How to stop resubmission of a form using Php? - php

I am making a web-application for Quiz competition. For the purpose, I wrote a php script which is processed by the same page. Now when I am adding scores and question numbers, the score is incremented or remain unchanged depending upon the previous answer if someone is refreshing the page. Now I googled the problem and found something like PRG.But this method works if the page is processed by other page (What I think ). Again, a friend of mine told me to use Javascript. But what if someone has turned Js off? Can't we have a solution in php itself. I tried session method also, but I did not fix the issue .
Please help me .
PHP Quiz script is here:
<?php
// starting session
session_start();
if (!isset($_SESSION['user_id'])) {
echo '<p class="login">Please log in to access this page.</p>';
exit();
}
else {
echo('<p class="login">You are logged in as ' . $_SESSION['username'] . '. Log out.</p>');
}
// $query = ;
//this get is taking level from index.php
if ( isset($_GET['level']))
{
$level = $_GET['level'];
}
else
{
$level = 'E';
}
//connecting to Data Base
require_once('connectvars.php');
$dbc = mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$level = $_POST['level'];
// $_SESSION['flag']
$answer = $_POST['answer'];
if ( !empty($answer))
{
$qid = $_POST['qid'];
$select = $_POST['select'];
$user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$result = mysqli_query($dbc,"select * from question where qid = '$qid'")
or die("Error in connection.");
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($result);
if ( $row['ANSWER'] == $answer)
{
echo 'Your answer is correct.';
mysqli_query($dbc,"insert into user_question ( qid,user_id,answer_key) values ( '$select','$user_id',1)")
or die ("Error in updating values in user_question");
}
else
{
echo 'Your answer is incorrect.';
mysqli_query($dbc,"insert into user_question ( qid,user_id,answer_key) values ( '$select','$user_id',0)")
or die ("Error in updating values in user_question");
}
$answer = "";
}
else
{
echo 'You did not answer the previous question';
}
}
$user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
// $dbc = mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
//Taking a random value from the list of question
$id_list = array();
// echo $user_id;
// echo $level;
$result = mysqli_query($dbc,"select * from question where lvl = '$level' and user_id != '$user_id' and qid not in ( select qid from user_question where user_id = '$user_id' )");
while ( ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) )
{
if ( $row['user_id'] != $user_id)
array_push($id_list,$row['qid']);
}
// print_r($id_list);
//Whether user viewed all the questions
if ( empty($id_list))
{
echo 'Great, You have visited all the question, wait for more update ';
echo '<br>';
echo '❤ View Your Score<br />';
exit();
}
// Taking a random value after shuffling it
shuffle($id_list);
$select = $id_list[array_rand($id_list)];
$result = mysqli_query($dbc,"select * from question where qid='$select'");
// Showing the question
while ( ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) )
{
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<h3> <?php echo $row['sawal']; ?></h3>
<form method = "POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="A" ><?php echo $row['a']; ?><br>
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="B" ><?php echo $row['b']; ?><br>
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="C" ><?php echo $row['c']; ?><br>
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="D" ><?php echo $row['d']; ?><br>
<input type="hidden" name = "qid" value="<?php echo $row['qid'] ?>">
<!-- <input type="hidden" name = "range" value="<?php $range ?>"> -->
<input type="hidden" name = "level" value="<?php echo $level ?>">
<input type="hidden" name = "select" value="<?php echo $select ?>">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="ANSWER"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
