PHP - Associating Photo Upload With Previously Submitted Form Data

I am creating a system for my students. I teach Photography and I want to do more online integration for my class. As of right now I have a whole system in which the students have their on accounts on my site. Now the challenging part for me.

I need students to upload photos to me, and I will critique them. My questions for this forum a

1. Should I have a line of code that creates a folder per user to upload photos to?
2. Should I have the photos stored in the SQL database?
3. Are there any scripts out there that can be easily adapted for this idea?

Adam

I have this script that I am using to upload new video galleries to a website. The script allows the user to upload an image that will display when they click on the gallery. As of now the image gets uploaded and a thumbnail is created automatically and stored in the appropriate places. The original image however remains its original dimensions. How would I tweak this script to resize the original image to MAX_WIDHT = 400px and MAX_HEIGHT = 750px along with keeping the create thumbnail feature?

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<?php require_once('Connections/DBConnect.php'); ?>
<?php

session_start();

if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") 
{
   $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;

   $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);

   switch ($theType) {
     case "text":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
       break;    
     case "long":
     case "int":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
       break;
     case "double":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL";
       break;
     case "date":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
       break;
     case "defined":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
       break;
   }
   return $theValue;
}
}

$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
  $editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
}

if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "uploadvideo")) {

// make the gallery name available for the result message
$video = $_POST['videocaption'];

// define a constant for the maximum upload size
define ('MAX_FILE_SIZE', 256000);

if (array_key_exists('upload', $_POST)) {
// define constant for upload folder
   define('UPLOAD_DIR', 'C:/wamp/www/test/videos/video_photos/');
   // replace any spaces in original filename with underscores
   // at the same time, assign to a simpler variable
   $file = str_replace(' ', '_', $_FILES['videophotoname']['name']);
   // convert the maximum size to KB
   $max = number_format(MAX_FILE_SIZE/1024, 1).'KB';
   // create an array of permitted MIME types
   $permitted = array('image/gif', 'image/jpeg', 'image/pjpeg', 'image/png');
   // begin by assuming the file is unacceptable
   $sizeOK = false;
   $typeOK = false;
  
   // check that file is within the permitted size
   if ($_FILES['videophotoname']['size'] > 0 && $_FILES['videophotoname']['size'] <= MAX_FILE_SIZE) {
     $sizeOK = true;
}

   // check that file is of an permitted MIME type
   foreach ($permitted as $type) {
    if ($type == $_FILES['videophotoname']['type']) {
     $typeOK = true;
  break;
   }
}
  
if ($sizeOK && $typeOK) {
switch($_FILES['videophotoname']['error']) {
case 0:
// define constants
   define('THUMBS_DIR', 'C:/wamp/www/test/videos/video_photos/thumbs/');
   define('MAX_WIDTH', 150);
   define('MAX_HEIGHT',225);

// process the uploaded image
   if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['videophotoname']['tmp_name'])) {
     $original = $_FILES['videophotoname']['tmp_name'];
     // begin by getting the details of the original
     list($width, $height, $type) = getimagesize($original);
// calculate the scaling ratio
     if ($width <= MAX_WIDTH && $height <= MAX_HEIGHT) {
       $ratio = 1;
       }
     elseif ($width > $height) {
       $ratio = MAX_WIDTH/$width;
       }
     else {
       $ratio = MAX_HEIGHT/$height;
       }
// strip the extension off the image filename
$imagetypes = array('/\.gif$/', '/\.jpg$/', '/\.jpeg$/', '/\.png$/');
     $name = preg_replace($imagetypes, '', basename($_FILES['videophotoname']['name']));

     // move the temporary file to the upload folder
$moved = move_uploaded_file($original, UPLOAD_DIR.$_FILES['videophotoname']['name']);
if ($moved) {
   $result = $_FILES['videophotoname']['name'].' successfully uploaded; ';
   $original = UPLOAD_DIR.$_FILES['videophotoname']['name'];
   }
else {
   $result = 'Problem uploading '.$_FILES['videophotoname']['name'].'; ';
   }

