button stopped making POST request - php

Question

I am facing a strange issue here,I had a piece of code which was working fine until yesterday.Suddenly my button has stopped making POST Request.
Below is the sample code.When i click on the button btnsubmit ,the page gets redirected to view_teacherupdate.php but it doesnt print "button submitted";
<form method="post" action="view_teacherUpdate.php">
<input type="submit" name="btnsubmit" value="submit"/>
</form>
view_teacherUpdate.php
if(isset($_POST["btnsubmit"]))
{
echo "button submitted";
}
I have enabled error_reporting(E_ALL); but I am not getting any error or warning.
Session is enabled in both pages.
any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Full Code:
ViewTeacherUpdatePage:
<?php
session_start();
require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
//require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$user_home = new USER();
if(!$user_home->is_logged_in())
{
$user_home->redirect('includewisdom/login.php');
}
function file_upload_error_message($error_code) {
switch ($error_code) {
case UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE:
return 'The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini';
case UPLOAD_ERR_FORM_SIZE:
return 'The uploaded file exceeds the MAX_FILE_SIZE directive that was specified in the HTML form';
case UPLOAD_ERR_PARTIAL:
return 'The uploaded file was only partially uploaded';
case UPLOAD_ERR_NO_FILE:
return 'No file was uploaded';
case UPLOAD_ERR_NO_TMP_DIR:
return 'Missing a temporary folder';
case UPLOAD_ERR_CANT_WRITE:
return 'Failed to write file to disk';
case UPLOAD_ERR_EXTENSION:
return 'File upload stopped by extension';
default:
return 'Unknown upload error';
}
}
if(isset($_POST["btnUpdateNew"]))
{
echo "hfvghfhgfhgf enter";
$TeacherID=5;
$teachername=trim($_POST["teachername"]);
$current_address=trim($_POST["current_address"]);
$teaching_locationsarray=$_POST["teaching_locations"];
$teaching_locationsarray=array_unique($teaching_locationsarray);
$teaching_location="";
foreach($teaching_locationsarray as $temp)
{
$teaching_location=$temp.",".$teaching_location;
}
$teaching_location=rtrim($teaching_location,",");
//echo $teaching_location;
$teachingzone=trim($_POST["teachingzone"]);
//$TeacherLocation[]
$TeacherLocationarray=$_POST["TeacherLocation"];
$TeacherLocationarray=array_unique($TeacherLocationarray);
$TeacherLocation="";
foreach($TeacherLocationarray as $temp)
{
$TeacherLocation=$temp.",".$TeacherLocation;
}
$TeacherLocation=rtrim($TeacherLocation,",");
//$residenceZone=trim($_POST["residenceZone"]);
//$Teaching_subject[]
$Teaching_subjectarray=$_POST["Teaching_subject"];
$Teaching_subjectarray=array_unique($Teaching_subjectarray);
$Teaching_subject="";
foreach($Teaching_subjectarray as $temp)
{
$Teaching_subject=$temp.",".$Teaching_subject;
}
$Teaching_subject=rtrim($Teaching_subject,",");
//$residenceZone=trim($_POST["residenceZone"]);
//$TeachingGroup[]
$TeachingGrouparray=$_POST["TeachingGroup"];
$TeachingGrouparray=array_unique($TeachingGrouparray);
$TeachingGroup="";
foreach($TeachingGrouparray as $temp)
{
$TeachingGroup=$temp.",".$TeachingGroup;
}
$TeachingGroup=rtrim($TeachingGroup,",");
//$residenceZone=trim($_POST["residenceZone"]);
//$edu_subject[]
$edu_subjectarray=$_POST["edu_subject"];
$edu_subjectarray=array_unique($edu_subjectarray);
$edu_subject="";
foreach($edu_subjectarray as $temp)
{
$edu_subject=$temp.",".$edu_subject;
}
$edu_subject=rtrim($edu_subject,",");
//$residenceZone=trim($_POST["residenceZone"]);
//$EducationGroup[]
$EducationGrouparray=$_POST["EducationGroup"];
$EducationGrouparray=array_unique($EducationGrouparray);
$EducationGroup="";
foreach($EducationGrouparray as $temp)
{
$EducationGroup=$temp.",".$EducationGroup;
}
$EducationGroup=rtrim($EducationGroup,",");
$residenceZone=trim($_POST["residenceZone"]);
$gender=trim($_POST["gender"]);
$board=trim($_POST["board"]);
$Qualification=trim($_POST["Qualification"]);
$enrollmentdate=trim($_POST["enrollmentdate"]);
$dob=trim($_POST["dob"]);
}
ViewTeacherPage(where button gets clicked)
<?php
session_start();
require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
