name :     </label>';
echo '   <input type="text" id="_firstName" name ="_firstName">';
echo '   <input type="checkbox" value="1" name="_firstNameChecked"/>';  

echo '   <label for="_middleName">Middle name :     </label>';
echo '   <input type="text" id="_middleName" name ="_middleName">';
echo '   <input type="checkbox" value="1" name="_middleNameChecked" />';
   
echo '   <label for="_lastName">Last name :     </label>';
echo '   <input type="text" id="_lastName" name ="_lastName">';
echo '   <input type="checkbox" value="1" name="_lastNameChecked" />';

echo '<br />';

echo '<input type="submit" name="Find" value="Find" />';

$firstNameChecked        = intval(($_POST['_firstNameChecked']));
$middleNameChecked    = intval(($_POST['_middleNameChecked']));
$lastNameChecked         = intval(($_POST['_lastNameChecked']));

$decimalSum = (int)((2*2*2)*$firstNameChecked + (2*2)*$middleNameChecked + (2*1)*$lastNameChecked);

//$decimalSum = 28;

echo '<br />';
echo '$decimalSum = ' . $decimalSum . '<br />';

echo '<input type="hidden" name="_decimalSum" value = "' . $decimalSum . '" />';

$decimalSum2      =     ($_POST['_decimalSum']);

echo '$decimalSum2  = ' . $decimalSum2 . '<br />';
   
echo '</form>';
echo '</body>';
echo '</html>';
?>

can someone visually just read through my code and let me know if this looks like it'll work? I'm not getting any errors in my IDE so now I want to double check the structure



<?php
require_once '/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/php/Mail.php';

$db_server = 'localhost';
$db_user = '-----';
$db_pass = '-----';

$dbc = mysql_connect ($db_server, $db_user, $db_pass);
if (!$dbc) { 
    die(mysql_error());
    header ('Location: /contact');
    exit;
}

if ($_POST['contactsent'] != 'yes') {
    header ('Location: /contact');
    exit;
    
} else {
    
if (is_array($_POST)) {
        foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
            $_POST[$key] = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($value));
        }
    }

    $RequestType      = $_POST["RequestType"];
    $ConsumerBusiness = $_POST["ConsumerBusiness"];
    $GlobalLocation   = $_POST["GlobalLocation"];
    $FirstName        = strtolower(str_replace("'","''",$_POST["FirstName"]));
    $FirstName        = strtoupper(substr($FirstName,0,1)).substr($FirstName,1);
    $LastName         = strtolower(str_replace("'","''",$_POST["LastName"]));
    $LastName         = strtoupper(substr($LastName,0,1)).substr($LastName,1);
    $Email            = strtolower(str_replace("'","''",$_POST["Email"]));
    $Title            = strtolower(str_replace("'","''",$_POST["Title"]));
    $Title            = strtoupper(substr($Title,0,1)).substr($Title,1);
    $Company          = strtolower(str_replace("'","''",$_POST["Company"]));
    $Company          = strtoupper(substr($Company,0,1)).substr($Company,1);
    $Address          = strtolower(str_replace("'","''",$_POST["Address"]));
    $Address          = strtoupper(substr($Address,0,1)).substr($Address,1);
    $City             = strtolower(str_replace("'","''",$_POST["City"]));
    $City             = strtoupper(substr($City,0,1)).substr($City,1);
    $State            = $_POST["State"];
    $Zip              = $_POST["Zip"];
    $Phone            = $_POST["Phone"];
    $F              = $_POST["F"];
    $ProductDesc      = $_POST["ProductDesc"];
    $Comment          = $_POST["Comment"];

    if ($GlobalLocation == "Canada"):
        $SendTo="canadainfo@------.com";
    elseif ($GlobalLocation == "Central America"): 
        $SendTo="customer.service@------.com.pa";
    elseif ($GlobalLocation == "Europe"):
        $SendTo="marketing@-----.uk";
    elseif ($GlobalLocation == "Mexico"):
        $SendTo="ventas@------.com.mx";
    else:
        $SendTo="info@------.com";
    endif;

function dbSet($fields, $source = array()) {
    $set='';
    if (!source) $source = &$_POST;
    foreach ($fields as $field) {
        if (isset($source[$field])) {
            $set.="`$field`='".mysql_real_escape_string($source[$field])."', ";
        }
    }
    return substr($set, 0, -2);
}

// INSERT INTO DATABASE
            mysql_select_db("new_contact",$dbc) or die("Could not select new_contact");
            
