PHP - Need Help Understanding How Data Is Sent From A Form

There are two pieces to this- The HTML Form and the resulting php. I can't seem to make the leap, from the code to having the form produce the php page so others can view it until the form is again submitted overwriting the php, thus generating new content.

The environment I am working in is limited to IIs 5.1 and php 5.2.17 without mySQL or other DB

I'm new to php, this isn't homework,or commercialization,  it's for children.  I am thinking perhaps fwrite / fread but can't get my head around it.

Code snipets below. Any help, please use portions of this code in hopes I can understand it

Thanks

Code snipet from Output.php
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<?php
$t1image = $_POST["t1image"];
$t1title = $_POST["t1title"];
$t1info = $_POST["t1info"];
$t2image = $_POST["t2image"];
$t2title = $_POST["t2title"];
$t2info = $_POST["t2info"];
?>
...
<tbody>
    <tr><!--Headers-->
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Animal</td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Image thumb<br>
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Date<br>
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 255);">Information<br>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">Monkey
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"><img src="<?php echo $t1image.'.gif'; ?>"><!--single image presented selected from radio buttons-->
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"><?php echo date("m/d/Yh:i A"); ?><!--time stamp generated when submitted form populates all fields at once-->
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"><a href="#monkey" rel="facebox"><?php echo $t1title ?></a><!--Link name provided by "Title 1", that links to hidden Div generated page with content from "Info1" field-->
  <div id="Monkey" style="display:none">
<?php echo $t1info; ?>
</div>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">Cat<br>
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"><img src="<?php echo $t2image.'.gif'?>"></td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"><?php echo date("m/d/Yh:i A"); ?></td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"><a href="#Cat" rel="facebox"><?php echo $t2title ?></a>
  <div id="Cat" style="display:none">
<?php echo $t2info; ?>
</div>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>

This replicates several times down the page around 15-20 times ( t1### - t20###)


Code Snipet from HTML Form
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<form action="animals.php" method="post">
<div style="text-align: left;"><big
style="font-family: Garamond; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><big><big><span>Monkey</span></big></big></big><br>
<table style="text-align: left; width: 110px;" border="0"
cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tbody><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Image thumb<br>
<input type="radio" name="t1image" value="No opinion" checked><img src="eh.gif" alt="Eh">
<input type="radio" name="t1image" value="Ok"><img src="ok.gif" alt="ok">
<input type="radio" name="t1image" value="Like"><img src="like.gif" alt="Like">
<input type="radio" name="t1image" value="Dont"><img src="dont.gif" alt="Don't Like">
<input type="radio" name="t1image" value="Hate"><img src="hate.gif" alt="Hate">
<input type="radio" name="t1image" value="Other"><img src="other.gif" alt="Other">
<br>
Why Title:<input type="text" name="t1title" size="45" value="..."/></td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">
Explain:<br>
<textarea name="t1info" cols=45 rows=3 value="..."></textarea>
</td></tr></table>
<br>
<!--Next-->

How do I get the Form data to save to the php page for others to view?

This topic has been moved to JavaScript Help.

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=326600.0

i'm trying to access the data he

file.html

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<html>
<head>
    <title>Online Marketing Calculators</title>
</head>

<body>
    <center>
        <h1>Online Marketing Calculators</h1>
        <h4> ROI Caclulator</h4>
        <form action="calculators.php" method="post">
            <p>Total Cost : <input type="text" name="cost">
            Total Income: <input type="text" name="income"></p>
            <input type="submit" value="submit">
        </form>
    </center>
</body>
</html>



file.php

<?php

if(isset($_REQUEST['cost']))
{
    echo $_REQUEST['cost'];
} else
{
    echo "Please Enter Cost";
}


?>

And it's not working. Any Ideas?

Hi, can someone help me figure out why the logo div isn't centering? 

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<?php
require_once("functions.php"); 
?> 
<!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>
<style type="text/css">
td {
border-top-style: solid;
border-right-style: solid;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-left-style: solid;
border-top-color: #30C;
border-right-color: #30C;
border-bottom-color: #30C;
border-left-color: #30C;
}
</style>
<link href="doggyTreats.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body>

<?php
[color=yellow]logo();[/color]
navBar();
echo "<div id=\"mainContent\">";
echo "<form action=\"\" method=\"post\" name=\"catalog\">";
  
DatabaseConnection();  

  $query = "SELECT * FROM treats"; 
        $result_set = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
$i = 0;

        echo "<table>";
        while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result_set))
        {
echo"<tr><td width=\"2s00px\"><img src=\"{$row['product_pic']}\" /></td><td width=\"200px\">{$row['product_title']}.<br /><br />{$row['product_Description']}.<br /> Price:  \${$row['price']}.<br /><br />Quantity <input name=\"quantity\" type=\"text\" size=\"2\" /></td></tr>";
        }
echo "<tr>"; 
echo "<td><input name=\"submit\" type=\"button\" value=\"Proceed to Checkout\" />"; 
echo "</table>";    
echo "</form>";
echo "</div>";
footer();
?>
</body>
</html>

