PHP - Help With Changing Variable Via Form

I changed the imput type on a registration form from type="submit" to  type="image" and the warning messages don't show here is the code
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[<?php
include "includes/config.php";
include "includes/functions.php";

session_start();

ob_start();

 $name=trim($_REQUEST['name']);
$company=trim($_REQUEST['company']);
 $phone=trim($_REQUEST['phone']);
$email=trim($_REQUEST['email']);
$address=trim($_REQUEST['address']);
$city=trim($_REQUEST['city']);
$state=trim($_REQUEST['state']);
$zipcode=trim($_REQUEST['zipcode']);
$loginid=trim($_REQUEST['loginid']);
$password=trim($_REQUEST['pw1']);
$confirmpassword=trim($_REQUEST['pw2']);


if(isset($_REQUEST['Submit']))
{
if($password==$confirmpassword)
{


if( $_SESSION['security_code'] == $_POST['security_code'] && !empty($_SESSION['security_code'] ) ) 
   {
if(mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `tbl_registration` WHERE `loginid` = '".$loginid."'")) == 0)
 {
 
 $sqlregister = "INSERT INTO `tbl_registration`(`name`,`company`,`phone`,`email`,`address`,`city`,`state`,`zip`,`loginid`,`password`) VALUES ('".$name."','".$company."','".$phone."','".$email."','".$address."','".$city."','".$state."','".$zipcode."','".$loginid."','".$password."') ";

  
   
$rsregister= mysql_query($sqlregister);
//$num=mysql_num_rows($rssearch);
/*$rowArr=array();
$rowResult=array();
*/

$Msg=message("You Have Registered Successfully..",2);

if(is_dir("upload/".$loginid)) 
$msg1 = message("Problem With Creating Account.!",2);

else
{
mkdir("upload/".$loginid); 
mkdir("upload/".$loginid."/web"); 
mkdir("upload/".$loginid."/email");
mkdir("upload/".$loginid."/emaildata");
}
}

else
$msg = message("Login Id already exists..try another.!",2);
}

else
{
$msg =message("Sorry, you have provided an invalid security code.!",2);
}
}
else
$msg = message("confirm password does not match.!",2);
}

?>/code]
the form
[code]<form name="form1" action="your_info.php" method="post" onSubmit="return validate(form1);">

<table  width='360' cellpadding='1' cellspacing='2' bordercolor='#CACEDA' class="borders" align="center">

  <tr>
    <td></td>
    <td colspan="3" class="txt3"><span style="padding-left:35px;">
      <?=$Msg;?><br><?=$msg;?><br><?=$msg1;?>
    </span></td>
    </tr>
  <tr>

    <td width="16"></td>

    <td width="100" class="txt3"><div align="right">Name:</div></td>

    <td width="200"><input name="name" type="text" size="40" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$name;?>"></td>

<td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>

   <td width="16"></td>

    <td width="100" class="txt3"><div align="right">Company:</div></td>

    <td width="200"><input name="company" type="text" size="40" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$company;?>"></td>

<td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>

   <td width="16"></td>

    <td width="100" class="txt3"><div align="right">Phone:</div></td>

    <td width="200"><input name="phone" type="text" size="40" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$phone;?>"></td>

<td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td width="16"></td>

    <td class="txt3" width="100"><div align="right">Email:</div></td>

    <td><input name="email" type="text" size="40" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$email;?>"></td>

<td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td width="16"></td>

    <td width="100" class="txt3"><div align="right">Address:</div></td>

    <td width="200"><input name="address" type="text" size="40" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$address;?>"></td>

<td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

 <tr>

   <td width="16"></td>

    <td width="100" class="txt3"><div align="right">City:</div></td>

    <td width="200"><input name="city" type="text" size="30" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$city;?>"></td>