require_once('view_score.php');
}
?>
Edit:
I changed my code as Mat is suggested. But it is not allowing me to have different question from the table?
The revised php code is here:
<?php
// starting session
session_start();
if (!isset($_SESSION['user_id'])) {
echo '<p class="login">Please log in to access this page.</p>';
exit();
}
else {
echo('<p class="login">You are logged in as ' . $_SESSION['username'] . '. Log out.</p>');
}
// $query = ;
//this get is taking level from index.php
if ( isset($_GET['level']))
{
$level = $_GET['level'];
}
else
{
$level = 'E';
}
//connecting to Data Base
require_once('connectvars.php');
$dbc = mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$is_new_post = true;
if (isset($_SESSION["myform_key"]) && isset($_POST["myform_key"]))
{
if($_POST["myform_key"] == $_SESSION["myform_key"] ){
$is_new_post = false;
}
}
if($is_new_post){
$_SESSION["myform_key"] = $_POST["myform_key"];
$level = $_POST['level'];
// $_SESSION['flag']
$answer = $_POST['answer'];
if ( !empty($answer))
{
$qid = $_POST['qid'];
$select = $_POST['select'];
$user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$result = mysqli_query($dbc,"select * from question where qid = '$qid'")
or die("Error in connection.");
$row = mysqli_fetch_array($result);
if ( $row['ANSWER'] == $answer)
{
echo 'Your answer is correct.';
mysqli_query($dbc,"insert into user_question ( qid,user_id,answer_key) values ( '$select','$user_id',1)")
or die ("Error in updating values in user_question");
}
else
{
echo 'Your answer is incorrect.';
mysqli_query($dbc,"insert into user_question ( qid,user_id,answer_key) values ( '$select','$user_id',0)")
or die ("Error in updating values in user_question");
}
$answer = "";
}
else
{
echo 'You did not answer the previous question';
}
}
}
$user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
// $dbc = mysqli_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);
//Taking a random value from the list of question
$id_list = array();
// echo $user_id;
// echo $level;
$result = mysqli_query($dbc,"select * from question where lvl = '$level' and user_id != '$user_id' and qid not in ( select qid from user_question where user_id = '$user_id' )");
while ( ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) )
{
if ( $row['user_id'] != $user_id)
array_push($id_list,$row['qid']);
}
// print_r($id_list);
//Whether user viewed all the questions
if ( empty($id_list))
{
echo 'Great, You have visited all the question, wait for more update ';
echo '<br>';
echo '❤ View Your Score<br />';
exit();
}
// Taking a random value after shuffling it
shuffle($id_list);
$select = $id_list[array_rand($id_list)];
$result = mysqli_query($dbc,"select * from question where qid='$select'");
// Showing the question
while ( ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) )
{
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<h3> <?php echo $row['sawal']; ?></h3>
<form method = "POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="A" ><?php echo $row['a']; ?><br>
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="B" ><?php echo $row['b']; ?><br>
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="C" ><?php echo $row['c']; ?><br>
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="D" ><?php echo $row['d']; ?><br>
<input type="hidden" name = "qid" value="<?php echo $row['qid'] ?>">
<!-- <input type="hidden" name = "range" value="<?php $range ?>"> -->
<input type="hidden" name = "level" value="<?php echo $level ?>">
<input type="hidden" name = "select" value="<?php echo $select ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="myform_key" value="<?php echo md5("CrazyFrogBros"); ?>" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="ANSWER"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
require_once('view_score.php');
}
?>

