PHP - Forms In Mvc Patterns

We have this form that customers can make their own contact forms, and then it gets inserted to the database.
We can show the forms with no problems, the problem lies when someone hits submit, how do I echo out the values of the form when I'm not sure what the input name or id is going to be?

This sample form generated this code
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<div class="element">
<label id="label-element-3" class="label" style="color:#4DBCE9;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">
<span class="labelelementvalue">Email</span>
<span class="required">*</span></label>
<div class="errormessage" id="errormessage-element-3"></div>
<div class="option-container">
<input class="af-inputtext af-email af-formvalue  " type="text" name="element-3" id="element-3" value="" style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;font-size:0.8em;font-weight:normal;width:260px;border-style:solid; border-color:#dcdcdc;-moz-border-radius:5px;-khtml-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;border-radius:5px;border-width:1px;padding:5px;"></div>
</div>
<div class="element">
<label id="label-element-4" class="label" style="color:#4DBCE9;font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">
<span class="labelelementvalue">Textarea</span></label>
<div class="errormessage" id="errormessage-element-4"></div>
<div class="option-container">
<textarea class="af-textarea af-formvalue  " name="element-4" id="element-4" style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana;font-size:0.8em;font-weight:normal;width:300px;border-style:solid; border-color:#dcdcdc;-moz-border-radius:5px;-khtml-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;border-radius:5px;border-width:1px;padding:5px;" rows="6"></textarea></div>
</div>
<div class="element">
</div>

If you notice, each input type is named "element-" with a number afterwards.

So each input could be like "element-4", "element-21", and so forth.

How would I post those values of the input fields when they are automatically named?

Thanks in advance

ok i have a questions i making a form so when users sign up to my website they we have an account page and in the account page the will have some more fields they need to filll in which i would use INSERT to put the things inside my db but what if they want to update there account should i use  UPDATE

I am starting to build out a class to handle forms. I want to be able to add and edit data in some cases and just add data in other cases. Also want to do some ajax stuff to prevent from having to reload the pages in certain cases. I would like to view how some other form classes work so I can model mine to what I like about others but suit my needs. I was wondering if anyone has worked with any preexisting form classes that they could recommend. I know libraries like zend and so on have these built in and wasnt sure if anyone liked any one specifically and why.

I need someone that is really good with php forms, looking for major help.

Hello,

I just assembly a form and for styling it I am using CSS in an external file. Problem is that IE8 and I don't know about 7  (in IE9 is ok) it doesn't show the styling inside the form... My structure is something like this:
(in any other situation my css styling is displayed normally)
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<form>
<span class="myclass">

</span>
</form>Is there any fix for it?

Thank you

i need a form that is hidden until the user clicks a button on a calendar only Then the form will be visible and have a field for the day that way pressed on submit the form would go back to being invisible. not sure how to implement this can anyone help

Hi there,

I'm new to php/MySQL.

Just wondering how to create a multipage form with a back, save and submit button. Also, how do you stored the form data into the datebase and how do you display a list of submitted forms by the user to the user.

Hi,

I have found myself in a bit of a cul-de-sac. Hope you can help as it is driving me crazy.

The scenario:

I have an html form (_post) which I would like to write the contents of to a one XML file using php.

The problem is:

The html page has three/four forms in it.

Form a = (submit a writes/updates only to section a)
Form b = (submit b writes/updates only to section b)
Form c = (submit c writes/updates only to section c)

Form d= (submit a, b, c writes/updates all sections)

The XML page has three sections a, b & c

To conclude, I want to be able to update the XML file in sections or update them all as a whole.

How can I go about achieving this?

Thanks

hi, I have a form in which some information is required but the username is optional however if it is left blank it says that username is taken please choose another one. how can I make it accept it if a username isn't entered? 
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<?php
 
if (!isset($_SESSION)){
session_start();
}

$fname="";
$lname="";
$username="";
$password="";
$reenterPassword="";
$address="";
$state="";
$city="";
$zip="";
$phone="";
$fax="";
$email ="";
$re_enter_email ="";
$payment = ""; 
$paypal_username="";
$ship_first_name="";
$ship_last_name="";
$ship_address="";
$ship_city="";
$ship_state="";
$ship_zip="";
$ship_email="";
$ship_re_email="";
$pet_name="";
$age=1;
$breed="";
    $pet_name2="";
$age2=1;
$breed2="";

