I just don't see the problem. Need some new eyes to review it. Two files included test.php and test2.php to var_dump. Help!! Cut, Paste and Run - Thanks
test.php:
<?php
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL );
ini_set('display_errors', "1");
?>
<style type="text/css">
div.tabcontent{
visibility: hidden;
position:absolute;
left:20px;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function switch_div(){
val=document.form1.a_type.selectedIndex;
if (val < 3){
val="a0";
data=document.getElementById("data_types").innerHTML+document.getElementById(val).innerHTML;
}else if (val==3){
val="a"+document.form1.a_type.selectedIndex;
data=document.getElementById("data_types").innerHTML+document.getElementById(val).innerHTML;
}else{
val="a"+document.form1.a_type.selectedIndex;
data=document.getElementById(val).innerHTML;
}
document.getElementById('anw_wksp').innerHTML=data;
}
</script>
<html>
<body>
<form name="form1" action="test2.php" method="post" >
<table>
<th >Enter Anwsers</th>
<tr>
<td>Anwser Type</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><select name="a_type" onChange="switch_div()"/>
<option value='radio'>radio</option>
<option value='checkbox'>checkbox</option>
<option value='select'>select</option>
<option value='text'>text</option>
<option value='textarea'>textarea</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<div id="anw_wksp" style="border:1px solid gray; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 10px">
</div>
<div id="data_types" class="tabcontent">
<table>
<th colspan="3">Data type</th>
<tr><td>
<input type="radio" name="a_data_type" value="text" selected>text<br>
<input type="radio" name="a_data_type" value="int">int </td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div id="a0" class="tabcontent"> <!--radio/checkbox/select button-->
<table>
<th>Readable Anwser</th><th>DB Value</th><th>Default</th>
<? $i=0;
while($i < 10){
echo "<tr><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"a_r_$i\" /></td>
<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"a_db_$i\" /></td>
<td><input type=\"radio\" name=\"default\" value=\"$i\" /></td></tr>";
$i++;
}
?>
</table>
</div>
<div id="a3" class="tabcontent">
<table>
<th>Readable Anwser</th><th>DB Value</th><th>Default</th>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="a_r_text"></td>
<td><input type="text" name="a_db_text"></td>
<td><input type="text" name="default_text" ></td></tr>
</table>
</div>
<div id="a4" class="tabcontent">
<table>
<th>Readable Anwser</th><th>Default</th>
<tr><td><input type="text" name="a_r_textarea"></td>
<td><textarea name="default_textarea" rows="5" cols="30"></textarea></td></tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" value="Enter" name="submit">
</td>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<script language="javascript">switch_div();</script>
-------------------------------------------------------------------
test2.php:
<?php
$data = file_get_contents('php://input');
if(empty($_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'])){
$type = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
$_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'] = $type;
}
print "_POST = <br />";
var_dump($_POST);
print "<br />";
print " DATA = <br />";
var_dump($data);
?>
You don't have a <head>
You can't have <script> tags outside of your <html>. Perhaps you want external JS files?
You can't have <style> tags outside of your <html>. Perhaps you want external CSS files?
Your scripts/styles, or their external <link>'s, should probably be inside your <head>
You can't have <th> or <td> outside of a <tr>. Proper example.
You don't declare a doctype.
You can't have <div>'s randomly between table rows.
Your method for echoing <tr>'s is, well, sloppy...
Instead of:
<? $i=0;
while($i < 10){
echo "<tr><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"a_r_$i\" /></td>
<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"a_db_$i\" /></td>
<td><input type=\"radio\" name=\"default\" value=\"$i\" /></td></tr>";
$i++;
}
?>
Consider something like:
<? for($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) { ?>
<tr>
<td><input type="text" name="a_r_<?=$i?>" /></td>
<td><input type="text" name="a_db_<?=$i?>" /></td>
<td><input type="radio" name="default" value="<?=$i?>" /></td>
</tr>
<? } ?>
Finally, to try debugging your problem, use a tool like Firebug for Chrome/Firefox to ensure you're submitting POST data as expected.
I know this is a lame answer but just want to throw it out there to make sure we aren't looking over the simplest things. Did you check the form tag in the html to make sure it is set to POST?
I would recommend checking that the request method is in fact a post on the test2.php script.
<?php
if (strtolower($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]) == "post") {
$data = file_get_contents('php://input');
if(empty($_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'])){
$type = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
$_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'] = $type;
}
print "_POST = <br />";
var_dump($_POST);
print "<br />";
print " DATA = <br />";
var_dump($data);
}
?>
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learning PHP and have hit a wall early with passing data in an HTML form in to PHP. When I hit submit, the form page acts like it submits properly but when the processorder.php page opens, the data is not visible. When I do a dump on the page, I am able to see the values displayed but they are not showing in the script. Below is the code I'm using. I've searched online and at SO and feel like I've pretty much exhausted all options. Any assistance you can provide is much appreciated.