I tried session method also, but I did not fix the issue
I don't know how you code it but you can try this:
1. Set a session token with unique hash value e.g.
$_SESSION['formtoken'] = sha1(uniqid('', true));
include it in your form (input hidden) value = $_SESSION['formtoken']
everytime the user submit the form reset the $_SESSION['formtoken'] value

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$comment = $row['comment'];
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echo "<p>100 Character Limit";
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}
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}
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header('location:home.php');
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PHP - Undefined index : id - the value is not retrieved

Yes, I know there is a lot of 'Undefined index' questions floating around here and i have been looking through them before asking this question. I copied the codes from those questions to try and test it out but it still doesn't work for my own project. Also, I'm still a beginner in PHP.
So here is my problem. I wanted to try coding a simple edit form after I have finished coding the delete and view form.
This is my code
<?php
require("config.php");
$id = $_GET['id'];
echo "id: ".$id;
$sql = "SELECT * FROM contracts WHERE id= '$id'";
$result = $con->query($sql);
$row = $result->fetch_assoc()
?>
<form action="editform.php" method="GET">
ID:
<?php echo $id; ?><br>
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</form>
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if(isset($_POST['edit']) ){
$id = $_GET['id'];
$upd= "UPDATE `contracts` SET
`contract_title`='".$_POST['contract_title']."',
WHERE `id`='".$_POST['id']."";
if($do_upd = $con->query($upd))
{
echo "Update Success";
}
else
{
echo "Update Fail";
}
}
?>
This is the before the error.
This is the error I received.
In line 3, the id is not retrieved after I clicked the button update.
It didn't retrieved the values.
What mistakes did I do in the coding and how do I fix it? Thanks in advance.
Right below:
<form action="editform.php" method="GET">
Add:
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
Update:
Fixed other errors in your code:
<?php
require("config.php");
$id = $_GET['id'];
echo "id: ".$id;
$sql = "SELECT * FROM contracts WHERE id= '$id'";
$result = $con->query($sql);
$row = $result->fetch_assoc()
?>
<form action="editform.php" method="GET">
ID: <?php echo $id; ?><br>
Contract Title<br>
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
<input type="text" name="contract_title" value="<?php echo $row['contract_title']; ?>" /><br>
<input type="submit" name="edit" value="Update" />
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_GET['edit']) ){
// needs escaping!~~~
$upd= "UPDATE `contracts` SET `contract_title` = '".$_GET['contract_title']."' WHERE `id` = '".$id;
if($do_upd = $con->query($upd)) {
echo "Update Success";
} else {
echo "Update Fail";
}
}
Please consider escaping your database input to prevent SQL injection
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require("config.php");
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echo "id: ".$id;
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$result = $con->query($sql);
$row = $result->fetch_assoc()
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
$contract_title = $row['contract_title'];
}
} else {
echo "0 results";
}
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$upd = "UPDATE contracts SET contract_title='$contract_title' WHERE id='$id'";
if($do_upd = $con->query($upd))
{
echo "Update Success";
}
else
{
echo "Update Fail";
}
}
?>
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<?php echo $id; ?><br>
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Counter increasing in refresh and in reload in php

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$msg2 ="";
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$o2 ="" ;
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$o1 = $row['o1'];
$o2 = $row['o2'];
$o3 = $row['o3'];
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echo "inserted";
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$o1 = $row['o1'];
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$o3 = $row['o3'];
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<center><br><br><br>
<form method="post">
<input type="submit" name="start" value="start">
</form>
Log out
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<tr>
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</tr>
<tr>
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<td><input type="radio" name="ans" value="<?php echo $o3; ?>"><?php echo $o3; ?></td>
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<tr colspan="2">
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{
echo "not inserted";
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?>
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so you just need to save compare the last timestamp (saved in a session variable) with the currently posted timestamp. if they are equal - the page just got refreshed - if they are not equal, then you got a new timestamp which was sent by your form:
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session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION["timestamp"]))
$_SESSION["timestamp"] = 0;
if(!isset($_POST["timestamp"]))
$_POST["timestamp"] = 0;
// previous timestamp - saved in session variable:
$prev_ts = $_SESSION["timestamp"];
// currently posted timestamp:
$post_ts = $_POST["timestamp"];
if($prev_ts != $post_ts)
{
// code to increase your counter goes here.
$feedback = "button pressed";
}
else
{
// do nothing when the page just got refreshed
$feedback = "refreshed";
}
$_SESSION["timestamp"] = $post_ts;
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo $feedback; ?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="POST">
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I am passing the level of the question through query string to the page. Next, I am prompting user to give the answer from the option. Now, if the answer is correct, score is incremented. Now the issue is that if the answer is wrong, I am not getting any thing in browser.
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}
$level = $_SESSION['level'];
$dbc = mysqli_connect('localhost','root','1234','islamic')
or die('unable to connect');
// $query = "Select * from question";
// $result = mysqli_query($dbc,$query);
// $num_rows = mysqli_num_rows($result);
$range = rand(0,6);
$query = "select * from question where level = '$level' limit $range,1";
$result = mysqli_query($dbc,$query);
while ( ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) )
{
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<h3> <?php echo $row['sawal']; ?></h3>
<form method = "POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="A" ><?php echo $row['A']; ?><br>
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="B" ><?php echo $row['B']; ?><br>
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="C" ><?php echo $row['C']; ?><br>
<input type="radio" name=" answer" value="D" ><?php echo $row['D']; ?><br>
<input type="hidden" name = "qid" value="<?php echo $row['qid'] ?>">
<!-- <input type="hidden" name = "range" value="<?php $range ?>"> -->
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="ANSWER"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
}
mysqli_close($dbc);
?>
You script doesn't display anything if the database query returns no results.
Get rid of the while and simply use $row = mysqli_fetch_array($result);