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#navBar {
background-color: #060;
width: 200px;
padding-top: 50px;
padding-bottom: 250px;
float: left;
}
#navBar #menu {
margin-right: 6px;
}

.menuOption {
background-image: url(assets/bone2a.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding-bottom: 25px;
list-style-type: none;
height: 20px;
padding-top: 26px;
text-align: center;
}
body {
background-color: #0089cc;
}[color=yellow]
#logo  {
text-align: center;
margin-top: 5px;
height: 123px;
width: 182px;
}[/color]
#footer {
font-style: italic;
text-align: center;
}
.shoppingCart tr th {
padding: 5px;
}
.shoppingCart tr td {
padding: 5px;
}
#mainContent {
width: 350px;
margin-top: 30px;
}


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<?php
[color=yellow]function logo()
{
echo "<div id=\"logo\">";
echo "<img src=\"assets/logo.gif\" alt=\"logo\" />"; 
echo "</div>";
}[/color]
function footer()
{
echo "<div id = \"footer\">";
echo "Auntie Vic\'s Treatery <br />";
echo "PO Box 34092 <br />";
echo "Clermont, IN 46234 <br />";
echo "317-701-0343 <br />";
echo "<a href=\"mailto:auntievics@gmail.com\">Email Us</a>";
echo "</div>";
}  
function navBar()
{

    echo "<div id = \"navBar\">";
echo "<ul id=\"menu\">";
echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"index.html\">Home</a></li>";
echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"aboutUs.html\">Management Team </a></li>";
  echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"treats.html\">Treats </a></li>";
echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"charities.html\">Supported Charities</a></li>";
echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"order.html\">Orders</a></li>";
echo "</ul>";
echo "</div>";
}
?>

I'm attempting to convert a huge project I made with mysql to PDO.  I have many cases where I would use a WHILE statement to return a query array.
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while($row= mysql_fetch_array($result)){From what I've seen so far, it looks as though I need to use a foreach statement to do the same task.
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foreach ($dbh->query($sql) as $row){
Is that correct?

I have a system that I want to change. 

Hello PHP experts.
Please help me on this.
I have created a form at http://lakshwebdesign.com/clients/onev8llc/qualitynew-site/instantfreequote.html
How do I add these 3 PHP functionalities to it:-

1) On submit, all the data be sent to an email address.
2) Also, record it in database.
3) Record date on which the form is submitted.

I have knowledge of PHP and I can understand the codes somewhat so I am not a complete beginner of PHP.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

I've got a form on my site, with a textbox...and the info is sent to a db.

How would I get the textbox info to be displayed the same as it was entered?

For instance if I put in an address:

11
Street
Town
City
PostCode

It gets displayed like:

11StreetTownCityPostCode

How could I have it so when I press enter it actually adds a <br> or something to the db?

Thanks.

Sorry if I asked this before in some variant, but I had to put my OOP studies aside for a few weeks, so here I go again?!

I am trying to learn OOP and would like to take the data submitted in a form and put it into an object so I can pass that to other objects and do stuff with said data in OOP terms.

My *limited* understanding of things so far is this...

If I have form "registration.php", when the user clicks 'Submit' then data from the form gets populated immediately in the $_POST array and control would go to the action page...

I would like to take

- email
- password
- name

into a generic object called FormHandler.  (Maybe this isn't how the OOP gurus would do it, but hmor me as I am trying to learn elementary OOP, and use something that works for me.)   

So how would I go about doing that?

All I can think is to have an action page called "form_handler.php" and when the user submits the form in "registration.php" then "form_handler.php" would instantiate FormHandler which would assign the $_POST array into either its own array or into individual variables.

Maybe something like...

class FormHandler{
private $someArray();

// OR

private $email;
private $password;
private $name;

function __construct() {
$this->someArray = $_POST();

// OR

$this->email = $_POST['email'];
$this->password = $_POST['password'];
$this->name = $_POST['name'];
}
}



Feel free to tell me what you think of my code and idea, and please be nice because I have never written any OOP before and it is hard to break my old procedural ways!   



TomTees

Hi People.

I am having a problem with this form and for the life of me can't see where I have made the mistake.

On line 33 I have commented where I get the problem. 

If I remove this line (or comment it out) and remove the insert statements for that line then it all works and I can see the php form on my live site.