<td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

 <tr>

   <td width="16"></td>

   <td  width="100"> <div align="right"><span class="txt3">State:</span></div></td>

      <td width="200" align="left"> 



        <select name="state"  class="ordertextin">



          <option selected>Choose one </option>



          <option value="AL">Alabama</option>



          <option value="AK">Alaska</option>



          <option value="AZ">Arizona</option>



          <option value="AR">Arkansas</option>



          <option value="CA">California</option>



          <option value="CO">Colorado</option>



          <option value="CT">Connecticut</option>



          <option value="DE">Delaware</option>



          <option value="FL">Florida</option>



          <option value="GA">Georgia</option>



          <option value="GU">Guam</option>



          <option value="HI">Hawaii</option>



          <option value="ID">Idaho</option>



          <option value="IL">Illinois</option>



          <option value="IN">Indiana</option>



          <option value="IA">Iowa</option>



          <option value="KS">Kansas</option>



          <option value="KY">Kentucky</option>



          <option value="LA">Lousiana</option>



          <option value="ME">Maine</option>



          <option value="MD">Maryland</option>



          <option value="MA">Massachusetts</option>



          <option value="MI">Michigan</option>



          <option value="MN">Minnesota</option>



          <option value="MS">Mississippi</option>



          <option value="MO">Missouri</option>



          <option value="MT">Montana</option>



          <option value="NE">Nebrasca</option>



          <option value="NV">Nevada</option>



          <option value="NB">New Brunswick</option>



          <option value="NH">New Hamshire</option>



          <option value="NJ">New Jersey</option>



          <option value="NM">New Mexico</option>



          <option value="NY">New York</option>



          <option value="NC">North Carolina</option>



          <option value="ND">North Dakota</option>



          <option value="OH">Ohio</option>



          <option value="OK">Oklahoma</option>



          <option value="OR">Oregon</option>



          <option value="OTHER">Other</option>



          <option value="PA">Pennsylvania</option>



          <option value="PR">Puerto Rico</option>



          <option value="RI">Rhode Island</option>



          <option value="SC">South Carolina</option>



          <option value="SD">South Dakota</option>



          <option value="TN">Tennessee</option>



          <option value="TX">Texas</option>



          <option value="UT">Utah</option>



          <option value="VT">Vermont</option>



          <option value="VI">Virgin Islands</option>





          <option value="VA">Virginia</option>



          <option value="WA">Washington</option>



          <option value="DC">Washington DC</option>



          <option value="WI">Wisconsin</option>



          <option value="WY">Wyoming</option>



          <option value="YK">Yukon</option>
        </select>       </td>

      <td width="20"></td>
      </tr>

  <tr>

    <td width="16"></td>

    <td width="100" class="txt3"><div align="right">Zip:</div></td>

    <td width="200"><input name="zipcode" type="text" size="30" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$zipcode;?>"></td>

<td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <td></td>
    <td class="txt3" width="100"><div align="right">Login Id: </div></td>
    <td><input name="loginid" type="text" size="30" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$loginid;?>"></td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>

    <td width="16"></td>

    <td class="txt3" width="100"><div align="right">Password:</div></td>

    <td><input name="pw1" type="password" size="40" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$password;?>"></td>

<td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td width="16"></td>

    <td  class="txt3"><div align="right">Confirm Password: </div></td>

    <td><input name="pw2" type="password" size="40" class="ordertextin" value="<?=$confirmpassword;?>"></td>

<td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
  <td height="10"></td>
  <td><div align="right">Security Code: </div></td>
  <td><img src="CaptchaSecurityImages.php?width=150&height=28&characters=7"/><br/><input id="security_code" name="security_code" type="text" class="inputType Inputsize150"/></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td width="16"></td>

    <td></td>

    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="20"></td>
  </tr>

  <tr><td height="20"></td>
  <td></td>
                        <td><DIV class=satisfaction-quarantee-image-alignment ><INPUT type="image"  name="Submit" height=54 alt="submit" width=208 src="images/submit_butom.gif"></DIV></td>
  </tr>
</table>

  </form>
Thanks.

Hi there,

I was wondering if it was possible to change a forms action field with PHP.

Basically, if there are several checkboxes for the user to select and a specific checkbox was selected, how would I redirect users to an alternative webpage on submit?

I've been playing around with several methods, and one of them was:

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<?php
 
if(isset($_POST['Example']) &&
   $_POST['Example'] == 'FormValueGoesHere')
{
    echo ('./page1.php');
}
else
{
    echo ('./page2.php');
}   
 
?>


But the form action would only display page1.php even with nothing selected.

Maybe I'm just being stupid because it's getting late, but I'd appreciate any assistance.

Thanks

I am stuck on trying to get the form to repopulate after a failed validation.  The real form involves REST calls and such but I trimmed the code back to this issue.  I think I need to declare the variables differently.  I also tried to use the variables in the PHP script to refill the form with the original form entries.  I have tried numerous ways of getting the variables to repopulate but could never get it to work consistently (such as declaring global variables.