//require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
error_reporting(E_ALL);
define('PAC_PATH','phpAutocomplete');
require_once("phpAutocomplete/conf.php");
$user_home = new USER();
if(!$user_home->is_logged_in())
{
$user_home->redirect('includewisdom/login.php');
}
$tutorRequirement=[];
if(isset($_POST["deleteDocs"]))
{
$TeacherID=trim($_GET["id"]);
//echo $TeacherID;
$stmt1 = $user_home->runQuery("UPDATE `teacher_info` SET `idproof`='',`degree`='',`marksheet`='',`tenmarksheet`='',`degreemarksheet`='',
`additionalDocuments`='',
`addressproof`='' WHERE userid=:uid");
$stmt1->bindparam(":uid",$TeacherID);
$stmt1->execute();
//echo "sgadjfdgs";
}
if(isset($_POST["submitRequestRequirement"]))
{
$noteid=trim($_GET["noteid"]);
$tutorid=trim($_GET["id"]);
$stmtInsert="";
$stmtRequest = $user_home->runQuery("SELECT * FROM `TutorRequestRequirement` WHERE TutorID='$tutorid' and RequestID='$noteid'");
$stmtRequest->execute();
//fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)
$tutorRequirement = $stmtRequest->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$requestRequirement=trim($_POST["requestRequirement"]);
if(count($tutorRequirement)>0)
{
$stmtInsert = $user_home->runQuery("Update TutorRequestRequirement set Requirement=:Requirement where TutorID=:TutorID and RequestID=:RequestID");
}
else
{
$stmtInsert = $user_home->runQuery("INSERT INTO `TutorRequestRequirement`(`TutorID`, `Requirement`, `RequestID`) Values
(:TutorID,:Requirement,:RequestID)");
}
$stmtInsert->bindparam(":TutorID",$tutorid);
$stmtInsert->bindparam(":Requirement",$requestRequirement);
$stmtInsert->bindparam(":RequestID",$noteid);
$result=$stmtInsert->execute();
}
if(isset($_GET["noteid"]))
{
$noteid=trim($_GET["noteid"]);
$tutorid=trim($_GET["id"]);
$stmtRequest = $user_home->runQuery("SELECT * FROM `TutorRequestRequirement` WHERE TutorID='$tutorid' and RequestID='$noteid'");
$stmtRequest->execute();
//fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)
$tutorRequirement = $stmtRequest->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
//echo count($tutorRequirement);
//var_dump($tutorRequirement);
}
function file_upload_error_message($error_code) {
switch ($error_code) {
case UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE:
return 'The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini';
case UPLOAD_ERR_FORM_SIZE:
return 'The uploaded file exceeds the MAX_FILE_SIZE directive that was specified in the HTML form';
case UPLOAD_ERR_PARTIAL:
return 'The uploaded file was only partially uploaded';
case UPLOAD_ERR_NO_FILE:
return 'No file was uploaded';
case UPLOAD_ERR_NO_TMP_DIR:
return 'Missing a temporary folder';
case UPLOAD_ERR_CANT_WRITE:
return 'Failed to write file to disk';
case UPLOAD_ERR_EXTENSION:
return 'File upload stopped by extension';
default:
return 'Unknown upload error';
}
}
$stmt = $user_home->runQuery("SELECT * FROM RoleInfoWisdomManagementSystem WHERE id=:uid");
$stmt->execute(array(":uid"=>$_SESSION['userSession']));
$row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$msg = "<div class='alert alert-block' style='background:#48cfad;margin-top:10px'>
<button class='close' data-dismiss='alert'>×</button>
<strong> Your Profile Updated Successfully. </strong>
</div>";
$role=$row['role'];
$name=$row['Name'];
$TeacherID=trim($_GET["id"]);
$stmt = $user_home->runQuery("SELECT * FROM teacher_info WHERE userid=:uid");
$stmt->execute(array(":uid"=>$TeacherID));
$row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$teachingPreferencearray=explode(",",$row["tution_type"]);
$stmtArea = $user_home->runQuery("SELECT * FROM kolkata_locations");
$stmtArea->execute();
$rowarea = $stmtArea->fetchAll();
$stmt112 = $user_home->runQuery("SELECT distinct `subject_name` FROM `subjects`");
$stmt112->execute();
$rowsubjects = $stmt112->fetchAll();
$stmt1123 = $user_home->runQuery("SELECT * FROM `subjects`");
$stmt1123->execute();
$rowTeachingsubjects = $stmt1123->fetchAll();
//$arrinbox=explode("#",$inbox);
<form method="post" action="view_teacherUpdate.php">
<button id="btnUpdate" name="btnUpdateNew" value="btnUpdateNew" type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Save</button>
</form>

