PHP Help Please..

[Coolprogram]

I need some PHP help.I need to know how to submit forms.cause i know how to make forms.But for some reason it willnot let me submit forms. So really nee someones help on this.I need to have a form because it will make my site a lot better.Thank you very very very very much
-Coolprogram
P.S I am using a webhosting server for the php stuff i know for a fact it works :P
if that makes a difference.
Thanks Again

 

[Outer]

It's very simple

form:

<form method="post" action="scriptname.php">
<input type="text" name="variable1"><br />
<input type="text" name="variable2"><br />
<input type="Submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

ok, so you got your form, you know that already :P

when the form is submitted via the submit button, the values from the fields in the form will be translated in PHP to this:

$_POST['variable1']
$_POST['variable2']
$_POST['Submit']

The submit button also submits a value to PHP. This will be an easy method for checking if a user hit the submit button.

heres a small script that just shows the data the user submitted

<?php

// This checks if the user submitted.
// The word in parentheses must equal the value that you assigned the Submit button
if ($_POST['Submit'] == "Submit")
{
    // anything in here you do if the user submitted the form
    echo "Variable 1 is: ".$_POST['variable1']."<br />";
    echo "Variable 2 is: ".$_POST['variable2']."<br />";
}
else
{
    // This area is for if the user didn't submit. The else statement IS optional. It isn't needed.
    // You could just as easily leave it out and just have the form show no matter what.
}
?>

Hope this helps

Also, one more thing. the words inside the $_POST are the names that you assign the fields in the form. So if you had this:

<input type="text" name="trees">

then the PHP code would be

$_POST['trees']

 

[user-7256]

You forgot to put semicolons at the end of the lines in your $_POST code!!

 

[Outer]

I know, they were just to show the format (when there were only the $_POST[] variables inside the PHP tags...)

 

[Coolprogram]

Okay that helps.But i dont think it works on webhosting things because i havew a web hosting thing i use it for but it doesnt work when i put the codes there it gives a cannot find thing.So what does that mean .Thanks for the help.
Coolprogram

 

[user-7256]

Cannot find what?

 

[Coolprogram]

Cannot find the Page it's on even though it's on the same page and everything or it cant find the PHP files.........What does it mean
Thanks again for the help coolprogram

 

[user-7256]

Would help if you could copy+paste the error Make sure your form action is the same as the PHP script filename.

 

[Coolprogram]

been there tryed that it is ecactly right

 

[user-7256]

You mean that was the problem? *lol* okay :D

 

[Coolprogram]

heh lol but what is my problem is what i am trying to figure out!!!!!!!!!

 

[user-7256]

Oh, you didn't solve it? :P um.... please! Do the following:

When the error appears, highlight it. Press Ctrl+C. When you come to reply, press Ctrl+V to paste the error.

Then we can help you more!

 

[Zubair1]

Hi ppl,

I just wanted to know it's not necessary to put the $_POST['submit'];
on the receiveing end is it?

coolprogram, I think you might be using an earlier version of php which takes
in commands like HTTP_POST_VARS['name']; or you might be looking in the
wrong directory.these are just guesses sorry If Im wrong I kinda new to php
programming but have experience In other languages.