Here is the form code:
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<div>
<a name="error_field"></a>
<?php if($_GET['error']): ?>
        <div style="padding:10px;border:1px solid;color:#C70C0C;"><?php echo $_GET['error'] ?></div>
        <?php endif; ?>
        <div>
        <form method="post" action="process2.php">
       
<fieldset name="Group1">
<legend>Account Registration</legend>
<div id="field"><label id="Firstname">First Name:</label></div>
<div id="input"><input name="Firstname" id="Firstname" type="text" value="<?php $_POST['Firstname']?>"/></div>
<div id="field"><label id="Lastname">Last Name:</label></div>
<div id="input"><input name="Lastname" id="Lastname" type="text" value="<?php  $_POST['Lastname']?>"/></div>
<div id="field"><label id="Username">E-Mail Username):</label></div>
<div id="input"><input name="Username" type="text" value="<?= $_POST['Username']?>"/></div>
<div id="field"><label id="Password">Password:</label></div>
<div id="input"><input name="Password" type="password" /></div>
<div class="center" style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px">
<input name="Submitx" type="submit" value="submit" />
<input name="Reset1" type="reset" value="reset" />
</div>
</fieldset></form>
</div>
</div>

and here is the PHP which I have on a different page

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<?php
$new_user_username = check_input($_POST['Username'], "Enter your e-mail");
$new_user_password = check_input($_POST['Password'], "Enter your password");
$new_user_first_name = check_input($_POST['Firstname'], "Enter your first name");
$new_user_last_name = check_input($_POST['Lastname'], "Enter your last name");
/* If e-mail is not valid show error message */
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\@[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $new_user_username))
{
    show_error("E-mail address not valid");
} else{ 
 header('Location: TY.php');
}
function check_input($data, $problem='')
{
    $data = trim($data);
    $data = stripslashes($data);
    $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
    if ($problem && strlen($data) == 0)
    {
        show_error($problem);
    }
    return $data;
}
function show_error($myError)
{
 header('Location: tp1.php?error=' . $myError);
exit();
}
?>

Thanks in advance for any help.

<head>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="datetimepicker.js">
</script>
</head>
<form action="main.php?id=test.php" method="post">
  <p>Start Date:
  <input name="start" id="start" type="text" size="10">
  <a href="javascript:NewCal('start','ddmmyyyy')"><img src="cal.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Pick a date"></a>
    End Date: <input name="end" id="end" type="text" size="10">
  <a href="javascript:NewCal('end','ddmmyyyy')"><img src="cal.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Pick a date"></a>
  <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Look Up">
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$start = $_POST['start'];
$end = $_POST['end'];
$sql = "SELECT * FROM `corps` WHERE `notedate` BETWEEN '$start' AND '$end'";

$results = mysql_query($sql) OR DIE(mysql_error());
$numrow = mysql_num_rows($results) ;
$i = 0;
While ($i < $numrow)
$shownotes = mysql_result($results,$i,'notes');
echo $shownotes."<br>";
{
Echo "Records found ".$i."<br>";
$i++;
}
}

The $start, and $end don't seem to be getting any values

Hi , how I can save something into form?
I mean , insert something in variable  and than insert it into value in the form so when i send the form the value will be send too.
I also want that it will be can not change.
for example :

<input name="email" value="a@s.d"/>

but this example can be change if you insert something else.

thanks , Mor.

I have a form passing user's search term, ie name.
$pname = mysql_real_escape_string($pname;

Not sure on proper syntax to include this in my select statement.
I also want it to return for partial string matched, like 'mik' for 'mike':

$result = mysql_query(
  "SELECT * FROM guest WHERE name like '$pname'"
);

Here's my PHP form code:

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<form method='POST' action="<?php basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);?>" onSubmit="return stripInputBoxes(1)">
<?php
echo "<div id = 'purchaseOrderRow1' style = 'display:none;border: 1px solid black;'>";
echo $integrityBuildingProductsPDF;
echo '<input type = "hidden" id = "pdf1" value = "" name = "pdf1" />';
echo '<button name = "savePurchaseOrder" type = "submit">Save Purchase Order</button>';
echo "</div>";
?>


</form>
Here's my Javascript:
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function stripInputBoxes(pdfNumber)
{
if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;

for (i = 0; i < document.getElementById('tableBody').getElementsByTagName('tr').length - 3; i++)
{
document.getElementById(i).parentNode.innerHTML = document.getElementById(i).value;
}

document.getElementById("pdf" + pdfNumber).value = "ljkasdkljf";

return true;
}
Will this set the value of the hidden variable? I'm trying to echo the value of $_POST['pdf1'] but it comes out to nothing when the page reloads. How do I do this?
What I'm trying to do here is display a purchase order on the screen and the user can edit the quantities in the purchase order. They click SAVE to save the new updated quantities and it auto generates a PDF that's saved on the server with those new quantities. The problem is I need to run the stripInputBoxes function to take the <input> tags out of the HTML code before creating the PDF because the PDF generator doesn't recognize the tags.

