PHP form not saving to table - php

Question

I have a page called service.php that uses a modal window to open a form. The action on the form was service.php.
<div class="modal hide fade" id="myServiceModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelleby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
<h3 id="myModalLabel">Service Failure Form</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<p>
<form class="well-small" action="service.php" method="POST" id="serviceModalForm" name="serviceModalForm">
<label>Container Selected</label>
<input type="text" name="containerNumber" id="containerNumber" />
<label>Bol Selected</label>
<input type="text" name="bolNumber" id="bolNumber" />
<input type="submit" id="modal-form-submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-small" href="#" value="Save" />
<?php
$bol = $_POST['bolNumber'];
$container = $_POST['containerNumber'];
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$sql_query_string =
"INSERT INTO import_view_svc_fail (bol, container_num) VALUES
('$bol', '$container');";
if(mysql_query($sql_query_string)){
echo ("<script language='javascript'>
window.alert('Added New Service Failure')
</script>");
}
?>
</form>
This form worked, and it saved to the appropriate table.
Here is my problem: I had to move that form to another page, called dispatch.php. All I did was copy the code, and put it on dispatch.php.
I changed the action of the form to dispatch.php, and that's where I think the problem starts. When I change the action back to service.php, it works for whatever reason.
When I remove the form completely from service.php, the form on dispatch.php no longer works.
I've tried everything to make this work. I removed all of the code from service.php. I even removed the whole file from the folder.
Any insight would be helpful.

Answer 1

You tell the script what to do but you don't tell it to do it.
In order to excecute a your SLQ-query you have to use mysql_query($sql_query_string);
You will also want to connect to your database. Take a look at http://php.net/manual/de/function.mysql-connect.php for more information.

Answer 2

so.. you change the action in service.php:
<form class="well-small" action="dispatch.php" method="POST" id="serviceModalForm" name="serviceModalForm">
Move to dispatch.php
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$bol = (isset($_POST['bolNumber'])) ? $_POST['bolNumber'] : '';
$container = (isset($_POST['containerNumber'])) ? $_POST['containerNumber'] : '';
if (!empty($bol) && !empty($container))
{
$sql_query_string =
"INSERT INTO import_view_svc_fail (bol, container_num) VALUES
('$bol', '$container');";
// run the query here
print "<br/><br/>".$sql_query_string."<br/><br/>";
}
else { print "<br/><br/>empty values;<br/>"; }
}
else { print "<br/><br/>\$_POST info not received;<br/>"; }
?>
prints (after submit):
INSERT INTO import_view_svc_fail (bol, container_num) VALUES ('input one value', 'input two value');
you probably should check and make sure you got all your post values inside the if(isset($_POST['submit'])) statement, too. or re-work the logic as a whole... it depends if you want to allow blank values, too.
Also, read up on sql injection and why you should learn to use mysqli_ or pdo.