PHP - Newbie - Checkout Form

Hi Guys

I am totally new to php and html and currently working on a project which is probably far to big for me!

For reference - i am using dreamweaver and phpmyadmin.

I have already created a regisration page and linked it to a database which works fine. But what i want to do now is to allow the user to upload a picture which will become the users profile picture and im really struggling.

I had two seperate peices of code..

The first peice is the usual registration code which sends the data to the database and the second allows a user to upload an image to a folder on my server - both work fine on their own.

What i THINK i need to do is try to merge the two peices of code and add an extra line somewhere which sends the file name and location to the users record on the database.

the code i have so far is:

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<form action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form1" id="form1">
  <table align="center">
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">Username:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="username" value="" size="32" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">Password:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="password" value="" size="32" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">First Name:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="fname" value="" size="32" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">Surname:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="sname" value="" size="32" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">Email:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="email" value="" size="32" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
    <?php
//define a maxim size for the uploaded images in Kb
 define ("MAX_SIZE","100"); 

//This function reads the extension of the file. It is used to determine if the file  is an image by checking the extension.
 function getExtension($str) {
         $i = strrpos($str,".");
         if (!$i) { return ""; }
         $l = strlen($str) - $i;
         $ext = substr($str,$i+1,$l);
         return $ext;
 }

//This variable is used as a flag. The value is initialized with 0 (meaning no error  found)  
//and it will be changed to 1 if an errro occures.  
//If the error occures the file will not be uploaded.
 $errors=0;
//checks if the form has been submitted
 if(isset($_POST['Submit'])) 
 {
  //reads the name of the file the user submitted for uploading
  $image=$_FILES['image']['name'];
  //if it is not empty
  if ($image) 
  {
  //get the original name of the file from the clients machine
  $filename = stripslashes($_FILES['image']['name']);
  //get the extension of the file in a lower case format
   $extension = getExtension($filename);
  $extension = strtolower($extension);
  //if it is not a known extension, we will suppose it is an error and will not  upload the file,  
//otherwise we will do more tests
 if (($extension != "jpg") && ($extension != "jpeg") && ($extension != "png") && ($extension != "gif")) 
  {
//print error message
  echo '<h1>Unknown extension!</h1>';
  $errors=1;
  }
  else
  {
//get the size of the image in bytes
 //$_FILES['image']['tmp_name'] is the temporary filename of the file
 //in which the uploaded file was stored on the server
 $size=filesize($_FILES['image']['tmp_name']);

//compare the size with the maxim size we defined and print error if bigger
if ($size > MAX_SIZE*1024)
{
echo '<h1>You have exceeded the size limit!</h1>';
$errors=1;
}

//we will give an unique name, for example the time in unix time format
$image_name=time().'.'.$extension;
//the new name will be containing the full path where will be stored (images folder)
$newname="profpics/".$image_name;

//Writes the information to the database
mysql_query("INSERT INTO users (prof_pic)
VALUES ('$image_name')");

//we verify if the image has been uploaded, and print error instead
$copied = copy($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'], $newname);
if (!$copied) 
{
echo '<h1>Copy unsuccessfull!</h1>';
$errors=1;
}}}}

//If no errors registred, print the success message
 if(isset($_POST['Submit']) && !$errors) 
 {
  echo "<h1>File Uploaded Successfull! </h1>";
 }

 ?>
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">Pictu </td>
      <td>
            <input type="file" name="photo"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr valign="baseline">
      <td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><input name="Submit" type="submit" id="Submit" value="Submit" /></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  <input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="form1" />
</form>
When a new user registers - the data is sent to the database but the image isnt uploaded or referenced in the DB

Can anybody please help...Sorry if this is all mddled up but im pretty confused at the minute


Thanks in advance

I bought this template, and so far the template creator has not really been able to help me figure out the php side of the template, which really frustrates me. I know very very basic php if at all, so I am a bit lost on how to get this contact form to work. I had filled in everything that I needed to on the php file, and then tested it out and it doesn't send the email and doesn't bring up a message of any kind or redirect.