Ok here is what im trying to do:
1. drop down list pulled from mysql database.( working )
2. after you select the name in the drop down list
3. Use selected name to another page.
here is code


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<?php
include('include/db_connection.inc');

$table = "truck_master";

$result = mysql_query( "SELECT driver_name FROM $table" );

$options=""; 
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {

$driver_name=$row["driver_name"];

$options.="<OPTION VALUE=\"driver_name\">".$driver_name.'</option>';




} ?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<table align="center">

<form name="form1" method="GET" align="center" action="issue.php">

<tr>
<td>Driver Name :</td>
<td><SELECT name="driver_name"><OPTION VALUE=''>Choose<?php echo $options?></SELECT> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> </td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>
</body>
<html>
Second Code IS
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$driver = $_GET['driver_name'];

Currently I have a PHP file that is pulling information from a table in the Database and inserting it into an HTML table. It consists of the fields: Last_Name, First_Name, Party, District, Address, CIty, State, Zip, and Email. And the Email field is being converted to a Hyperlink.  (All working fine so far)

I also have a form that has a prewritten letter to be sent to the email address. I need to have the HyperLink from the Email pass the address to the form to allow me to send it. I am not sure how to get this to happen. Here is the code I have so far:

The pull from the database:
<?php




$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = 'removed';
$dbpass = 'removed';
$db = 'removed';

$link = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass)or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($db)or die(mysql_error());

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM 2011members") 
or die(mysql_error());  


echo "<table border='1'>";
echo "<tr> <th>Last Name</th> <th>First Name</th> <th>Party</th> <th>District</th> <th>Address</th> <th>City</th> <th>State</th> <th>Zip</th> <th>Email</th> </tr>";
// keeps getting the next row until there are no more to get
while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) {
// Print out the contents of each row into a table
echo "<tr><td>"; 
echo $row['Last_Name'];
echo "</td><td>"; 
echo $row['First_Name'];
echo "</td><td>"; 
echo $row['Party'];
echo "</td><td>"; 
echo $row['District'];
echo "</td><td>"; 
echo $row['Address'];
echo "</td><td>"; 
echo $row['City'];
echo "</td><td>"; 
echo $row['State'];
echo "</td><td>"; 
echo $row['Zip'];
echo "</td><td>"; 
//Normal Pull
//echo $row['Email'];
//echo "</td><td>"; 
//Just Hyperlink
//echo '<a href="http://',Email,'">',Email,'</a>';
//echo "</td></tr>"; 
echo '<a href="http://'.$row['Email'].'">'.$row['Email'].'</a>';
echo "</td></tr>"; 
} 

echo "</table>";
?>

The Form:
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<?php 
if($_POST){
$to = 'becca@windfallstudio.com';
$subject = "WHAT SHOULD THIS BE";
$message  =  "Date: $date\n\r".
 "Dear $legislator,\n\r".
 "As a constituent of yours, I urge you to closely review $bill as it pertains to the distribution and allotment of the 4 percent bed tax collected at lodging properties in Montana.\n\r".
"Tourism is very important to Montana. Not only it is the second largest industry in Montana, it is also a key economic engine for businesses and the thousands of Montanans that have jobs because of tourism.\n\r".
"Nearly 10 million visitors travel to our state each year, contributing between $2.4 billion and $3 billion annually into our economy. In addition to bringing new money into our state, these visitors also help support more than 42,000 Montana jobs and $897 million in worker salaries. (Source: Montana Office of Tourism Annual Report - 2010)\n\r".
"Please rest assured that these millions of visitors don't come on their own. They are enticed to come here through marketing and outreach done by various organizations that include the Montana Office of Tourism, Glacier Country Regional Tourism Commission and Missoula Convention and Visitor Bureau.\n\r".
"While there is a 7 percent bed tax collected at all lodging entities in the state, 3 percent supports the General Fund and 4 percent supports travel-related partners. The 4 percent is vital to marketing our stage and it is imperative for that money to remain solely dedicated to travel and tourism promotion. I would urge you to vote no on any bill that would direct any portion of that 4 percent elsewhere.\n\r".
"Thank you for your consideration in this request and for doing all you can to represent us, your constituents, to the best of your ability. I look forward to hearing from you soon.\n\r".
"Sincerely,\n".u
"$name \n".
"$street \n".
"$city, $zip \n".
"$email \\n".
$headers = "From: $email";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
// SUCCESS!
echo '<p class="notice">'.
'Thank you for your submission.  '.
   '</p>';
// clear out the variables for good-housekeeping
unset($date,$legislator,$bill,$name,$street,$city,$zip,$email);
$_POST = array();
}
?>