// Logout

if(isset($_POST['logout'])){
unset($_SESSION['user']);
}

// Loading captcha file

require_once('recaptchalib.php');
$privatekey = "6LdxwsoSAAAAAO4CWYDjkrGQsf5GXuIopJcC6SkE";
$publickey = "6LdxwsoSAAAAAFrZTLjBoDvLLjk9_NR_ubncL-24";

require_once("functions.php");

DatabaseConnection();  

$state = $_POST['state'];
$payment = $_POST['payment_Method']; 
$breed = $_POST['breed'];
$ship_state=$_POST['Shipstate']; 


if((isset($_REQUEST["submit"]) && $_REQUEST["submit"]=="Log in") || $_SESSION['user']){

if(!$_SESSION['user']){
$login_username = isset($_REQUEST["username"])?$_REQUEST["username"]:"";
$login_password = isset($_REQUEST["password"])?$_REQUEST["password"]:"";

$msg = array();
if ($login_username == "")
$login_msg['username_empty'] = "Please enter your name";
if ($login_password == "")
$login_msg['password_empty'] = "Please enter your password";

$query = "SELECT * FROM customers WHERE username = '$login_username' AND password = '".$login_password."'";
}else{
$customer_id = $_SESSION['user'];
$query = "SELECT * FROM customers WHERE customer_id='$customer_id'";
}

if (!$login_msg){

$login_process = true;

$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Database error: " . mysql_error());

if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0){
$row = mysql_fetch_object($result);
$customer_id = $row->customer_id;
$_SESSION['user'] = $customer_id; 
$fname = $row->fname;
$lname = $row->lname;
$username=$row->username;
$address=$row->address;
$state=$row->state;
$city=$row->city;
$zip=$row->zip;
$phone=$row->phone;
$fax=$row->fax;
$email =$row->email;
$payment = $row->payment_method;
$paypal_username=$row->paypal_username;
$ship_first_name=$row->ship_first_name;
$ship_last_name=$row->ship_last_name;
$ship_address=$row->ship_address;
$ship_city=$row->ship_city;
$ship_state=$row->ship_state;
$ship_zip=$row->ship_zip;
$ship_email=$row->ship_email;
$pet_name=$row->pet_name;
$age=$row->age;
$age_month=$row->age_month;
$breed=$row->breed;
            $pet_name2=$row->pet_name2;
$age2=$row->age2;
$age_month2=$row->age_month2;
$breed2=$row->breed2;

}else{
$login_msg['login_fail'] = "Username, password combination is not valid.";
}
}
}
if(isset($_REQUEST["submit"]) && $_REQUEST["submit"]=="submit"){
$msg=array();
$fname=isset($_REQUEST["fname"])?$_REQUEST["fname"]:"";
$lname=isset($_REQUEST["lname"])?$_REQUEST["lname"]:"";
$username=isset($_REQUEST["lname"])?$_REQUEST["username"]:""; 
$password=isset($_REQUEST["lname"])?$_REQUEST["password"]:"";
$reenterPassword=isset($_REQUEST["lname"])?$_REQUEST["reenterPassword"]:"";
$address=isset($_REQUEST["address"])?$_REQUEST["address"]:"";
$state=isset($_REQUEST["state"])?$_REQUEST["state"]:"";
$city=isset($_REQUEST["city"])?$_REQUEST["city"]:"";
$zip=isset($_REQUEST["zipcode"])?$_REQUEST["zipcode"]:"";
$phone=isset($_REQUEST["phone"])?$_REQUEST["phone"]:"";
$fax=isset($_REQUEST["fax"])?$_REQUEST["fax"]:"";
$email =isset($_REQUEST["email"])?$_REQUEST["email"]:"";
$re_enter_email =isset($_REQUEST["re_email"])?$_REQUEST["re_email"]:"";
$re_enter_email= $email; 
$payment = isset($_POST['payment_Method'])?$_POST['payment_Method']:""; 
$paypal_username=isset($_REQUEST["PayPal_username"])?$_REQUEST["PayPal_username"]:"";
$ship_first_name=isset($_REQUEST["Shipfname"])?$_REQUEST["Shipfname"]:"";
$ship_last_name=isset($_REQUEST["Shiplname"])?$_REQUEST["Shiplname"]:"";
$ship_address=isset($_REQUEST["Shipaddress"])?$_REQUEST["Shipaddress"]:"";
$ship_city=isset($_REQUEST["Shipcity"])?$_REQUEST["Shipcity"]:"";
$ship_state=isset($_REQUEST["Shipstate"])?$_REQUEST["Shipstate"]:"";
$ship_zip=isset($_REQUEST["Shipzipcode"])?$_REQUEST["Shipzipcode"]:"";
$ship_email=isset($_REQUEST["Shipemail"])?$_REQUEST["Shipemail"]:"";
$ship_re_email=$ship_email;