$fields =   explode(" ", "RequestType ConsumerBusiness GlobalLocation FirstName LastName Email Title Company Address City State Zip Phone F ProductDesc Comment");
            $query = "INSERT INTO new_contact SET ".dbSet($fields, $_POST);
            mysql_query($query);

// SETUP EMAIL
$Bodycopy = "This information was submitted via the ------.com website and sent to you because of the location 
        identified by the user. <br>If this has reached you in error, please forward this email to info@------.com";
$Bodycopy. "<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>";

        if ($RequestType != "")      $Bodycopy. "What kind of information do you need? : " .$RequestType. "<br>";
if ($ConsumerBusiness != "") $Bodycopy. "What type of customer or vendor are you? : " .$ConsumerBusiness. "<br>";
if ($GlobalLocation != "")   $Bodycopy. "Global Location : " .$GlobalLocation. "<br>";
if ($Company != "")          $Bodycopy. "Company : " .$Company. "<br>";
if ($FirstName != "")        $Bodycopy. "First Name : " .$FirstName. "<br>";
if ($LastName != "")         $Bodycopy. "Last Name : " .$LastName. "<br>";
if ($Title != "")            $Bodycopy. "Title : " .$Title. "<br>";
if ($Email != "")            $Bodycopy. "Email : " .$Email. "<br>";
if ($Address != "")          $Bodycopy. "Address : " .$Address. "<br>";
if ($City != "")             $Bodycopy. "City : " .$City. "<br>";
if ($State != "")            $Bodycopy. "State : " .$State. "<br>";
if ($Zip != "")              $Bodycopy. "Zip/Postal Code : " .$Zip. "<br>";
if ($Phone != "")            $Bodycopy. "Phone : " .$Phone. "<br>";
if ($F != "")              $Bodycopy. "F : " .$F. "<br>";
if ($ProductDesc != "")      $Bodycopy. "UPC or product description : " .$ProductDesc. "<br>";

$Bodycopy. "<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>";
        
if ($Comment != "")          $Bodycopy. "Comments : <br>" .$Comment. "<br>";

        $Bodycopy. "<br><br>";
        $Bodycopy. $IP = $_SERVER["remote_addr"];
        
// PROCESS EMAIL

// mail server info...

        $from = $SendTo;
        $to = "Do Not Reply <donotreply@------>";
        $subject = "Website Contact : " . $GlobalLocation;
        $body = $Bodycopy;
        $host = "mail.------";
        $port = "25";
        $username = "donotreply@-------";
        $password = "-------";
        
        $headers = array ('From' => $from,
        'To' => $to,
        'Subject' => $subject);
        $smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
        array ('host' => $host,
         'auth' => true,
         'port' => $port,
         'username' => $username,
         'password' => $password));
        
        $mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);
        
        if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
        echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
        } else {
        echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
        }

// MAKE SURE DB CONN IS CLOSED
        mysql_close($dbc);

// REDIRECT TO THANK YOU PAGE
        header ('Location: /index.php?option');
        exit();

}

?>

Okay I have index.php in which i used <?php echo $_GET['name']; ?> and its working fine all over the page except a wizard form that loads on a button click.

<?php echo $_GET['name']; ?>  is working on entire page text (wherever i have used this) except a wizard form which loads on a button click. All the files of that wizard form are located in my website folder (e.g. wizard.php, wizard.js & wizard.css).

here's how wizard.php code starts:

    <div class="wizard-container">
    <div class="card wizard-card" data-color="green" id="wizardProfile">
    <form action="">
        <div class="wizard-header">
            <h3 class="wizard-title">
                GENERATE A FRESH <?php echo $_GET['name']; ?> CODE
            </h3>
            <h5 style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;">Our interactive generator will guide your through the process</h5>
        </div>

i want that <?php echo $_GET['name']; ?> should also work in wizard form but it shows the following error:

C:\xampp\htdocs\NameGenerator\content\hbox\html\wizard.php on line 7

Sorry for my bad explanation i don't know much about php so i explained it like this Please help...

I have a form that is populating fields based on a database query.  I am then trying to update the database based on any changes made in the form and passed through a POST action.

The problem I am having is with the block where I declare short variable names for the $_POST variables that will be passed when the user hits the submit button.  For each variable declaration I get an error message like this:
Quote

Encountered error: 8 in mbr_profile_updt_form.php, line 130: Undefined index: email


I have tried testing the $_POST variable using the isset function but it apparently is set but empty. 

What would be a good way to test to see if the user has pressed the submit button before I go into the processing block that is intended to handle those values from the form?

