PHP Form not posting all fields - php

Question

I have a strange issue that I cannot get my head around.
I have the following form and when I click submit I do not GET or POST all fields in the form. Only two fields are being picked up being - isnew=true action=object &submit=Start
<form name="newOffer" action="/auth/dashboard" method="post">
<td><?php echo form_hidden('isnew', 'true');?><?php echo form_hidden('action', 'object');?><input type="text" id="newOfferItem" placeholder="Offer Free Item" class="input-xlarge"></td>
<td><input type="text" id="newOfferText" placeholder="Offer Description" class="input-xlarge" rel="tooltip" title="Description How to get free item"></td>
<td><input type="text" id="newOfferFreeOn" placeholder="Stamps for free item" class="input-xlarge" rel="tooltip" title="Number only. Ex. 5"></td>
<td><span class="label label-danger">Inactive</span></td>
<td><?php $attributes = 'class = "btn btn-success"'; echo form_submit('submit', 'Start', $attributes);?></td>
</form>

Answer 1

You need to add NAME attributes for each INPUT element - either instead of or in addition to the ID attributes.
e.g.
<form name="newOffer" action="/auth/dashboard" method="post">
<td>
<?php echo form_hidden('isnew', 'true');?>
<?php echo form_hidden('action', 'object');?>
<input type="text" NAME="newOfferItem" id="newOfferItem" placeholder="Offer Free Item" class="input-xlarge">
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" NAME="newOfferText" id="newOfferText" placeholder="Offer Description" class="input-xlarge" rel="tooltip" title="Description How to get free item">
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" NAME="newOfferFreeOn" id="newOfferFreeOn" placeholder="Stamps for free item" class="input-xlarge" rel="tooltip" title="Number only. Ex. 5">
</td>
<td>
<span class="label label-danger">Inactive</span>
</td>
<td>
<?php $attributes = 'class = "btn btn-success"'; echo form_submit('submit', 'Start', $attributes);?>
</td>
</form>

Answer 2

Always add a name attribute in input element.
Here is an example for you..
index.html
<form method="POST" action="process.php">
<input type="text" name="username" value="">
<input type="password" name="password" value="">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="login">
</form>
process.php
<?php
// checking if submit is pressed
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
// assigning posted values
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
// testing
echo $username . "<br>";
echo $password;
}
?>