    $pet_name=isset($_REQUEST["petName"])?$_REQUEST["petName"]:"";
$age=isset($_REQUEST["age"])?$_REQUEST["age"]:'';
$age=isset($_REQUEST["age_month"])?$_REQUEST["age_month"]:1;
$breed=isset($_REQUEST["breed"])?$_REQUEST["breed"]:"";
$nutritional_needs=isset($_REQUEST["nutritionalNeeds"])?$_REQUEST["nutritionalNeeds"]:"";
    $special_instructions=isset($_REQUEST["specialInstructions"])?$_REQUEST["specialInstructions"]:"";

    $pet_name2=isset($_REQUEST["petName2"])?$_REQUEST["petName2"]:"";
$age2=isset($_REQUEST["age2"])?$_REQUEST["age2"]:"";
$age2=isset($_REQUEST["age_month2"])?$_REQUEST["age_month2"]:1;
$breed2=isset($_REQUEST["breed2"])?$_REQUEST["breed2"]:"";
$nutritional_needs2=isset($_REQUEST["nutritionalNeeds2"])?$_REQUEST["nutritionalNeeds2"]:"";
$special_instructions2=isset($_REQUEST["specialInstructions2"])?$_REQUEST["specialInstructions2"]:"";

// Products information

$product_name=isset($_REQUEST["productname"])?$_REQUEST["productname"]:"";
$quantity=isset($_REQUEST["quantity"])?$_REQUEST["quantity"]:0;
$price=isset($_REQUEST["price"])?$_REQUEST["price"]:0;
$quantity_diff=isset($_REQUEST["quantity_diff"])?$_REQUEST["quantity_diff"]:0;
$price_diff=isset($_REQUEST["price_diff"])?$_REQUEST["price_diff"]:0;
$sales_tax=isset($_REQUEST["salestax"])?$_REQUEST["salestax"]:0; 
$subtotal=isset($_REQUEST["subtotal"])?$_REQUEST["subtotal"]:0;
$shipping_cost=isset($_REQUEST["shippingcost"])?$_REQUEST["shippingcost"]:0;
$total=isset($_REQUEST["total"])?$_REQUEST["total"]:0;


// check for login

if(isset($_POST['customer_id'])){
$customer_id = $_POST['customer_id'];
$query = "SELECT * FROM customers WHERE customer_id='$customer_id'";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Database error: " . mysql_error());
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0){
$login_process = true;
$_SESSION['user'] = $customer_id;
$row = mysql_fetch_object($result);
$fname = $row->fname;
$lname = $row->lname;
$username=$row->username;
}
}

// Is username taken ?

if(!$login_process){

$query = "SELECT * FROM customers WHERE username = '$username'";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Database error: " . mysql_error());
if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0){
array_push($msg,"This username is already taken, please choose another one.");
}
}
if($fname==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter First Name.");
}
if($lname==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Last Name.");
}
/* if($username==""){
   array_push($msg,"Please Enter User Name.");
}
if(!$login_process){
if($password==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Password.");
}
if($reenterPassword==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Re-Enter Password.");
}
if($reenterPassword!=$password){
array_push($msg,"Both passwords does not match.");
}
}*/
if($address==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Address.");