However, with this in, as it is, I can't see anything, I get a blank page altogether.  Please, can anyone see my mistake?  I have been going over the code now for ages and it's getting late, and I probably am missing something stupid.
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<!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>

<?php

$host = 'localhost';
$usr = "vinny";
$password = 'thepassword';
$db_name = 'logbook';

$date = $_POST['date'];
$type = $_POST['type'];
$reg_01 = $_POST['reg_01'];
$reg_02 = $_POST['reg_02'];
$captain = $_POST['captain'];
$passenger = $_POST['passenger'];
$where_01 = $_POST['where_01'];
$where_02 = $_POST['where_02'];
$takeoff_hr = $_POST['takeoff_hr'];
$takeoff_min = $_POST['takeoff_min'];
$landing_hr = $_POST['landing_hr'];
$landing_min = $_POST['landing_min'];
$ws_captain_hrs = $_POST['ws_captain_hrs'];
$ws_captain_min = $_POST['ws_captain_min'];
$ws_student_hrs = $_POST['ws_student_hrs'];
$ws_student_min = $_POST['ws_student_min'];
$3_captain_hrs = $_POST['3_captain_hrs'];// I have a problem with this line or where it inserts this into the DB??? 
/*$3_captain_min = $_POST['3_captain_min'];
$3_student_hrs = $_POST['3_student_hrs'];
$3_student_min = $_POST['3_student_min'];
*/
$errorstring = ""; // default value of errorstring

if(isset($_POST['save_flight'])) {
// Validate all the code inputs that are required fields
if ($date =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Date<br>";
if ($type =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Aircraft Type<br>";
if ($reg_01 =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Reg Prefix<br>"; 
if ($reg_02 =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Registration Mark<br>";
if ($captain =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Captain<br>";
if ($where_01 =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Flight From<br>";
if ($where_02 =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Flight To<br>";
if ($takeoff_hr =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Takeoff Hours<br>";
if ($takeoff_min =="") 
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Takeoff Minutes<br>";
if ($landing_hr =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Landing Hours<br>";
if ($landing_min =="") 
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Landing Minutes<br>";


// does the errorstring = "nothing"?
if ($errorstring !="")
echo "You have not put anything in the following fields: <br><br> $errorstring";
//echo "If you have nothing to put in the box please type the word \"None\" or \"N\/A\"";
//die ("Please try again, ensuring that you fill out all the fields!");
else 
{
//echo "Your data has been saved";
//connect to database
mysql_connect ("$host","$usr","$password") or die ('Error During Connect:<br>'.mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ("$db_name") or die ('Error Selecting DB:<br>'.mysql_error());

$insert_query = "INSERT INTO pilots_logbook (date, type, reg_01, reg_02, captain, passenger, where_01, where_02, takeoff_hr, takeoff_min, landing_hr, landing_min, ws_captain_hrs, ws_captain_min, ws_student_hrs, ws_student_min, 3_captain_hrs) VALUES ('$date', '$type', '$reg_01', '$reg_02', '$captain', '$passenger', '$where_01', '$where_02', '$takeoff_hr', '$takeoff_min', '$landing_hr', '$landing_min', '$ws_captain_hrs', '$ws_captain_min', '$ws_student_hrs', '$ws_student_min', '$3_captain_hrs')";
$insert_action = mysql_query($insert_query) or die ('Error During Insert :<br>'.mysql_error().'<br><br>Error occured running the following code :<br>'.$insert_query);

$id = mysql_insert_id();

