I'm getting a strange error when I try to submit user-generated data to a database via PHP commands. When I hit the submit button below, instead of the PHP page running its' function I am presented with a display of the raw code on my browser. I have a command at the bottom of my HTML page that looks like this:
<form action="insert.php" method="post">
<input type="submit">
</form>
So that when the user hits the submit button, the PHP file insert.php (detailed below) is called to input the answers onto a database, separating each answer into it's own field.
Here is the code I'm working with:
<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("host","username","password","database");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect())
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_errno();
}
$sql="INSERT INTO Persons (Name, Serif, Width, Height, Spacing, Weight)
VALUES
('$_POST[answer]','$_POST[answer]','$_POST[answer]','$_POST[answer]','$_POST[answer]','$_POST[answer]')";
if (!mysqli_query($con,$sql))
{
die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($con));
}
echo "1 record added";
mysqli_close($con);
?>
Right now, the questions are in a and not a (is there a functional difference in this case?). They look like:
<form class="testAns" id="widthAns">
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="skinny">-25%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="skinny">-10%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="mid">normal
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="fat">+10%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="fat">+25%
</form>
<form class="testAns" id="spaceAns">
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="small">-25%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="small">-10%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="mid">normal
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="wide">+10%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="wide">+25%
</form>
<form class="testAns" id="weightAns">
<input type="radio" name="wanswer" value="light">-25%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="light">-10%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="mid">normal
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="heavy">+10%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="heavy">+25%
</form>
<form method="post" action="insert.php" class="testAns" id="heightAns">
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="short">-25%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="short">-10%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="mid">normal
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="tall">+10%
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="tall">+25%
</form>
The important part is for the "value" associated with each button to be logged into the database. For example, if a user selects "+10%" I want be able to log the word "heavy".And then there are two text input fields:
<form id="intro">
City: <input type="text" name="answer"><br>
Why you are using this tool:<input type="text" name="answer">
</form>
So for these text fields I need the user input logged as the answer.
I see you got the PHP thing fixed.
Now you need to fill your form with data. This:
<form action="insert.php" method="post">
<input type="submit">
</form>
sends only the submit value. You need to add input fields inside that form tag, otherwise, nothing else will get sent. So, since you're sending an answer array, you should add those (adding them as text fields, as an example):
<form action="insert.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="answer[]" />
<input type="text" name="answer[]" />
etc...
<input type="submit" />
</form>
And make sure you filter all user inputs before writing anything into the database, as otherwise my buddy Bobby Tables might come to visit you.
Make sure in your XAMPP Control Panel that Apache and MySQL are running. Then check if your input fields are inside the <form action='insert.php' method='POST'> input fields </form>
Your HTML code would look like this:
<html>
<body>
<form action='insert.php' method='POST'>
<table>
<tr><td>Width: </td><td>
<input type="radio" name="width" value="skinny">-25%
<input type="radio" name="width" value="skinny">-10%
<input type="radio" name="width" value="mid">normal
<input type="radio" name="width" value="fat">+10%
<input type="radio" name="width" value="fat">+25%
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Spacing: </td><td>
<input type="radio" name="spacing" value="small">-25%
<input type="radio" name="spacing" value="small">-10%
<input type="radio" name="spacing" value="mid">normal
<input type="radio" name="spacing" value="wide">+10%
<input type="radio" name="spacing" value="wide">+25%
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight: </td><td>
<input type="radio" name="weight" value="light">-25%
<input type="radio" name="weight" value="light">-10%
<input type="radio" name="weight" value="mid">normal
<input type="radio" name="weight" value="heavy">+10%
<input type="radio" name="weight" value="heavy">+25%
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height: </td><td>
<input type="radio" name="height" value="short">-25%
<input type="radio" name="height" value="short">-10%
<input type="radio" name="height" value="mid">normal
<input type="radio" name="height" value="tall">+10%
<input type="radio" name="height" value="tall">+25%
</td></tr>
<tr><td>City: </td><td><input type="text" name="city"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Why you are using this tool: </td><td><input type="text" name="tool"></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td><input type='submit'></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
What are you using in creating your php files? Dreamweaver? Notepad? Try this: SAVE AS your file, Save As Type: All Files and name it insert.php.
