PHP - This Works...kinda

The alias form isn't being read for some reason, with having $alias = $_POST['alias']; i don't quiet understand why this isn't it isn't being picked up as a variable below, any clues? cheers
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<?php include("header.php"); 
if(isset($_POST['formAlias']) &&
$_POST['formAlias'] == 'Yes') 
{
$alias = $_POST['alias'];
$alias = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/", "", $alias);
$namelength = strlen($alias);
if($namelength < 3){
$error1="Your alias must be at least 3 characters!</span></div>";
echo $error1;
}else{
}
$query = sprintf("SELECT COUNT(id) FROM players WHERE UPPER(alias) = UPPER('$alias')",
mysql_real_escape_string($alias));
$result = mysql_query($query);
list($count) = mysql_fetch_row($result);
if($count >= 1) { 
$error1="$alias is already taken.";
echo $error1;
}else{
}
$sql = "updatehereble";
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
}else{
}
?>
</p>
<p>
 <input name="alias" type="text" id="alias">
</p>
<form action="alias.php" method="post">
Do you wish to use an alias?
  <input type="checkbox" name="formAlias" value="Yes" />
<input type="submit" name="formSubmit" value="Submit" />
</form>

hope i'm in the right place.

Hello,my name is carlton.
i have a html form i created in dreamweaver cs.
i have the accompanying .php script to forward
user details to the server. i fill in the form,
hit the submit button and nothing appears in
the table i created. the testing server has been
successfully configured the database "babiesnmovies"
is recognized by dreamweaver.
PLS tell me what i'm missing.

below is a copy of the form and the script.

Thank you so much.


//this is the HTML registration web form i created in dreamweaver//

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<legend>Parents Contact Information</legend>
      </h3>
      <form id="form1" name="form1" method="PUT" action="babiesnmovies.php">
        <p>
          <label for="babiesnmovies.com/register">Your First Name</label>
          <input type="text" name="yourfirstname" id="babiesnmovies.com/register" />
          <label for="babiesnmovies.com/registered">Your Last Name</label>
          <input type="text" name="yourlastname" id="babiesnmovies.com/registered" />
        </p>
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/yourname">Your Phone Number</label>
        <input type="text" name="yourphonenumber" id="babiesnmovies.com/yourname" />
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/email">Your E-mail</label>
        <input type="text" name="youremail" id="babiesnmovies.com/email" />
        </p>
    </form>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
    <h3>
      <legend>Baby's Vitals</legend>
    </h3>
    <form id="form2" name="form2" method="PUT" action="babiesnmovies.php">
      <p>
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/baby'slast">Baby's First Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="babysfirstname" id="babiesnmovies.com/baby'sfirst" />
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/babies">Baby's Middle Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="babysmiddlename" id="babiesnmovies.com/babies" />
      </p>
      <p>
        <label for="babyslastname">Baby's Last Name</label>
        <input type="text" name="babyslastname" id="babyslastname" />
      </p>
      <p>
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/babybday">Baby's Birthdate</label>
        <input type="text" name="babysbirthdate" id="babiesnmovies.com/babybday" />
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/babyage">Baby's Age</label>
        <input type="text" name="babysage" id="babiesnmovies.com/babyage" />
       
      </p>
      <p>
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/baby">Baby's Height</label>
        <input type="text" name="babysheight" id="babiesnmovies.com/baby" />
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/babyweight">Baby's Weight</label>
        <input type="text" name="babysweight" id="babiesnmovies.com/babyweight" />
      </p>
      <p>
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/babyeyes">Baby's Eye Color</label>
        <input type="text" name="babyseyecolor" id="babiesnmovies.com/babyeyes" />
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/babyhair">Baby's Hair Color</label>
        <input type="text" name="babyshaircolor" id="babiesnmovies.com/babyhair" />
      </p>
      <p>
        <label for="babiesnmovies.com/babyrace">Baby's Ethnicity</label>
        <input type="text" name="babysethnicity" id="babiesnmovies.com/babyrace" />
      </p>
      <p><input name="formsubmit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
    </form>
//this is the babiesnmovies.php script//

<?php
# FileName="Connection_php_mysql.htm"
# Type="MYSQL"
# HTTP="true"
$hostname_babiesnmovies = "XXX";
$database_babiesnmovies = "XXX";
$username_babiesnmovies = "XXX";
$password_babiesnmovies = "XXX";
$babiesnmovies = mysql_pconnect($hostname_babiesnmovies, $username_babiesnmovies, $password_babiesnmovies) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR); 


mysql_select_db("db337879506", $con);
 $sql="INSERT INTO register (id, YourFirstName, YourLastName, YourPhoneNumber, YourEmailAddress, BabysFirstName, BabysMiddleName,
 BabysLastName, BabysBirthdate, BabysAge, BabysHeight, BabysWeight, BabysEyeColor, BabysHairColor, BabysEthnicity) values ( 'NULL','$yourfirstname',                  '$yourlastname', '$yourphonenumber', 'youremailaddress', '$babysfirstname', '$babysmiddlename', '$babyslastname', '$babysbirthdate', '$babysage', '$babysheight', '$babysweight', '$babyseyecolor', '$babyshaircolor', '$babysethnicity')";



$yourfirstname = $_POST ['YourFirstName'];
$yourlastname = $_POST ['YourLastName'];
$yourphonenumber = $_POST ['YourPhoneNumber'];
$youremailaddress = $_POST ['YourE-mailAddress'];
$babysfirstname = $_POST ['BabysFirstName'];
$babysmiddlename = $_POST ['BabysMiddleName'];
$babyslastname = $_POST ['BabysLastName'];
$babysbirthdate = $_POST ['BabysBirthdate'];
$babysage = $_POST ['BabysAge'];
$babysheight = $_POST ['BabysHeight'];
$babysweight = $_POST ['BabysWeight'];
$babyseyecolor = $_POST ['BabysEyeColor'];
$babyshaircolor = $_POST ['BabysHairColor'];
$babysethicity = $_POST ['Babys Ethnicity'];

?>


Thank you.