Here is where my code is at right now:
Code: [Select]
if (!isset($_POST))
{
throw new Exception('You have not filled the form out completely - please go back'
.' and try again.');   
}
else
{
//filled in so create short variable names
$email=$_POST['email'];
$first_name=$_POST['first_name'];
$last_name=$_POST['last_name'];

Hi there. My problem is quite simple, but carries lots of questions of why the hell is this happening.

I'm new at PHP but I'm familiar with the syntax, since It's been 3 years since I code in C, 1 in Java and half year in JS (with HTML and CSS of course).

I was creating a page where I could validate a HTML form using PHP script, it was going everything allright, until I couldn't use the data that was going to the $_POST array. I tested it on some other file and It was like the server just didn't allowed me to do it so. I searched around on internet and I found the print_r() function, which shows the data as an associative array in $_POST, like this: array(KeyName => ValueName). 

Check the code and please, help me find why is this happening. I'm brazillian and all I know about english came from netflix, so i'm sorry if I wrote anything wrong. Thanks S&Z

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang = "pt-br" >
    <head>
        <title>
            Formulário
        </title>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
    </head>
    <body>
        <form method = "POST" action = "<?php htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>" autocomplete = "off">
            Nome: <br>
            <input type = "text" name = "Name" placeholder = "Ex: Guilherme" required autofocus>
            <?php
                if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == $_POST){
                    echo $_POST["Name"];
                }
            ?>
            <br><br>
            <input type = "submit" value = "Enviar">
        </form>
        <?php
            print_r($_POST);
        ?>
    </body>
</html>

So, i need this.

I usually hate to post something like this as a first post...I'd like to at least do an into but I"m stumped and I think it's a totally stupid thing I"m not noticing. Anyway, this is the final step in a three step user verification; this is for a staff user to be verified. Anyway, by now they have already verified their email and entered a random code so I"m only worried about actually setting them to verified status in my database so they can start working on blogs etc.

Anyway, this form is supposed to find all unverified staff members, and allow an admin to easily just click down the list (one at a time currently) and verify the user (ie. setting their database status to verified_staffUser). The username that is supposed to be verified (or declined and therefore their entry deleted) is supposed to be passed through as  $_POST[vnsupUsername]. This is set each time it loops through and prints a new user.

The problem is that it's only sending the final username when I click verify/decline on any user :\. I"m not sure why it's doing this. In firebug on firefox it's showing that the user name is set for each one to be properly in the form...but when I click on it (I am having on my machine) the username being worked with echoed..and it's always the last one that was entered into the database. I have no idea why this is happening ..any thoughts?

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<?php 
if(isset($_GET[vnsufac]) || isset($_POST[svnsu]) || isset($_POST[dvnsu])){ 
// simply prints the back home button
echo "<form action=\"http://localhost/~atharp1122/OGirly_Site/ogirly_staff_homepage.php\" method=\"post\">"
        ."<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Back to Staff Homepage\" style=\"margin-top:10px;\">";



// this will print out the form to verify/deny all new staff user requests that have been email verified
$programCheckUVStaff = mysql_query("SELECT username, email, firstname, lastname FROM staffUNAP where verified_staff = '0'");
while($UVStaff = mysql_fetch_assoc($programCheckUVStaff)){
      print "<div class=\"newVerifyUserContain\" >";
    print "<div class=\"newVerifyUser\" >";
  echo "<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would you like to verify this Staff request?</h3>";
    echo "<table><tr><td>"
      ."<img src=\"images/default_icons/di_bunny_rabbit.png\" width=\"56\" height=\"59\" />"
  ."<ul style=\"padding-left: 100px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: -42px; list-style-type: none;\"><li>"
  ."{$UVStaff[username]} aka {$UVStaff[firstname]}&nbsp;{$UVStaff[lastname]}</li><li>"
  ."{$UVStaff[email]}</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>"
    ."<form action=\"{$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]}\" method=\"post\">"
      ."<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"isadmin\" value=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;\">Is Admin?"
."<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"vnsupUsername\" value=\"{$UVStaff['username']}\">"
  ."<input type=\"submit\" name=\"svnsu\" value=\"Verify Staff\" style=\"margin-left: 200px;\">"
  ."<input type=\"submit\" name=\"dvnsu\" value=\"Decline Request\">";
    print "</table>";
  print "</div></div>";
}
}
// verify a staff member
if(isset($_POST[svnsu])){
echo "verifying a new user";
echo $_POST[vnsupUsername];
}
?>