}
if($city==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter City.");
}
if($state=="Please choose a state"){
array_push($msg,"Please Select State.");
}
if($zip==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Zip.");
} else {
if(!is_numeric($zip)){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Digits In Zip.");
}
}
if($phone==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Phone.");
} else {
if(!is_numeric($phone)){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Digits In Phone.");
}
}
if($email==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Email.");
}
if($payment==""){
//array_push($msg,"Please Select Payment Method.");
}
if($paypal_username==""){
// array_push($msg,"Please Enter Paypal User Name.");
}
if($ship_first_name==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Shipping First Name.");
}
if($ship_last_name==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Shipping Last Name.");
}
if($ship_address==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Shipping Address.");
}
if($ship_city==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Shipping City.");
}
if($ship_state==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Select Shipping State.");
}
if($ship_zip==""){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Shipping Zip.");
} else {
if(!is_numeric($ship_zip)){
array_push($msg,"Please Enter Digits In Shipping Zip.");
}
}
if($ship_email==""){
// array_push($msg,"Please Enter Shipping Email.");
}

// Check Captcha

$resp = recaptcha_check_answer ($privatekey,$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"],$_POST["recaptcha_challenge_field"],$_POST["recaptcha_response_field"]);

if (!$resp->is_valid) {
array_push($msg,"Wrong Captcha, please try again.");
}

// Insert customer

if($login_process){

$sql0 = "UPDATE customers SET address='$address',city='$city', state='$state', zip='$zip', phone='$phone', fax='$fax', email='$email', re_enter_email='$re_enter_email',  ship_first_name='$ship_first_name', ship_last_name='$ship_last_name',  ship_address='$ship_address', ship_city='$ship_city', ship_state='$ship_state', ship_zip='$ship_zip', ship_email='$ship_email', ship_re_enter_email='$ship_re_email', pet_name='$pet_name', age='$age', breed='$breed', pet_name2='$pet_name2', age2='$age2', breed2='$breed2', age_month='$age_month', age_month2='$age_month2' WHERE customer_id='$customer_id'";

if(count($msg) == 0){
$r= mysql_query($sql0) or die("Query Error : " . mysql_error());
$customer = $customer_id;
}
}else{

$sql0="INSERT INTO customers (fname, lname,username,password, address, city, state, zip, phone, fax, email, re_enter_email,  ship_first_name, ship_last_name, ship_address, ship_city, ship_state, ship_zip, ship_email, ship_re_enter_email , pet_name, age, breed, pet_name2, age2, breed2, age_month, age_month2) VALUES ('$fname', '$lname','$username','$password', '$address', '$city', '$state', '$zip', '$phone', '$fax', '$email', '$re_enter_email', '$ship_first_name', '$ship_last_name', '$ship_address', '$ship_city', '$ship_state', '$ship_zip', '$ship_email', '$ship_re_email', '$pet_name', '$age', '$breed', '$pet_name2', '$age2', '$breed2', '$age_month', '$age_month2')";

if(count($msg) == 0){
$r= mysql_query($sql0) or die("Query Error : " . mysql_error());
$customer = mysql_insert_id();
}
}
// Insert Order

$sql1="INSERT INTO orders (product_name, customer, quantity, price, sales_tax, subtotal, shipping_cost, total, nutritional_needs, special_instructions, nutritional_needs2, special_instructions2)

VALUES ('$product_name', '$customer', '$quantity_diff', '$price_diff', '$sales_tax', '$subtotal', '$shipping_cost', '$total', '$nutritional_needs', '$special_instructions', '$nutritional_needs2', '$special_instructions2')";

if(count($msg) == 0){
$m= mysql_query($sql1) or die("Query Error : " . mysql_error());
}


}

?>

Info: When Customer clicks the "Add More Stuff" button on "/merchandise.php" to add more stuff, modify quantities, etc., the page submits to itself.

Desired: I want a "FINISHED"  button on the bottom of the page. When clicked on, Customer lands on a Thank You, "/FINISHED.php" page.

Problem: The <form action="FINISHED.php"....>  does not have access to the variables in the first form <form action="$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']">.

Question: Using Sessions, javascript, or fancy PHP, is there a way the 2nd form can capture all the data from the first form, so when Customer clicks the FINISHED button, all the variables are sent to the FINISHED.php page?

Like:
function populate_second_form(){
on-Clicking-FINISHED-button {
populate Finished-Form with all data from First-Form;
Then-submit-all-this-data-to-Finished.php page;
}
}

Reasons: There are too many PHP and Javascript variables created in the first form,  many of which I don't understand, it would take me the rest of year 2019 to go line by line and rewrite all of the code.