Answer 1

The code you submitted contains 2 submit-buttons (1 < button >, 1 < input type="submit" >. Depending on the button pressed, a different value is actually submitted. I guess that the form only adds the button (or element type=submit) that was actually clicked to the POST-data (which makes sense from an UI-standpoint)
Depending on the button pressed I either got
Array ( [btnsubmit] => Verzenden )
or
Array ( [btnUpdateNew] => btnUpdateNew )
("Verzenden" is the dutch translation for Send, as the browser translates this)
So, could it be that you were pressing the wrong button by any chance?
<form method="post" action="view_teacherUpdate.php">
<input type="submit" name="btnsubmit"/>
<button id="btnUpdate" name="btnUpdateNew" value="btnUpdateNew" type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Save</button>
</form>

Answer 2

I think in your ViewTeacherPage(where button gets clicked), you forgot to close the <?php tag before the <form> element.

Answer 3

Your ViewTeacherPage.php file. In this file Last three line for html Code Is correct. But you can put this code inside php tag. So, First closed php Tag. After put your html code.
<form method="post" action="view_teacherUpdate.php">
<button id="btnUpdate" name="btnUpdateNew" value="btnUpdateNew" type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Save</button>
</form>
?>
To Replace this
?>
<form method="post" action="view_teacherUpdate.php">
<button id="btnUpdate" name="btnUpdateNew" value="btnUpdateNew" type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Save</button>
</form>

Answer 4

I suspect there went something wrong with the required file includewisdom/class.user.php. Did you change that file recently? There can be also corrupted database tables for the user data when trying to check if the user is logged in. Check your database and the hosting log files for any errors.
Things to do to debug this
Put error_reporting(E_ALL); at the top and then generate a division by zero warning and throw a custom error to see if PHP errors are working:
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$i = 2 / 0; // Warning: Division by zero in ...
throw new Exception('Custom error to see if errors are working.'); // Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Custom error to see if errors are working.
session_start();
require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
//require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
//error_reporting(E_ALL);
$user_home = new USER();
If you see the warning and the fatal error then you can see errors and you can continue.
Also try to throw a custom error imidiately after the $user_home = new USER();; maybe there is some other code inside the class.user.php that disables error_reporting.
Directly place the POST detection immediately after the error_reporting(E_ALL);
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
if(isset($_POST["btnUpdateNew"]))
{
die("POST btnUpdateNew exists");
}
session_start();
require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
//require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
//error_reporting(E_ALL);
$user_home = new USER();
If you don't see the message, the the PHP script does not execute at all and maybe there is some server user pool restrictions for the current user running the PHP script view_teacherupdate.php under that particular site.
If you see the POST btnUpdateNew exists after you post the form, then the form is OK and the problem is somewhere at the user managment calls new USER(); or $user_home->is_logged_in().
Maybe there is something triggering an exit. To check this, try to print something after the check and call the $user_home->is_logged_in() function like this:
<?php
session_start();
require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
//require_once 'includewisdom/class.user.php';
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$user_home = new USER();
if(!$user_home->is_logged_in())
{
$user_home->redirect('includewisdom/login.php');
}
echo "User is logged in<br>";
If you don't see the message, then you got the problem and it's hidding insinde the user managment class; at its code or logic or maybe some data corruption when trying to read user info from the database.
If you see message "User is logged in" then put a post debug at the top of view_teacherupdate.php like this:
<pre><?php print_r($_POST) ?></pre>
with this, you'll find out exactly what the $_POST array contains when the script receives POST data.
Then check the POST data and please update your question with the result!