Why can't I POST data from a Modal to PHP? - php

Question

Using the following code, a modal within a form with method="POST" but in the php-part the submitted value is not read. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this?
<?php
if ($error) {
echo '<div class="alert alert-danger">'.$error.'</div>';
}
if ($message) {
echo '<div class="alert alert-success">'.$message.'</div>';
}
?>
<div class="container">
<button class="btn btn-success" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal">
Launch modal
</button>
<form method="post">
<div class="modal" id="myModal">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<h4 class="modal-title">You will receive an Access Code at your new email-address</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<label for="text">Fill in your Access Code right here</label>
<input type="text" name="AccessCode" class="form-control"/>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Confirm" data-dismiss="modal" class="btn btn-success btn-lg marginTop" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
The php part looks like this:
<?php
if ($_POST['submit']=='Confirm') {
print_r($_POST);
$error="No errors";
$message="Approved!";
} else {
$error="Error!";
$message="Nothing received";
}
?>

Answer 1

Form needs an action ..
<form method="post">
Has no idea where it is supposed to post the information to.
<form method="post" action="phpPageToSendTo.php">
will work..
To test, at the top of your page in the php section add in
$testValue = "";
if(isset($_POST["AccessCode"]))
{
$testValue = $_POST["AccessCode"] ;
echo "<h1> BIG LETTERS WITH THE ACCESS CODE :" . $testValue . "</h1>";
}
?>
Now in your form HTML item use the action="" Run the page and test the form.
Resolution :
And it seems you cannot have another event attached to your submit.. data-dismiss="modal".