Requisite whining: Some code is beyond my skill level. For example, when the customer increases a quantity from "1" to "2" javascript will instantly change the displayed dollar-amount from $1.00 to $2.00 without actually "submitting/refreshing" the entire page. Though the displayed amount changes visually, the PHP $variable remains what it was until the page submits to itself. That means I cannot use $_SESSION to capture the newly-displayed amount until the page resubmits to itself.

I've tried everything I can think of.... the closest solution I've found is the new HTML5 "formaction" tag, but I'm looking for a more universal solution (doesn't work in all  browsers).

Thank you!!

 

 

Edited February 28, 2019 by StevenOliver

Hi everyone,

I need a little help on making forms that automatically update as you select stuff, For example if you was to select something from a drop down menu, The page will update, And show a new drop down box that will list products compatible with the fiirst product, I could easily add these to arrays, Then the script could just pull from each array.

Also I don't know if this will need any javascript... I am no good at that so please warn me if it does!

Any kind of help would be highly appreciated,
Thanks,
Gergy.

Hi,

I have an HTML form created using Dreamweaver and now I need a script to handle the form processing. Basically what I need is for the form data received from the webpage to be organized in an email and then sent to me. I would also like to display a thank you message in the browser so the user knows it was received. I was planning to do this using CGI but a colleague suggested that CGI is old school and nowadays a developer would use PHP for this task. Is PHP the right solution for this project?

The examples I have found so far always include the HTML for the form and the script needed to handle it in one file. In my case, I have an HTML form already in place and need it to work with a script to perform the email function. I know I need to set "Action=" on my webpage to point to the PHP script but what would the code look like if no HTML is needed? I hope this makes sense...

Thanks for your help!
Rob

I need help
I am retrieving rows from MySQL table
now what I want is that as rows retrieved with each row and edit button will insert
but i don't know how to insert
here is my code
 
 
 

<?php
require('connect.php');
session_start();
 
 
$query="SELECT * FROM project WHERE projectstatus='Open'";
$result=mysql_query($query);
$num=mysql_numrows($result);
$i=0;$j=1;
while ($i < $num) {
$projectid=mysql_result($result,$i,"projectid");
$fkey=mysql_result($result,$i,"fkey");
$paying=mysql_result($result,$i,"paying");
$completionmonth=mysql_result($result,$i,"completionmonth");
$completiondate=mysql_result($result,$i,"completiondate");
$personspecify=mysql_result($result,$i,"personspecify");
$projecttitle=mysql_result($result,$i,"projecttitle");
$categories=mysql_result($result,$i,"categories");
$tools=mysql_result($result,$i,"tools");
$shortdescription=mysql_result($result,$i,"shortdescription");
$date=mysql_result($result,$i,"date");
$time=mysql_result($result,$i,"time");
$i++;
echo "<br>".$j."<br>";
echo "<br>".$projectid."<br>";
echo "<br>".$fkey."<br>";
echo "<br>".$paying."<br>";
echo "<br>".$completionmonth.'&nbsp;&nbsp;month&nbsp;&nbsp;'.$completiondate.'&nbsp;&nbsp;days&nbsp;&nbsp;'."<br>";
echo "<br>".$personspecify."<br>";
echo "<br>".$projecttitle."<br>";
echo "<br>".$categories."<br>";
echo "<br>".$tools."<br>";
echo "<br>".$shortdescription."<br>";
echo "<br>".$date."<br>";
echo "<br>".$time."<br>";
echo "<br>"."<br>"."<br>";
// I want to insert edit button here but dont know how
 
echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------"."<br>";
 
 
$j++;
}
 
?>
 
 
</body>
</html>

Edited by requinix, 11 June 2014 - 01:09 PM.
please use [code] tags when posting code

Hello,  i am reading about bots and forms and using hidden input fields. I read that bots can be programmed to ignore hidden fields, so i made a text input named email and i use css to display none. i am having trouble detecting the email input. i've tried if (!empty($_POST['email'])) { echo 'test'; exit; } but i see 'test' on submission. if i add value="0" i still see test displayed. if i add text then i still see test displayed. why is this not working? also, a zero seems to bypass empty(). i'm not able to understand why this is failing.

Hi, I am fairly new to php and I wanted to know whether you could validate a "input type = text ". I have made a class where i've made functions to validate test fields but i dont know how to call them with the html form.

Any suggestions or tips .... Thanks in advance.