<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","YourUsername","YourPassword(if any)","NameOfYourDatabase");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect())
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_errno();
}
$width=$_POST['width'];
$spacing=$_POST['spacing'];
$weight=$_POST['weight'];
$height=$_POST['height'];
$city=mysqli_real_escape_string($con,$_POST['city']);
$tool=mysqli_real_escape_string($con,$_POST['tool']);
/* REAL ESCAPE STRING WOULD PREVENT A BIT OF SQL INJECTION */
$sql="INSERT INTO Persons (Name, Serif, Width, Height, Spacing, Weight)
VALUES
('$city','$tool','$width','$height','$spacing','$weight')";
if (!mysqli_query($con,$sql))
{
die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($con));
}
echo "1 record added";
mysqli_close($con);
?>
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<form action="confirm.php" method="post" name="">
Hobby : <input type="text" name="f_hobby[]" value="" placeholder="Enter your Hobby"/>
Status : <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="1" /> ON <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="0" /> OFF
<br>
Hobby : <input type="text" name="f_hobby[]" value="" placeholder="Enter your Hobby"/>
Status : <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="1" /> ON <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="0" /> OFF
<br>
Hobby : <input type="text" name="f_hobby[]" value="" placeholder="Enter your Hobby"/>
Status : <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="1" /> ON <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="0" /> OFF
<br>
<br>
<button type="submit" class="">Submit</button>
</form>
having problem with the radio buttons.
And on the confirm page I have used foreach loop. How do i also get the values for "f_status" ?
See first of all its an interesting question but unfortunately, the fact is HTML can't understand the field without different names if they are in same form.
so the only way to achieve your goal is to put all of them in three different form tags and then u can name all of the same i.e. f_hobby[]
Also, you need to add a single button to submit all three of them. To achieve this u can use onsubmit() or onclick() function.
<form action="confirm.php" method="post" name="" id="form1">
Hobby : <input type="text" name="f_hobby[]" value="" placeholder="Enter your Hobby"/>
Status : <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="1" /> ON <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="0" /> OFF
</form>
<form action="confirm.php" method="post" name="" id="form2">
Hobby : <input type="text" name="f_hobby[]" value="" placeholder="Enter your Hobby"/>
Status : <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="1" /> ON <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="0" /> OFF
</form>
<form action="confirm.php" method="post" name="" id="form3">
Hobby : <input type="text" name="f_hobby[]" value="" placeholder="Enter your Hobby"/>
Status : <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="1" /> ON <input name="f_status[]" type="radio" value="0" /> OFF
</form>
<button type="submit" class="" onclick="submitForms()">Submit</button>
<script>
submitForms = function(){
document.getElementById("form1").submit();
document.getElementById("form2").submit();
document.getElementById("form3").submit();
alert("gajab");
}
</script>
I have given the forms an id to submit it using a single button, u can also use class instead. I am sure this will solve your problem.
I'm trying to get a value of a form in Wordpress to PHP. The form is like this and it is displaying fine in the preview:
<form action=".../name.php" method="get">
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques_4" value=0 />
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques_4" value=1 />
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques_4" value=2 />
<input type="submit" name="formSubmit" value="submit" />
</form>
If the user selected option 2, the value is 1 and this will later be used as the input in a MySQL database. As I have read in other posts, I should get value with the php line.
$a = $_GET["form_ques_4"];
I have tested some other simple outputs for the .php and there is no problem with the "form action" of the wordpress. I also tried using single and double quotes for the "GET" with no result.
Try to change the names of your checkboxes, if you want a user multiple choice:
<form action=".../name.php" method="get">
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques_1" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques_2" value="1" />
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques_3" value="2" />
<input type="submit" name="formSubmit" value="submit" />
</form>
otherwise, if you want the user makes only one choice use type="radio"
<form action=".../name.php" method="get">
<input type="radio" name="form_ques_4" value="0" />
<input type="radio" name="form_ques_4" value="1" />
<input type="radio" name="form_ques_4" value="2" />
<input type="submit" name="formSubmit" value="submit" />
</form>
EDIT
yes, as AZinkey says, you can also use
<form action=".../name.php" method="get">
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques[]" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques[]" value="1" />
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques[]" value="2" />
<input type="submit" name="formSubmit" value="submit" />
</form>
then get the results in php
$checked = $_GET['form_ques'];
for($i=0; $i < count($checked); $i++){
echo $checked[$i] . "<br/>";
}
Quote your value attribute like value="0" and update name to "form_ques_4[]"
<input type="checkbox" name="form_ques_4[]" value="0" />
I am making a poll with HTML and PHP and I want to post the poll answers in a text file. I have 6 things to choose from.
The name is answer and the values are a1, a2, a3, a4, a6. How to post a1 or a2 or a3... in the file.
You know when you click on the answer with id a1 to post in a new line a1 in the file.
HTML:
<form action="php/vote.php">
<b><strong>Vote:</strong></b> <br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a1" id="a1">a<br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a2" id="a2">b<br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a3" id="a3">c<br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a4" id="a4">d<br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a5" id="a5">e
<br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Vote">
</form>
This should do what you are asking:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['answer'])){
file_put_contents("filename.txt", $_POST['answer']."\n");
}
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="POST">
<b><strong>Vote:</strong></b> <br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a1" id="a1">a<br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a2" id="a2">b<br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a3" id="a3">c<br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a4" id="a4">d<br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" value="a5" id="a5">e
<br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Vote">
</body>
</form>
</html>
I have added method="POST" to your original HTML so that the receiving PHP can inspect the $_POST variable to see what was sent through from the form. $_POST['answer'] contains the value of the "value" field corresponding to the selected radio button. Once you know this, it is easy to call file_put_contents to write that value to your file. Append a newline "\n" to ensure that each call writes to a separate line of the file.