echo "Thank you, Your logbook entry has been saved.";
}
}

?>
<p>Use this form to add an entry to your logbook.</p>
<form name = "form1" method ="post" action="">
<table width="650" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
  <tr>
    <td>Required *</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>This Format Only</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="180">Date *</td>
    <td width="300">
      <input type="text" name="date" id="date" size = "25"/>
    </label>
     <input type="submit" name="today" id="today" value="Add Today" /></td>
    <td width="170">YYYY-MM-DD</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Aircraft Type *</td>
    <td><input type="text" name="type" id="type" size = "40" /></td>
    <td>E.G. Quantum</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Reg Number *</td>
    <td><input type="text" name="reg_01" id="reg_01" size = "5" />
      -
      <input type="text" name="reg_02" id="reg_02" size = "15"/></td>
    <td>G - ABCD</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Captain *</td>
    <td><input type="text" name="captain" id="captain" size = "40" /></td>
    <td>Name of Captain</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Passenger or Student</td>
    <td><input type="text" name="passenger" id="passenger" size = "40" /></td>
    <td>Were you? P or S</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Flight From *</td>
    <td><input type="text" name="where_01" id="where_01" size = "40" /></td>
    <td>Take off Airfield</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Flight To *</td>
    <td><input type="text" name="where_02" id="where_02" size = "40" /></td>
    <td>Landing Airfield</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Takeoff GMT *</td>
    <td><label>Hr
        <input type="text" name="takeoff_hr" id="takeoff_hr" size = "10" />
        Min
        <input type="text" name="takeoff_min" id="takeoff_min" size="10"/>
    </label></td>
    <td>24 Hr Format Only</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Landing GMT *</td>
    <td><label>Hr
        <input type="text" name="landing_hr" id="landing_hr" size="10" />
        Min
        <input type="text" name="landing_min" id="landing_min" size="10" />
    </label></td>
    <td>24 Hr Format Only</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Captain Weighshift</td>
    <td><label>Hrs
      <input type="text" name="ws_captain_hrs" id="ws_captain_hrs" size = "10"/></label>
      <label>Min
        <input type="text" name="ws_captain_min" id="ws_captain_min" size = "10" />
        <input type="submit" name="autofill_ws_captain" id="autofill_ws_captain" value="Auto Insert" />
    </label></td>
    <td>Button works it out and inserts it here</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Student Weightshift</td>
    <td><label>Hrs
      <input type="text" name="ws_student_hrs" id="ws_student_hrs" size = "10"/></label>
      <label>Min
        <input type="text" name="ws_student_min" id="ws_student_min" size="10" />
        <input type="submit" name="autofill_ws_student" id="autofill_ws_student" value="Auto Insert" />
      </label></td>
    <td>Button works it out and inserts it here</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Captain 3 Axis</td>
    <td><label>Hrs
      <input type="text" name="3_captain_hrs" id="3_captain_hrs" size = "10"/>
    </label>
      <label>Min
        <input type="text" name="3_captain_min" id="3_captain_min" size = "10" />
        <input type="submit" name="autofill_3_captain" id="autofill_3_captain" value="Auto Insert" />
    </label></td>
    <td>Button works it out and inserts it here</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Student  3 Axis</td>
    <td><label>Hrs
      <input type="text" name="3_student_hrs" id="3_student_hrs" size = "10"/>
    </label>
      <label>Min
        <input type="text" name="3_student_min" id="3_student_min" size = "10" />
        <input type="submit" name="autofill_3_student" id="autofill_3_student" value="Auto Insert" />
    </label></td>
    <td>Button works it out and inserts it here</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Passenger Interest Only</td>
    <td>Hrs
    <input type="text" name="passenger_only_hrs" id="passenger_only_hrs" size="10"/>
    Min
    <input type="text" name="passenger_only_mins" id="passenger_only_mins" size="10"/>
    <input type="submit" name="passenger_button" id="passenger_button" value="Auto Insert" /></td>
    <td>Button works it out and inserts it here</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Remarks</td>
    <td><textarea name="remarks" id="remarks" cols="45" rows="5"></textarea></td>
    <td>Went to get microlight forum cup from XYZ airfield. Maximum 500 characters</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><input type="submit" name="save_flight" id="save_flight" value="Save Flight" /></td>
    <td><input type="submit" name="reset" id="reset" value="Reset Form" /></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</body>
</html>

Hello, I am trying to validate my form using php and would like some advice as this is the first time I have attempted this.
 
 I have a script which runs when the user clicks the submit button. What I am trying to do is validate the user input before inserting it into the database.
 This is the script:

[font=monospace]<?php
session_start();

$dbhandle = mysql_connect('localhost', 'root', '')
     or die("Unable to connect to MySQL");
 
$selected = mysql_select_db("commentdatabase",$dbhandle)
     or die("Could not select the database");

$name = check_input($_POST['fname']);  
$loc = check_input($_POST['loc']);  
$com = check_input($_POST['com']); 

function check_input($data)
{
    $data = trim($data);
    $data = stripslashes($data);
    $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
    return $data;
} 

$sql = "INSERT INTO userinfo (name, location, comment) VALUES ('{$name}','{$loc}','{$com}')";

if(!mysql_query($sql, $dbhandle)) {
     die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}

header('Location: ../contact.php');

mysql_close();

?> [/font]


What's happening is that when it is submitted to the database, it is displaying < and > characters as &lt; and &gt;. Yet once being redirected with the header function the input is displayed with the < and > signs. I'm  not sure if the function in the action script is in the wrong place or not. I have tried moving it around above and below the post variables.
 
 Just looking for a bit of advice really.
 
 Thank you,
 
 Regards,

BuNgLe

..and its not working (i replaced <textarea> with <div> to apply some html tags inside it )

and this is my form :

Code: [Select]
<form action="proc.php" method="post">
<div id="text" name="question_text" class="text" contenteditable="true"></div>
</form>
but when i submit some text the $_POST['question_text'] is not set !

so here the code that i am confusing the whole month , how can i get it to print out the filtered data

$sql="SELECT COUNT(*) as conflicts
        FROM rental
        WHERE Dispatch < :dropoff AND Dropoff > :dispatch";
$stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute( [ 
                   'dropoff'  => $Dropoff,
                   'dispatch' => $Dispatch
                ]);

im so frustrated on myself that cant do anything