// create an image resource for the original
switch($type) {
       case 1:
         $source = @ imagecreatefromgif($original);
     if (!$source) {
       $result = 'Cannot process GIF files. Please use JPEG or PNG.';
       }
     break;
       case 2:
         $source = imagecreatefromjpeg($original);
     break;
       case 3:
         $source = imagecreatefrompng($original);
     break;
       default:
         $source = NULL;
     $result = 'Cannot identify file type.';
       }
// make sure the image resource is OK
if (!$source) {
   $result = 'Problem copying original';
   }
else {
   // calculate the dimensions of the thumbnail
       $thumb_width = round($width * $ratio);
       $thumb_height = round($height * $ratio);
   // create an image resource for the thumbnail
       $thumb = imagecreatetruecolor($thumb_width, $thumb_height);
   // create the resized copy
   imagecopyresampled($thumb, $source, 0, 0, 0, 0, $thumb_width, $thumb_height, $width, $height);
   // save the resized copy
   switch($type) {
         case 1:
       if (function_exists('imagegif')) {
         $success = imagegif($thumb, THUMBS_DIR.$name.'_thb.gif');
         $thumb_name = $name.'_thb.gif';
     }
       else {
         $success = imagejpeg($thumb, THUMBS_DIR.$name.'_thb.jpg', 50);
     $thumb_name = $name.'_thb.jpg';
     }
       break;
     case 2:
       $success = imagejpeg($thumb, THUMBS_DIR.$name.'_thb.jpg', 100);
       $thumb_name = $name.'_thb.jpg';
       break;
     case 3:
       $success = imagepng($thumb, THUMBS_DIR.$name.'_thb.png');
       $thumb_name = $name.'_thb.png';
     }
if ($success) {

$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO tblmembervideo 
(videophotoname, videothumbname, videodescription, videocaption, modelid, `date`) 
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
                        GetSQLValueString($_FILES['videophotoname']['name'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($thumb_name, "text"),
                        GetSQLValueString($_POST['videodescription'], "text"),
                        GetSQLValueString($_POST['videocaption'], "text"),
                        GetSQLValueString($_POST['modelid'], "int"),
                        GetSQLValueString($_POST['date'], "date"));

   mysql_select_db($database_DBConnect, $DBConnect);
   $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $DBConnect) or die(mysql_error());

$videoid = mysql_insert_id();
$_SESSION['videoid'] = $videoid;

   $result .= "$thumb_name created and $video uploaded. Click <a href='addclip.php'>here</a> to add clips.";
   }
else {
   $result .= 'Problem creating thumbnail';
   }
   // remove the image resources from memory
   imagedestroy($source);
       imagedestroy($thumb);
   }
}
break;
case 3:
$result = "Error uploading $file. Please try again.";
   default:
         $result = "System error uploading $file. Contact webmaster.";
   }
     }
   elseif ($_FILES['videophotoname']['error'] == 4) {
     $result = 'No file selected';
}
   else {
     $result = "$file cannot be uploaded. Maximum size: $max. Acceptable file types: gif, jpg, png.";
}
}
}

mysql_select_db($database_DBConnect, $DBConnect);
$query_rsgetmodel = "SELECT modelid, modelname FROM tblmembermodel";
$rsgetmodel = mysql_query($query_rsgetmodel, $DBConnect) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsgetmodel = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsgetmodel);
$totalRows_rsgetmodel = mysql_num_rows($rsgetmodel);
?>
<!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">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center">
<?php
// if the form has been submitted, display result
if (isset($result)) {
echo "<p>$result</p>";
}
?>
</div>
<form action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="uploadvideo" id="uploadvideo">
Select a Photo (thumbnail will automatically be created) for Video:<br />
<input name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" type="hidden" id="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="<?php echo MAX_FILE_SIZE; ?>" />
<input type="file" name="videophotoname" id="videophotoname" />
  <br />
  <br />
Video Caption:<br />
<input type="text" name="videocaption" id="videocaption" />
<br />
<br />
Video Description:<br />
<textarea name="videodescription" id="videodescription" cols="35" rows="3"></textarea>
<br />
<br />
Model:<br />
<select name="modelid" id="modelid">
  <?php
do {  
?>
  <option value="<?php echo $row_rsgetmodel['modelid']?>"><?php echo $row_rsgetmodel['modelname']?></option>
  <?php
} while ($row_rsgetmodel = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsgetmodel));
   $rows = mysql_num_rows($rsgetmodel);
   if($rows > 0) {
       mysql_data_seek($rsgetmodel, 0);
   $row_rsgetmodel = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsgetmodel);
   }
?>
</select>
<br />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="upload" id="upload" value="Add Video" />
<input name="date" type="hidden" id="date" value="<?php echo date ("Y-m-d H:m:s"); ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="uploadvideo" />
<br />
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
mysql_free_result($rsgetmodel);
?>