Right i want to have friends displayed on peoples profiles but i can only ave there name and not the avater displayed here is the code ive got which doesnt work

        <? 
$picture = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '$dip->person'");
$pc = mysql_fetch_object($picture);
$query_friends=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM friends WHERE username='$viewuser' AND type='Friend'");

$rows=mysql_num_rows($query_friends);
if ($rows == "0"){ echo "<center>No friends</center>"; }
$friend = 0;
while($dip=mysql_fetch_object($query_friends)){

echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src='$pc->image' width='50' height='50' border='1'><br><a href='profile.php?viewuser=$dip->person'>$dip->person</a>,"; 
$friend++; 
echo ($friend % 3 == 0)? "<br>" : ""; }
?>


The friends are from the friends database and the avater is from the users database how can i link them so the name and the avater show ive tried this but only the names are displayed and the avaters dont show

With a TON of help from you guys already it's working but I do have one thing that I just need to figure out to clean it all up...

echo $games['htn']," ",$games['hs']," VS ",$games['vtn']," ",$games['vs']," on ",$games['d']," at ",$games['t'];

 This is returning what I need perfectly except if an object is empty it's also showing that..  for example...   Pittsburgh Steelers 0 VS Baltimore Ravens 0 on Sat at 8:15  --- is what I want to show...   shows up great then the next line will show an empty set because the games are not known until other games are played so I also get this:   0 VS 0 on Jan 18 at 3:05  and Seattle Seahawks 0 VS 0 on Jan 10 at 8:15   What can I do to make this not show up?

$xml = simplexml_load_string($data);
// print_r($xml);  
 
foreach($xml->gms->g as $games)
{
echo "<div class='button blue'>";

echo $games['htn']," ",$games['hs']," VS ",$games['vtn']," ",$games['vs']," on ",$games['d']," at ",$games['t'];
echo "</div>";

 
}

This is what I have and it's working with a lot of help from you guys... I just need to clean it up so I can show only games that have two teams listed..    Thanks again everyone!!
Edited by cowboysdude, 02 January 2015 - 11:03 PM.

Hi all - I have a simple PHP app, which I've run thru my Dreamweaver validation and a few PHP syntax validators and it comes out clean. Works perfectly in Firefox but shows a blank page in I.E. and I'm not sure why. The functionality is simple - the page shows a disclaimer, and when the user hits 'OK" it should hide the disclaimer and then display other content. Here's the URL:

https://www.dca.ca.gov/webapps/bppe/annual_report.php

Any ideas as to what is wrong? Thanks! 

Here's the code:

<?php
        if(isset($_POST['OK'])){
            ?>
           
            <h3 class="center"><a href="#a">A</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#b">B</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#c">C</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#d">D</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="#e">E</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#f">F</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#g">G</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#h">H</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#i">I</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;

<a href="#j">J</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#k">K</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#l">L</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#m">M</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#n">N</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="#O">O</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#p">P</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#q">Q</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#r">R</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#s">S</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="#t">T</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#u">U</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#v">V</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#w">W</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#x">X</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;

<a href="#y">Y</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#z">Z</a></h3>

<h3><a name="a">A</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="b">B</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="c">C</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="d">D</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="e">E</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="f">F</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="g">G</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="h">H</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="i">I</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="j">J</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="k">K</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="l">L</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="m">M</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="n">N</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="o">O</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="p">P</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="q">Q</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="r">R</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="s">S</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="t">T</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="u">U</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="v">V</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="w">W</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="x">X</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="y">Y</a>:</h3>
<h3><a name="z">Z</a>:</h3>
           
            <?php
        }else{
            ?>
             <form method="post" action="annual_report.php">
             <fieldset>
                       
                       <strong><p><strong>An Annual Report must be filed with the Bureau for  Private Postsecondary Education (Bureau) by each approved institution pursuant  to California Education Code (CEC) section 94934.&nbsp; The Institution reports the required  aggregate information for all locations (main and all branches).&nbsp; In addition to the Annual Report, each  Institution is required to submit a Performance Fact Sheet and the school  catalog.</strong></p>
               
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<p><strong>Disclaimer of Liability</strong> <br />
The California Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau for Private Postsecondary  Education shall not be held liable for any inaccurate, altered, delayed,  omitted, or misleading information, or any improper or incorrect use of the  information published or provided herein, and assumes no responsibility for  anyone's use of the information on any theory of liability. </p>

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                        <div class="content_onecolumn">
                        <input type="submit" name="OK" value="OK" class="inputSubmit" />
                        </div>
                       
                        </fieldset>
                        </form>
                       
 <?php
                }
                ?>