PHP not properly inserting into the database - php

Question

I'm converting my code from extremely long GET statements (is that the correct word?) into separate files for each page. The code I'm about to show worked fine before I moved it to it's own file.
The page's full code is:
<?
require_once('./inc/glob_head.php');
$database->openConnection();
$listOfGamesQuery = $database->queryDB("SELECT * FROM mainSite_games");
if (isset($_GET) && $_GET['action'] == 'deleteGame')
{
$gameID = $_GET['gameID'];
$database->queryDB("DELETE FROM mainSite_games WHERE id='$gameID'");
redir('viewGames.php');
}
elseif (isset($_GET) && $_GET['action'] == 'editGame')
{
$gameID = $_GET['gameID'];
$gameNameQry = $database->queryDB("SELECT gameName FROM mainSite_games WHERE id='$gameID'");
while ($gameNameDta = $database->fetchArray($gameNameQry))
{
$gameName = $gameNameDta['gameName'];
}
$gameDescQry = $database->queryDB("SELECT gameDesc FROM mainSite_games WHERE id='$gameID'");
while ($gameDescDta = $database->fetchArray($gameDescQry))
{
$gameDesc = $gameDescDta['gameDesc'];
}
?>
<form name="editGame" id="editGame" action="viewGames.php?action=processEdit&gameID=<? echo $gameID; ?>" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="gameName" value="<? echo stripslashes($gameName); ?>" /><br />
<textarea name="gameDesc" class="span12" rows="10"><? echo stripslashes($gameDesc); ?></textarea><br />
<input type="submit" name="submitEditGame" class="btn btn-primary" />
</form>
<?
}
elseif (isset($_GET) && $_GET['action'] == 'processEdit')
{
$gameID = $_GET['gameID'];
$gameName = $database->escapeString($_POST['gameName']);
$gameDesc = $database->escapeString($_POST['gameDesc']);
$database->queryDB("UPDATE mainSite_games SET gameName='$gameName' WHERE id='$gameID'");
$database->queryDB("UPDATE mainSite_games SET gameDesc='$gameDesc' WHERE id='$gameID'");
redir('viewGames.php');
} else {
echo '<div class="contCont">';
echo '<table>';
echo '<thead>';
echo '<tr>';
echo '<th>Game Name</th>';
echo '<th>Delete</th>';
echo '<th>Edit</th>';
echo '</tr>';
echo '</thead>';
echo '<tbody>';
while ($listOfGames = $database->fetchAssoc($listOfGamesQuery)) {
echo '<tr>';
print '<td>' . stripslashes($listOfGames['gameName']) . '</td>';
print '<td>Delete</td>';
print '<td>Edit</td>';
echo '</tr>';
}
echo '</tbody>';
echo '</table>';
echo '</div>';
echo '</div>';
echo '</div>';
echo '</body>';
echo '</html>';
}
$database->closeConnection();
?>
glob_head just provides the database class, the database connection, the functions file requirement, and styling/page structure that is constant around the site. Having stated this, the $database calls are not mistakes, and are actually defined elsewhere.
Now the problem is, in the above code, the editGame elseif block pulls information from the database successfully, therefore I assume that it must be getting the information correctly. Now, when a user clicks submit, it'll take them to the next block, processEdit, and that for some reason makes the fields blank and sets the blank values in the database. I have no idea what's going on. Maybe this needs a fresh set of eyes? Thanks in advance.
For your reference, the 'redir' calls are a custom function that uses javascript redirection instead of relying on headers. I find it cleaner, and possibly easier to use than changing the structure of the code.

Answer 1

You are submitting METHOD="POST" but looking at the $_GET superglobal variable. The $_GET variable is empty, because there is no GET submission being made.
Change all instances of $_GET to $_REQUEST (or $_POST), or change METHOD="POST" to "METHOD="GET".