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Still working on the same project.
I had a function to upload a photo and you could use it as a profile picture.
Now I wanted to expand on it and decided you can upload more than one photo, creating a gallery.
I figured I could use the same script to create two images (one original size and one thumbnail for browsing) and went about it in two different ways, both failed miserably.
First I figured my upload code could take the indata and make TWO photos at once with different name.
I guess it can only keep on image in mind at once - or I did something else wrong.
I used the same code to create $user.jpg and $user_tn.jpg and move them to the user's image folder.

So try number two was to make two folders for the photo, one named after the user (for thumb) and another in a folder named big.
That isn't working for me either.

Anyone who likes to chime in with ideas or facepalms is very welcome.

Here is the generic code I set out with:

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if ($view == $user) {
mkdir("grafik/users/$user");
mkdir("grafik/users/$user/big/");

if (isset($_FILES['image']['name']))
{
$saveto = "grafik/users/$user/big/$user.jpg";
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'], $saveto);
$typeok = TRUE;

switch($_FILES['image']['type'])
{
case "image/gif": $src = imagecreatefromgif($saveto); break;
case "image/jpeg":
case "image/pjpeg": $src = imagecreatefromjpeg($saveto); break;
case "image/png": $src = imagecreatefrompng($saveto); break;
default: $typeok = FALSE; break;
}

if ($typeok)
{
list($w, $h) = getimagesize($saveto);
$max = 200;
$tw = $w;
$th = $h;

if ($w > $h && $max < $w)
{
$th = $max / $w * $h;
$tw = $max; }
elseif ($h > $w && $max < $h)
{
$tw = $max / $h *$w;
$th = $max;}
elseif ($max < $w)
{
$tw = $th = $max;}
$tmp = imagecreatetruecolor($tw,$th);
imagecopyresampled($tmp, $src, 0, 0, 0, 0, $tw, $th, $w, $h);
imageconvolution($tmp, array(
array(-1, -1, -1),
array(-1, 16, -1),
array(-1, -1, -1)
), 8, 0);
imagejpeg($tmp, $saveto);
imagedestroy($tmp);
imagedestroy($src);
}
}
echo <<<_END
<div id='main'>
<form method='post' action='profile.php' enctype='multipart/form-data'>
Image: <input type='file' name='image' size='14' maxlength='32' />
<input type='submit' value='Save Profile' />
</form>
</div>
_END;
}

It is the page in minimalist form and it still contains the big folder version.
Thanks for putting up with my nooby questions.

so what i have going on is that i need help writing a basic script to upload original and copy with resize for thumbnail. then also need to rename both image files with content in the form.
My server supports GD Library and that imagemagik or whatever it is lol.

upload dirs
orig: ../media/photos/
thumb: ../media/photos/thumb/

mySQL DB:
name: m_photos
fields: id(INT)
           m_cat(varchar)
           m_sub_cat(varchar)
           pic(varchar)
           description(varchar)
           p_group(varchar)

I have the form written up for how it should look like:
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<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  Upload an image for processing<br />
  <input type="file" name="Image"><br />
  <select name="sub_group">
    <option value="Photo Shoot">Photo Shoot</option>
    <option value="Live Performances">Live Performances</option>
    <option value="Randoms">Randoms</option>
    <option value="Fan Photos">Fan Photos</option>
  </select><br />
  Location:
  <input type="text" name="p_group" /><br />
  Date of Pic:
  <input type="text" name="date" /><br />
  Description:
  <input type="text" name="description" /><br />
  <input type="submit" value="Upload">
</form>

so what needs to happen is for the file upload name. it needs to grab a count from "p_group" database to give it a starting number in a "00" pattern and then the date of pic needs to go in there next then the p_group name. so when the files gets uploaded it would look something like this after upload. "03 - Oct 21, 2011 - The Mex.jpg"
NOTE: all pics must be converted to ".jpg" extension.

both the orig and thumb will use that same file name cuz they just go into different dirs

re-sizing for the thumbnail should be done by aspect ratio and needs to either be 300px width or 400px height.

so if anyone would like to help me out please do. im not the greatest at writing in php yet

(1) What does this actually do? (compress it?)