Wokring on a project where the user have the ability to chose from date and to date, and then chose one of the radio buttoms. After that chose pdf or excel to generate the to preferred format.
The problem is the form, I want it to action generateExcel.php if excel is pressed and generatePdf.php if PDF is pressed. This is how far I have came and not working yet:
<form action='generatePdf.php' method='Post'/>
Fra Dato: <input type="text" name="fraDato" value="<?php echo date('d-m-Y'); ?>" />
Til Dato: <input type="text" name="tilDato" value="<?php echo date('d-m-Y'); ?>"> <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="timesmaling">Times malinger<br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="tredjetimesmaling">Tredje times malinger <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="oppgaver">Oppgaver <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="dagvakt">Dagvakt <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="kveldsvakt">Kveldsvakt <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="kontrollcm">Kontroll CM <br>
<input type='submit' name='pdf' value='PDF'>
<form action='generateExcel.php' method='Post'/>
<input type='submit' name='excel' value='excel'>
</form>
It is possible to override the action attribute of the parent form using the HTML5 formaction attribute on a button. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/button
<input type='submit' name='pdf' value='PDF' formaction='generatePdf.php'>
<input type='submit' name='excel' value='excel' formaction='generateExcel.php'>
The browser support looks pretty good: http://www.wufoo.com/html5/attributes/13-formaction.html
However, webeno's answer would definitely work in all browsers and it can be easier to manage all your form processing code in one file.
I'd recommend you to put both of your scripts on the same file and validate against the button that has been clicked.
EDIT: If your 2 files are too big (or you would like to keep them separate for any other reason), you could still use include (or require - more info on the differences: Difference between "include" and "require" in php).
original file:
<form action='generate.php' method='Post'> <!-- removed the slash from the end here -->
Fra Dato: <input type="text" name="fraDato" value="<?php echo date('d-m-Y'); ?>" />
Til Dato: <input type="text" name="tilDato" value="<?php echo date('d-m-Y'); ?>"> <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="timesmaling">Times malinger<br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="tredjetimesmaling">Tredje times malinger <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="oppgaver">Oppgaver <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="dagvakt">Dagvakt <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="kveldsvakt">Kveldsvakt <br>
<input type="radio" name="hent" value="kontrollcm">Kontroll CM <br>
<input type='submit' name='pdf' value='PDF'>
<input type='submit' name='excel' value='excel'>
</form>
generate.php:
if (isset($_POST['pdf'])) {
include('generatePdf.php');
}
if (isset($_POST['excel'])) {
include('generateExcel.php');
}
EDITED
Alternatively you could just use redirect on that separate file (generate.php - make sure there is nothing else on this page):
if (isset($_POST['pdf'])) {
header('Location: generatePdf.php');
}
if (isset($_POST['excel'])) {
header('Location: generateExcel.php');
}
I have the following code, I want the user to be able to sign up to multiple lists at the same time. It is currently only signing up emails to one list randomly, even if I check all the lists. Is it possible to do? Maybe some sort of php echo?
<form action="" method="post">
<input name="accName" type="hidden" value="companyname">
<input name="listName" type="hidden" value="">
<input name="fullEmailValidationInd" type="hidden" value="Y">
<input name="doubleOptin" type="hidden" value="false">
<input name="successUrl" type="hidden" value="">
<input name="errorUrl" type="hidden" value="">
Email Address <input class="border" name="email" size='50' type="text" value="">
First Name <input class="border" name="First_Name" size='50' type="text" value="">
Last Name <input class="border" name="Last_Name" size='50' type="text" value="">
<label><input name="listName" type="checkbox" value="list1"></label>
<label><input name="listName" type="checkbox" value="list2"></label>
<label><input name="listName" type="checkbox" value="list3"></label>
<label><input name="listName" type="checkbox" value="list4"></label>
<label><input name="listName" type="checkbox" value="list5"></label>
<input type="submit" value="OK">
</form>
Use array for the checkboxes:
<input type="checkbox" NAME="listName[]" VALUE="list1" />
Or use different names...
You will need to grab this using, php side, a loop:
foreach ($_POST['listName'] as $selected)
Just notice that if none are selected this will fail, thus check if the array exists before:
if (isset($_POST['listName'])
{
foreach ($_POST['listName'] as selected)
{
DO YOUR STUFF
}
}