Liking system states that variable isn't defined, even though it is

I have the following code (below) to that loads the likes for a specific status (for dynamic use), it works if a user is liking their own post. But if a user is liking someone elses, it epically fails.
My code:
<?php
mysql_connect ('localhost', 'funding9_joeb', 'Brailsf0rdJ0e');
mysql_select_db ('mingle');
include('../includes/ts.php');
$_COOKIE['wds'];
$ssid = $_COOKIE['wds'];
$lu = "SELECT * FROM mingle_sessions WHERE sid = '$ssid' LIMIT 1";
$luq = mysql_query($lu) or die (mysql_query());
while($uidr = mysql_fetch_assoc($luq)) {
$uid = $uidr['uid'];
}
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE uid = '$uid' LIMIT 1";
$s = htmlentities(strip_tags(stripslashes($_GET['sid'])));
$result = mysql_query($sql) or print ("Can't select entry from table mingle_usr.<br />" . $sql . "<br />" . mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$fname = stripslashes($row['fname']);
$sname = stripslashes($row['sname']);
$dp = $row['dp'];
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// 2) Query database for data
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
$sql = "SELECT * FROM mingle_likes WHERE byuid = '$uid' AND onuid = '$s' AND type = 'status'";
$sr = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($sr) >= 1) {
$re = ("SELECT id as id, status as status, sid as sid, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(timestamp) as timestamp FROM mingle_status WHERE uid = '$uid' AND sid = '$s' ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 1"); //query
$result = mysql_query($re) or die (mysql_error());
while($st = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$status = nl2br($st['status']);
$sid = $st['sid'];
$td = $st['timestamp'];
$id = $st['id'];
}
$like = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) as num FROM mingle_likes WHERE onuid = '$sid' AND type = 'status' AND byuid != '$uid'"));
$likes = ceil($like['num']);
$haslike = mysql_fetch_array(mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) as nu FROM mingle_likes WHERE onuid = '$sid' AND type = 'status' AND byuid = '$uid'"));
$hasliked = ceil($haslike['nu']);
?>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ld_s.js"></script>
<form action='ld.php' method='post' id='ls' style='display:inline; border:0px; margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 0;'>
<input type="hidden" class="do_<?php echo $sid; ?>" name="onuid" value="<?php echo $sid; ?>" />
<input type="hidden" class="db_<?php echo $sid; ?>" name="byuid" value="<?php echo $uid; ?>" />
<input type="hidden" class="dp_<?php echo $sid; ?>" name="uid" value="<?php echo $uid; ?>" />
<input type="hidden" class="dt_<?php echo $sid; ?>" name="type" value="status" />
<?php
if($hasliked == 1) {
?>
<label>You <?php if($likes >= 1) { echo "and " . $likes . " other people like this"; } else{ echo "liked this |"; }?></label><input type="submit" id="like" class="<?php echo $sid; ?>" name="submit" value="Unlike" />
<?php
}
else {
?>
<label><?php if($likes >= 1) { echo $likes . " people like this |"; }?></label><input type="submit" id="like" class="<?php echo $sid; ?>" name="submit" value="Like" />
<?php
}
?>
</form>
<?php echo time_since($td); ?>
<?php
}
?>
The errors are as follows:
( ! ) Notice: Undefined variable: sid in C:\wamp\www\mingle\ajax\loadslikes.php on line 47
and then the same again for every occurrence of $sid.
I haven't got a clue why at all, like I say, it works perfectly for the user liking his/her own post, just not others.
Any ideas? :-/

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