$image = imagecreatefromjpeg("image.jpg");
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
imagejpeg($image);

By using this rather than displaying by using www.site.com/image.jpg it reduces file size of an image from 2.5mb to 0.5mb !!

(2) ImageMagick can't get these results. Am I doing something wrong? If I change the pixel size of an image in ImageMagick then I can reduce its file size, but (1) above reduces file size regardless of changing pixel size.

Hello,

Basically, What I'm looking for would be for a method of blocking certain email addresses from being submitted in a form, I need it to block certain emails that are on the list.

I think the best way to describe it would be a form submission blacklist that is checked before it gets submitted.

Many thanks

I have been using an inventory application built on PHP/MySQL. Since this morning I could submit the data and they were perfectly reflected on the MySQL Table. However, for a few hours I cannot save the submitted data to the table and it doesn't show any error message. Please note no change have been made since it was successfully running. The developer of this application is not available right now.   PLEASR HELP I AM A NOVICE IN PHP/MYSQL.

Hello.  I currently have a web page that allows a user to enter text into a form then select a "Submit Query" button; upon doing this the entered text is saved to a database and displayed for the user on the same page (the page where the form and "Submit Query" button are located).

My question is as follows: I wish the results to be displayed on a new page when the "Submit Query" button is clicked, not displayed on the same page.  Is this achieved through targeting? I am a bit lost at this point on how to achieve this result.

Thank-you in advance for any help.
~Matty

<?php $GLOBALS['title']="Admission-HMS"; $base_url="http://localhost/hms/"; require('./../../inc/sessionManager.php'); require('./../../inc/dbPlayer.php'); require('./../../inc/fileUploader.php'); require('./../../inc/handyCam.php'); $ses = new \sessionManager\sessionManager(); $ses->start(); if($ses->isExpired()) { header( 'Location:'.$base_url.'login.php'); } else { $name=$ses->Get("loginId"); } $msg=""; if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { if (isset($_POST["btnSave"])) { $db = new \dbPlayer\dbPlayer(); $msg = $db->open(); echo '<script type="text/javascript"> alert("'.$msg.'");</script>'; if ($msg = "true") { $userIds = $db->getAutoId("U"); $flup = new fileUploader\fileUploader(); $perPhoto = $flup->upload("/hms/files/photos/",$_FILES['perPhoto'], $userIds[1]); // var_dump($perPhoto); $handyCam=new \handyCam\handyCam(); if (strpos($perPhoto, 'Error:') === false) { $dateNow=date("Y-m-d"); $data = array( 'userId' => $userIds[1], 'userGroupId' => "UG004", 'name' => $_POST['name'], 'studentId' => $_POST['stdId'], 'cellNo' => $_POST['cellNo'], 'gender' => $_POST['gender'], 'dob' => $handyCam->parseAppDate($_POST['dob']), 'passportNo' => $_POST['passportNo'], 'fatherName' => $_POST['fatherName'], 'fatherCellNo' => $_POST['fatherCellNo'], 'perPhoto' => $perPhoto, 'admitDate' => $dateNow, 'isActive' => 'Y' ); $result = $db->insertData("studentinfo",$data); if($result>=0) { $data = array( 'userId' => $userIds[1], 'userGroupId' => "UG004", 'name' => $_POST['name'], 'loginId' => $_POST['stdId'], 'verifyCode' => "vhms2115", 'expireDate' => "2115-01-4", 'isVerifed' => 'Y' ); $result=$db->insertData("users",$data); if($result>0) { $id =intval($userIds[0])+1; $query="UPDATE auto_id set number=".$id." where prefix='U';"; $result=$db->update($query); // $db->close(); echo '<script type="text/javascript"> alert("Admitted Successfully.");</script>'; } else { echo '<script type="text/javascript"> alert("' . $result . '");</script>'; } } elseif(strpos($result,'Duplicate') !== false) { echo '<script type="text/javascript"> alert("Student Already Exits!");</script>'; } else { echo '<script type="text/javascript"> alert("' . $result . '");</script>'; } } else { echo '<script type="text/javascript"> alert("' . $perPhoto . '");</script>'; } } else { echo '<script type="text/javascript"> alert("' . $msg . '");</script>'; } }

I now know how to append GET over normal hyperlinks, but I don't know how to do it with form submissions.