<div id="content" class="section">
<?php arras_above_content() ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php arras_above_post() ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID() ?>" <?php arras_single_post_class() ?>>
        <?php arras_postheader() ?>
       
        <div class="entry-content clearfix">
<form method="post" action="" id="letter">
<p><label for="name">Date</label>
<input type="text" name="date" id="date" value="<?php echo $_POST['date'];?>"/></p>
<p>Dear Senator/Representative
<select name="legislator">
<option>Choose a Legislator</option>
<option>Senator John Q. Public</option>
<option>Rep. Jane Q. Public</option>
<option>Some Third Person</option>
</select>,</p>
<p>As a constituent of yours, I urge you to closely review Bill
<select name="bill">
<option>Choose a Bill</option>
<option>SB 13 / LC0448</option>
<option>LC0505</option>
<option>LC0532</option>
</select>
 as it pertains to the distribution and allotment of the 4 percent bed tax collected at lodging properties in Montana.</p>
<p>Tourism is very important to Montana. Not only it is the second largest industry in Montana, it is also a key economic engine for businesses and the thousands of Montanans that have jobs because of tourism.</p>
<p>Nearly 10 million visitors travel to our state each year, contributing between $2.4 billion and $3 billion annually into our economy. In addition to bringing new money into our state, these visitors also help support more than 42,000 Montana jobs and $897 million in worker salaries. (Source: Montana Office of Tourism Annual Report - 2010)</p>
<p>Please rest assured that these millions of visitors don't come on their own. They are enticed to come here through marketing and outreach done by various organizations that include the Montana Office of Tourism, Glacier Country Regional Tourism Commission and Missoula Convention and Visitor Bureau.</p>
<p>While there is a 7 percent bed tax collected at all lodging entities in the state, 3 percent supports the General Fund and 4 percent supports travel-related partners. The 4 percent is vital to marketing our stage and it is imperative for that money to remain solely dedicated to travel and tourism promotion. I would urge you to vote no on any bill that would direct any portion of that 4 percent elsewhere.</p>
<p>Thank you for your consideration in this request and for doing all you can to represent us, your constituents, to the best of your ability. I look forward to hearing from you soon.</p>
<p>Sincerely,<br />
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="<?php echo $_POST['name'];?>"/><br />
<label for="email">Street:</label>
<input type="text" name="street" id="street" value="<?php echo $_POST['street'];?>"/><br />
<label for="email">City:</label>
<input type="text" name="city" id="city" value="<?php echo $_POST['city'];?>"/><br />
<label for="email">Zip:</label>
<input type="address" name="zip" id="zip" value="<?php echo $_POST['zip'];?>"/><br />
<label for="email">E-mail:</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $_POST['email'];?>"/></p>
<input type="submit" class="button" value="Submit" />
</form>
<?php the_content( __('<p>Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>', 'arras') ); ?> 
        <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => __('<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'arras'), 
'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
</div>
What do I need to do to get the Email link from the HTML table to pass to the Email variable in the Form?

Hi all

I am in the process of creating a product page where the user can type in three initials into a form and then 'clicks add to basket'.

The button doesn't use a form just a url:

basket.php?action=add&id=1&qty=1

This adds the item into a basket using sessions rather than a database. The question is, how do I add three variables into my form so that they are sent via the URL and into the session?

Wil I have to start again with a form?

