using php server self for form action? - php

Question

i have a profile page which uses php includes to get reviews.php and posts.php displayed on the page.
the page reviews.php has a form and i am trying to get this form to submit/use the action php server self but when i do this for some reason it ignores the mysql query on the page reviews.php and instead of inserting it into the table ptb_reviews it inserts it into ptb_posts. so the problem here is its carrying out the query on posts.php and i dont know why this is happening, can someone please help me?
here's the reviews.php page
<?php ob_start(); ?>
<?php
// check if the review form has been sent
if(isset($_POST['review_content']))
{
$content = $_POST['review_content'];
//We remove slashes depending on the configuration
if(get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{
$content = stripslashes($content);
}
//We check if all the fields are filled
if($_POST['review_content']!='')
{
{
$sql = "INSERT INTO ptb_reviews (id, from_user_id, to_user_id, content) VALUES (NULL, '".$_SESSION['user_id']."', '".$profile_id."', '".$content."');";
mysql_query($sql, $connection);
$_SESSION['message']="<div class=\"infobox-wallpost\"><strong>Thank You</strong> - Your review has been sent to the Escort and is awaiting approval.</div><div class=\"infobox-close4\"></div>";
header("Location: {$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']}");
} }
}
?>
<div class="reviewcontent">
<?php
$profile_bits = get_profile_bits();
while ($profile = mysql_fetch_array($profile_bits)) { ?>
<?php if ($user['account_type'] == "Escort"){
?>
<?php
$days = $reviews['date_added'];
function days_from_date2($days) {
$age = date_diff(date_create($days), date_create('now'))->d;
return $age;
}
?>
<div class="reviewcontent1">
<?php
$reviews_set = get_reviews();
?>
<br/>
<h3><span class="underline"><?php echo "".$profile['display_name'].""; ?>'s Latest Reviews</span></h3>
<br/>
<?php
if(mysql_num_rows($reviews_set) > 0) {
while ($reviews = mysql_fetch_array($reviews_set)) {
$age = days_from_date($reviews['date_added']);
?>
<div class="review_box" id="reviewcase">
<div class="review-content2">
<?php echo "{$reviews['content']}"; ?>
</div>
<div class="message_pic2">
<?php echo "<img width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" src=\"data/photos/{$reviews['from_user_id']}/_default.jpg\">";?>
</div>
<div class="reviews_footer2">
<?php echo "Posted by {$reviews['display_name']}"; ?> <?
$datetime1 = new DateTime();
$datetime2 = new DateTime ($reviews['date_added']);
$interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
$mdhms = explode('-',$interval->format('%m-%d-%H-%i-%s'));
$labels = Array(' months', ' days', ' hours', ' minutes', ' seconds');
$i = 0;
foreach($mdhms as $t){
if($t > 0) break;
$i+=1;
}
echo "about ".$t.$labels[$i]." ago"; ?>
</div>
</div>
<?
$account_type = account_type();
while ($acctype = mysql_fetch_array($account_type))
if ($acctype['account_type'] == 'Client') {
echo "
<div class=\"add_review_text\">add a review now</div>";
} ?>
<?
}
}else{
if (!logged_in()) {
echo "
<div class=\"review_box_example\"><div class=\"example_review_pic\"><img width=50px height= 50px src=\"data/photos/0/post.jpg\"/>
</div><div class=\"example_review_text2\">{$profile['display_name']}, you were fantastic!<br/>I can not wait to meet with you again, you were very professional and made me feel very comfortable.<br/><br/>John x</div><div class=\"example_review_pic2\"></div></div><div class=\"example_box_container2\"><div class=\"review_example_arrow2\"></div><div class=\"review_example_box2\"></div><div class=\"review_example_text2\"><strong>Here's an Example</strong></div></div>";
}else{
if (logged_in()) {
echo "
<div class=\"review_box_example\"><div class=\"example_review_pic\"><img width=50px height= 50px src=\"data/photos/0/post.jpg\"/>
</div><div class=\"example_review_text2\">{$profile['display_name']}, you were fantastic!<br/>I can not wait to meet with you again, you were very professional and made me feel very comfortable.<br/><br/>John x</div><div class=\"example_review_pic2\"></div></div><div class=\"example_box_container2\"><div class=\"review_example_arrow2\"></div><div class=\"review_example_box2\"></div><div class=\"review_example_text2\"><strong>Here's an Example</strong></div></div>"; ?>
<?
$account_type = account_type();
while ($acctype = mysql_fetch_array($account_type))
if ($acctype['account_type'] == 'Client') {
echo "
<div class=\"add_review_text\">add a review now</div>";
} ?>
<?
$account_type = account_type();
if ($acctype['account_type'] == 'Escort') {
echo "<div class=\"infobox-noreviews\"><i>{$profile['display_name']} doesn't currently have any posts on his wall.<br/>Why not post a comment to his wall now.</i></div>";
}
}
?>
<?
} }
?>
<?php
{?>
<? } } } ?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="reviewcontent2">
i love me
<form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">
<textarea name="review_content" id="review_content" maxlength="180" cols="33" rows="5" class="review_input_box2" style="resize: none;"></textarea>
<input name="add_review" type="image" src="http://www.playtimeboys.com/assets/img/icons/save-edit.png" BORDER="0" ALT="SUBMIT!"class="review_submit4" /></form>
</div>
<script>
$(".reviewcontent2").hide();
$('.add_review_text').click(function () {
if ($('.reviewcontent1').is(":visible")) {
$(".reviewcontent1").fadeOut(300);
$('.reviewcontent2').delay(400).fadeIn(300);
} else if ($('.reviewcontent2').is(":visible")) {
$('.reviewcontent2').fadeOut(300);
$('.reviewcontent1').delay(400).fadeIn(300);
}
});
</script>
<?php ob_end_flush() ?>

Answer 1

To submit a form to the current page, which is what it seems you are trying to do, just specify an empty action:
<form action="" method="post">
The form will now submit to the same URL as the current page is.