Here's the problem:

I have a form like this one:


<form method="GET" action="">

<?php 
require_once ('sort_category_func.php');
$switch = 1;
sort_category ($switch); 
?>

+ Most Liked <input type='checkbox' value='mostLiked' name='mostLiked' />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="sortSubmit" value='Go' />
<br /><br />
</form>




And the variables:


// DROP DOWN MENU VARIABLES
$select_category = $_REQUEST['sort_category'];
$most_liked = $_GET['mostLiked'];


I'm using a while loop to list user submission, you can also sort them by category which works over GET, this works as long as there is no GET data already in the URL, but as soon as there is GET data it won't work anymore.

Here's an example:

If I have a user profile page opened like this:


profile.php?user=konopkov


And a category has been chosen to sort the user's submissions the URL will change to:


profile.php?sort_category=Logos


INSTEAD it should be:


profile.php?user=konopkov&sort_category=Logos


As I said I know how to achieve this with hyperlinks now, but I have no clue how do it with form submissions.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Up until now, I have been writing Forms that submit back to themselves.

Now I want to break up my code.

I usually have this PHP at the top of my forms...

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<?php
// ********************************************
// HANDLE FORM.  *
// ********************************************
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']=='POST'){
// Form was Submitted (Post).


If I change my Form Action to point to another script, will this code work in that new script??  (In other words, will Script_B be able to detect $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']=='POST' ??)

Thanks,



Debbie

I've got a BIG problem...

When a user submits my form it works fine, displays a "Transaction Success/Failed", and e-mails me a confirmation.

However, if the user then navigates to another page (e.g. "Home"), and then clicks their browser's "Back" button, my form gets re-submitted?!    

This is on a VPS, but I just chatted with server support and they are saying,

Quote

register_globals = Off


So what is going wrong?!



Debbie

Hi   We have a nicely working smtp contact form, however the form redirects to the contact.php file as default I presume, when we want it to go to a thank you page. Can you [please take a look at the code below and clarify where I need to put the thank you page URL;   $redirect_url = "http://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']; //Redirect URL after submit the form

$mail->From = $mail->Username;    //Default From email same as smtp user
$mail->FromName = "Mobile website";

$mail->AddAddress("essexcarrentals@yahoo.co.uk", "Mobile Website"); //Email address where you wish to receive/collect those emails.

$mail->WordWrap = 50;                                 // set word wrap to 50 characters
$mail->IsHTML(true);                                  // set email format to HTML

$mail->Subject = $_POST['Enquiry'];
$message = "Name: ".$_POST['name']." \r\n <br>Email Address: ".$_POST['email']." \r\n <br> Phone: ".$_POST['phone']." \r\n <br> Vehicle: ".$_POST['select']." \r\n <br> Dates: ".$_POST['dates'];
$mail->Body    = $message;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo "Message could not be sent. <p>";
   echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
   exit;
}

echo "Message has been sent";
header("Location: $redirect_url");
}
?>   I have tried replacing the http:// but this returns a page underfined error on submission?   We appreciate your help on this one guys :0)   Ash   ---

Hi:

I am using this code for my contact us feedback form:
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<?php
$error = NULL;
$myDate = NULL;
$FullName = NULL;
$Address = NULL;
$City  = NULL;
$State = NULL;
$Zip = NULL;
$Phone = NULL;
$Email = NULL;
$Website = NULL;
$Comments = NULL;

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

 $myDate = $_POST['myDate'];
 $FullName = $_POST['FullName'];
 $Address = $_POST['Address'];
 $City = $_POST['City'];
 $State = $_POST['State'];
 $Zip = $_POST['Zip'];
 $Phone = $_POST['Phone'];
 $Email = $_POST['Email'];
 $Website = $_POST['Website'];
 $Comments = $_POST['Comments'];
 
 if(empty($FullName)) {
   $error .= '-- Enter your Full Name. <br />';
 }
 
 if(empty($Email)) {
   $error .= '-- Enter your Email. <br />';
 }

if($error == NULL) {

$sql = sprintf("INSERT INTO myContactData(myDate,FullName,Address,City,State,Zip,Phone,Email,Website,Comments) VALUES ('%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s')",