Here's the code:

<td class="table-font-grey">Why not make your whip extra special by adding up to three elegantly engraved Kunstler script initials.</td>
            <td width="42" style="border: 1px solid grey;"><input name="initial_1" type="text" size="8" maxlength="1" height="40px" /></td>
            <td width="43" style="border: 1px solid grey;"><input name="initial_2" type="text" size="8" maxlength="1" height="40px" /></td>
            <td width="43" style="border: 1px solid grey;"><input name="initial_3" type="text" size="8" maxlength="1" height="40px" /></td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td height="15">&nbsp;</td>
            <td width="328" class="table-font">&nbsp;</td>
            <td width="42" align="center" class="table-font">1</td>
            <td width="43" align="center" class="table-font">2</td>
            <td align="center" class="table-font">3</td>
            </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td colspan="3" class="table-font">&nbsp;</td>
            <td align="right" class="table-font">&nbsp;</td>
          </tr>
        </table>
        <hr />
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <table width="494" border="0">
          <tr class="table-font">
            <td width="263" height="24">
           
            <a href="<?php echo "basket.php?action=add&amp;id=1&amp;qty=1" ?>" title="Add <?php echo $product['name'] ?> to Cart">
            <a href="<?php echo WEB_URL."basket.php?action=add&amp;id=1&amp;qty=1" ?>" title="Add <?php echo $product['name'] ?> to Cart">
            <img src="<?php echo WEB_URL."images/product-add-button.gif" ?>" alt="Buy <?php echo $product['name'] ?>" /></a>
           
Many thanks
Pete

First, apologies if this is in the wrong section, basically I am not sure what language my problem lies!

Here is the general over view.

I have a jquery script that automatically selects a group of sub categorys and pus them in a select list depending on the input of a first select list, so you can choose you main cat and then the sub cats for this cat appear in the next list, this all works fine, the basic code is below:
Code: [Select]
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#wait_1').hide();
$('#drop_1').change(function(){
  $('#wait_1').show();
  $('#result_1').hide();
      $.get("scripts/func.php", {
func: "drop_1",
drop_var: $('#drop_1').val()
      }, function(response){
        $('#result_1').fadeOut();
        setTimeout("finishAjax('result_1', '"+escape(response)+"')", 400);
      });
    return false;
});
});

function finishAjax(id, response) {
  $('#wait_1').hide();
  $('#'+id).html(unescape(response));
  $('#'+id).fadeIn();
}
</script>
<form action='do.php' method='post'>
<select name="drop_1" id="drop_1">
                <option value="" selected="selected" disabled="disabled">Select a Category</option>
                <?php getTierOne(); ?>
                </select>
                 <span id="wait_1" style="display: none;">
                 <img alt="Please Wait" src="images/ajax-loader.gif"/>
                 </span>
                 <span id="result_1" style="display: none;"></span>

This calls scripts/func.php
Code: [Select]
<?php
//**************************************
//     Page load dropdown results     //
//**************************************
function getTierOne()
{
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM blog_cats") 
or die(mysql_error());

  while($tier = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) 
  
{
   echo '<option value="'.$tier['cat_id'].'">'.$tier['cat_name'].'</option>';
}

}

//**************************************
//     First selection results     //
//**************************************
if($_GET['func'] == "drop_1" && isset($_GET['func'])) { 
   drop_1($_GET['drop_var']); 
}

function drop_1($drop_var)
{  
    include_once('../connect.php');
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM blog_subs WHERE cat_id='$drop_var'") 
or die(mysql_error());

echo '<select name="tier_two" id="tier_two">
      <option value=" " disabled="disabled" selected="selected">Select Sub Catergory</option>';

   while($drop_2 = mysql_fetch_array( $result )) 
{
  echo '<option value="'.$drop_2['sub_id'].'">'.$drop_2['sub_name'].'</option>';
}

echo '</select> ';
    
}
?>

The problem I am having is getting the second select (tier_two) to pass to my form processing page.

I just get an undefined variable error

Many Thanks

I have a php index page that includes a form page with a delete button for that row.   When I hit the delete button nothing happens.  I am not sure if the variable is not passing or if the index.php page is not processing it correctly. 