Here is the live site: http://www.johntheseoexpert.com


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Working on a project for school and I am trying to code a form that feeds into a DB. 

I have been studying the syntax, reading and doing everything I can to get this to work. 

A little help, pointers, direction would be greatly appreciated.

It may be my database structure so I included a image for anyone to see...  and the files.

Thanks in advance



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Hi,

I'm a beginner to all this stuff, but I'm redesigning a website that needs an online booking form. I've made the form in HTML and the PHP bit to send direct to an email address. I found the template online. It works fine at sending to the email. But as soon as I started customising it and adding fields for "Date of Arrival" etc it's stopped working. I get a variety of error messages. Could you possibly take a look at it and see what I'm doing wrong? Thanks

HTML (booknow.html)

<form name="contactform" method="post" action="send_form_email.php">
<table width="450px">
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="first_name">First Name *</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="first_name" maxlength="50" size="30">
 </td>
</tr>
 
<tr>
 <td valign="top"">
  <label for="last_name">Last Name *</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="last_name" maxlength="50" size="30">
 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="email">Email Address *</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="email" maxlength="80" size="30">
 </td>
 
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="telephone">Telephone Number *</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="telephone" maxlength="30" size="30">
 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="arrival">Date of Arrival *</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="arrival" maxlength="30" size="30">
 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="comments">Comments</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <textarea  name="comments" maxlength="1000" cols="25" rows="6"></textarea>
 </td>
 
</tr>
<tr>
 <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">   <a href="http://www.freecontactform.com/email_form.php"></a>
 </td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>


PHP bit (send_form_email.php)

<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
     
    // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED
    $email_to = "MYEMAIL";
    $email_subject = "SUBJECT";
     
     
    function died($error) {
        // your error code can go here
        echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";
        echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";
        echo $error."<br /><br />";
        echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";
        die();
    }
     
    // validation expected data exists
    if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['last_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['email']) ||
        !isset($_POST['telephone'])
      !isset($_POST['arrival'])
        !isset($_POST['comments'])) {
        died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');       
    }
     
    $first_name = $_POST['first_name']; // required
    $last_name = $_POST['last_name']; // required
    $email_from = $_POST['email']; // required
    $telephone = $_POST['telephone']; // required
   $telephone = $_POST['arrival']; // required
    $comments = $_POST['comments']; // not required
     
    $error_message = "";
    $email_exp = "^[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$";
  if(!eregi($email_exp,$email_from)) {
    $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
    $string_exp = "^[a-z .'-]+$";
  if(!eregi($string_exp,$first_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
  if(!eregi($string_exp,$last_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
  if(strlen($telephone) < 2) {
    $error_message .= 'The Telephone you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
  if(strlen($arrival) < 2) {
    $error_message .= 'The Date of Arrival you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
  if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
    died($error_message);
  }
    $email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";
     
    function clean_string($string) {
      $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
      return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
    }
     
    $email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";
   $email_message .= "Date of Arrival: ".clean_string($arrival)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n";
     
     
// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers); 
?>
 
<!-- include your own success html here -->
 
Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you soon.
 
<?
}
?>

I think something's wrong with the way I added Date of Arrival, but I don't know what.

Thanks in advance for any advice

Hello, I am just getting interested in PHP, so please excuse my ignorance. Something I thought might help me learn is this challenge. http://penn-station.com/gift2010.php is a daily enter sweepstakes. I'm wanting to automate a daily entry. I was able to do so using AutoIT (windows automation), but the result was rather janky. Anyways, I found how to enter my name in the Name field of the form by modifying the value attribute of the textbox. (I used Chrome's DOM inspector plug-in)

<input type="text" class="EH_Form_Textbox" name="Name" size="30" value="Fred">

How would I go about actually submitting this?

Thank you very much,
Fred