                        mysql_real_escape_string($myDate),
                        mysql_real_escape_string($FullName),
                        mysql_real_escape_string($Address),
                        mysql_real_escape_string($City),
                        mysql_real_escape_string($State),
                        mysql_real_escape_string($Zip),
                        mysql_real_escape_string($Phone),
                        mysql_real_escape_string($Email),
                        mysql_real_escape_string($Website),
                        mysql_real_escape_string($Comments));
                        
  if(mysql_query($sql)) {
  
    $error .= 'Thank you for contacting us.';
    
mail( "d@direct.com", "Contact Request",

"Date Sent: $myDate\n Full Name: $FullName\n Address: $Address\n City: $City\n State: $State\n Zip: $Zip\n Phone: $Phone\n Email: $Email\n Website: $Website\n Comments: $Comments\n",
"From: $Email" );
  }
  else {
    $error .= 'There was an error in our Database, please Try again!';
  }
}
}
echo '<span class="textError">' . $error . '</span>';

?>

<form name="myform" action="" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="myDate" size="45" maxlength="50" value="<?php echo date("F j, Y"); ?>" />

<div id="tableFormDiv">

<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth"><span class="textErrorItalic">* - Required</span></span> <span class="floatFormLeft">&nbsp;</span></fieldset>
<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth"><span class="textErrorItalic">*</span> Full Name:</span> <span class="floatFormLeft"><input type="text" name="FullName" size="45" maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $FullName; ?>" /></span></fieldset>
<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth">Address:</span> <span class="floatFormLeft"><input type="text" name="Address" size="45" maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $Address; ?>" /></span></fieldset>
<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth">City:</span> <span class="floatFormLeft"><input type="text" name="City" size="45" maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $City; ?>" /></span></fieldset>
<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth">State:</span> <span class="floatFormLeft"><input type="text" name="State" size="45" maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $State; ?>" /></span></fieldset>
<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth">Zip:</span> <span class="floatFormLeft"><input type="text" name="Zip" size="45" maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $Zip; ?>" /></span></fieldset>
<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth">Phone:</span> <span class="floatFormLeft"><input type="text" name="Phone" size="45" maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $Phone; ?>" /></span></fieldset>
<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth"><span class="textErrorItalic">*</span> Email:</span> <span class="floatFormLeft"><input type="text" name="Email" size="45" maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $Email; ?>" /></span></fieldset>
<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth">Website:</span> <span class="floatFormLeft"><input type="text" name="Website" size="45" maxlength="50" value="<?php echo $Website; ?>" /></span></fieldset>
<fieldset><span class="floatLeftFormWidth">Comments:</span> <span class="floatFormLeft"><textarea name="Comments" cols="40" rows="10"><?php echo $Comments; ?></textarea></span></fieldset>
</div>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="submitButton" /><br />
</form>



I the only thing I can't figure out is, how do I clear the form fields AFTER the form has been submitted and the message
"Thank you for contacting us." appears ??

I haven't been able to figure it out with JavaScript/PHP, so I posted my original code in hopes that someone will have an idea.

Anyone?

Thanks!

Hello everyone, I'm having a difficult time figuring out what my problem is here.  I'm trying to submit a couple of strings (to the user they are messages to be sent to other users) and I am having trouble with the string being cut off at quotation marks.  Here is the code that I'm using:

Code: [Select]
<?php

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

$staffmessage = $_POST['staffmessage'];
$studentmessage = $_POST['studentmessage'];

echo "$staffmessage<br />&nbsp<br />$studentmessage";

}

?>

<!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">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
</head>

<body>

<?php

$message1="This is a test message.

It does not get cut off here when the \"quotation marks\" are added.";

$message2="This is a test message.

It DOES get cut off here when the \"quotation marks\" are added.";

?>

<form name="form" method="post" action="test.php">

<textarea class="textarea" name="staffmessage" rows="12">

<?php echo $message1; ?>

</textarea></p>

<input name="studentmessage" type="hidden" value="<?php echo $message2; ?>" />

<input class="submit2" type="submit" name="submit" value="Send Message" />

</form>

</body>
</html>

The result that I'm getting is that when $staffmessage is echoed, I get the full message.  When $studentmessage is echoed, the message gets cut off at the first quotation mark.  The only thing that is different when creating these two variables is that $staffmessage is submitted using a "textarea" field in the form, and $studentmessage is submitted using a "hidden" field in the form.  Other than that, they are handled the exact same way.

Can anyone please help me figure out how to remedy this so that $studentmessage is not cut off at the quotation mark?  Thanks in advance for your help!