Here is the index page that includes the form page:

Code: [Select]
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Welcome Page Test</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type"
content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
</head>
<body>

<?php

if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{
function stripslashes_deep($value)
{
$value = is_array($value) ?
array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) :
stripslashes($value);

return $value;
}

$_POST = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_POST);
$_GET = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_GET);
$_COOKIE = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_COOKIE);
$_REQUEST = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_REQUEST);
}


if (isset($_GET['addjoke']))
{
   include 'form.html.php';
   exit();
}

$link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', 'password');
if (!$link)
{
  $output = 'Unable to connect to the database server.';
  include 'output.html.php';
  exit();
}

if (!mysqli_set_charset($link, 'utf8'))
{
  $output = 'Unable to set database connection encoding.';
  include 'output.html.php';
  exit();
}

if (!mysqli_select_db($link, 'database'))
{
  $output = 'Unable to locate the database.' . mysqli_error($link);
  include 'output.html.php';
  exit();
}


if (isset($_POST['joketext']))
{
  $joketext=mysqli_real_escape_string($link,$_POST['joketext']);

       $sql = "INSERT INTO jokes2 (joketext, jokedate) 
         VALUES ('$joketext', CURDATE() )";



  if (!mysqli_query($link,$sql))
{
   $error = 'Error adding submitted joke: ' . mysqli_error($link);
   include 'error.html.php';
   exit();
}

  header('Location: .');
  exit();
}


if (isset ($_GET['deletejoke']))
{
  $id= mysqli_real_escape_string($link,$_POST['id']);
  $sql = "DELETE FROM jokes2 WHERE id='$id'";
 
 if(!mysqli_query($link,$sql))
  {   
    $error= 'Error deleting actor: ' . mysqli_error($link);
    include 'error.html.php';
    exit();
   }
 
  header('Location: .');
  exit();
}



$result = mysqli_query($link, 
         'SELECT jokes2.id, joketext, name, email
          FROM jokes2 INNER JOIN author
          ON authorid = author.id');

if (!$result)
{
  $error = 'Error retrieving data' . mysqli_error($link);
  include 'error.html.php';
  exit();
}


while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
  $jokes[] = array('id'=>$row['id'], 'joketext'=>$row['joketext'], 'name'=>$row['name'], 'email'=>$row['email']);
}

include 'jokes.html.php';

?>

</body>
</html>
The $_GET array should be getting the variable id passed when the Delete button is pressed on the form, but nothing is happening when I press the button.

Here is the form:

Code: [Select]
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Welcome Page Test</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type"
content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
</head>
<body>
<p>


<a href="?addjoke">Add Joke </a>
 
</p>

<p>

Here are all the jokes:

</p>

<form action="?deletejoke" method="post">

<?php foreach($jokes as $joke): ?>
<p>
 <?php
    echo htmlspecialchars($joke['id'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'), 
         htmlspecialchars($joke['joketext'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'),
         htmlspecialchars($joke['name'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'),
         htmlspecialchars($joke['email'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
 ?>
   <input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $joke['id']; ?>"  />
  <input type="submit" value="Delete"/> 
</p>
 </form>
<?php endforeach; ?>

</p>
</body>
</html>
All of my other variables seem to be passing just fine.  Any ideas why this one is a problem?

Hello Everyone,

I am new to forum and could use some help with some php code that isn't working.  I am very new to php/html/javascript and all of what I have learned, I learned from forums like this one so first....thank you!

I am trying to assign a value from a php variable to the value of my form element.  I'm sure there must be a way to do this but I can't seem to get the syntax right.  here is my code...

first I set the value of $loginname elsewhere in the script like so...

<?php
$loginname =strtolower(htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($_GET["loginname"])));
?>
This part works fine..

Then I try to set the value of my hidden text field inside the form to the value of $loginname to be passed to a javascript program.  Everything works except that the value passed ends up being <?echo and not the expected user name inside of $loginname.

<?php

echo '<form name ="currentactivity" Id="currentactivity" action="<?php'.htmlspecialchars($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).'?>"      method="post">';

echo '<fieldset><legend><b>Your Current Activity Information</b></legend>';
echo '<input type="text" name="loginnm"  style="visibility: hidden" value="<?php echo $loginname;?>">';

echo "<label for='myactivities'>Activity Name:</label>";

 
echo "<select name='myactivities' Id='myactivities' onchange=\"showdetails(this.form)\" value=''>";
echo "<option value = 'Select an activity'>Select an activity</option>";
for ($i = 1; $i <=$rowcount; $i++) {
   echo"<option value=$row[activity_name]>$row[activity_name] </option>";
   
   $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
}
       
echo "</select>";
 
echo '</fieldset>';

echo '</form>';
?>

Please note..the rest of the code is working perfectly, it is just this one value I can't seem to get.
Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.