HTML:
<form action="processorder.php" method="POST">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Item</td>
<td>Quantity</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tires</td>
<td><input type="text" name="tireqty" id="tireqty" size="3" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oil</td>
<td><input type="text" name="oilqty" id="oilqty" size="3" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Spark Plugs</td>
<td><input type="text" name="sparkqty" id="sparkqty" size="3" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" text-align"2"><input type="submit" value="Submit Order">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
PHP:
<?php
var_dump( $_POST );
/*var_dump($GLOBALS);*/
$tireqty = $_POST['$tireqty'];
$oilqty = $_POST['$oilqty'];
$sparkqty = $_POST['$sparkqty'];
/*echo phpinfo();*/
?>
<h1 />Bob's Auto Parts
<h2>Order Results</h2>
<?php
/*
ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
*/
echo "<p>Your Order is as Follows: </p>";
echo htmlspecialchars($tireqty).' tires<br />';
echo htmlspecialchars($oilqty).' bottles of oil<br />';
echo htmlspecialchars($sparkqty).' spark plugs<br />';
echo "<p>Order Processed at ";
echo date('H:i, jS F Y');
echo "</p>";
print_r($_POST);
/*var_dump($_REQUEST)*/
?>
Remove the $ of your $_POST methods. Change:
$tireqty = $_POST['$tireqty'];
$oilqty = $_POST['$oilqty'];
$sparkqty = $_POST['$sparkqty'];
to:
$tireqty = $_POST['tireqty'];
$oilqty = $_POST['oilqty'];
$sparkqty = $_POST['sparkqty'];
I have some combobox with onchange event, and they're reset each other when selected the orther one of them, does any suggest how to retain the value on the page? this my script :
<form method="POST" name="form1" action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="6"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<select name="select_petugas1" style="width:18px;" onchange="this.form.submit('select_petugas1');"> //first combobox
<option></option>
<?php include 'dbconn.php';
$sql_peg1="SELECT * FROM users"; $result_peg1=$conn->query($sql_peg1);
while( $row_peg1=$result_peg1->fetch_assoc() ){
echo "<option>".$row_peg1['nama']."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
</td>
<td>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['select_petugas1'])){
$select_petugas1=$_POST['select_petugas1'];
echo "<input type='text' name='select_petugas1' value='".$select_petugas1."'>"; // Throw 1st result into the text box
$sql_NIP1="SELECT NIP FROM users WHERE nama='$select_petugas1'";
$result_NIP1=$conn->query($sql_NIP1);
$row_NIP1=$result_NIP1->fetch_assoc();
$NIP1=$row_NIP1['NIP'];
?>
</td>
<td> NIP</td>
<td>:</td>
<td><input type="text" name='NIP1' value="<?php echo $NIP1; ?>"></td>
</tr> <!-- child of first result -->
<tr>
<td colspan="5" bgcolor="blue"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<select name="peg_2" style="width:18px;" onchange="submit(this)"><!--2nd combobox-->
<option></option>
<?php
$sql_peg2="SELECT nama FROM users";
$result_peg2=$conn->query( $sql_peg2 );
while ($row_peg2=$result_peg2->fetch_assoc()){
echo "<option value='".$row_peg2['nama']."'>".$row_peg2['nama']."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
</td>
<td>
<?php
if( isset($_POST['peg_2']) ){
$peg_2=$_POST['peg_2'];
echo "<input type='text' name='peg2' value='".$peg_2."'>"; // 2nd result throw into 2nd texbox
$sql_NIP2="SELECT NIP FROM users WHERE nama='$peg_2'";
$result_NIP2=$conn->query($sql_NIP2);
$row_NIP2=$result_NIP2->fetch_assoc();
?>
</td>
<td> NIP</td>
<td>:</td>
<td><input type='text' name='NIP2' value="<?php echo $row_NIP2['NIP'];?>"> <!--2nd child of result-->
<?php
}
}
if(isset($_POST['NIP2'])){
$NIP2=$_POST['NIP2'];
echo "<br /> NIP2 :".$NIP2."<br />";
}
mysqli_close($conn);
?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<form method="POST" name="wilayah" id="wilayah" action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>
<select name="select_provinsi" onchange="submit(this)" style="width:18;">
<option selected>PROVINSI</option>
<?php
include 'dbconn.php';
$sql_prov="SELECT * FROM wilayah GROUP BY provinsi";
$result_prov=$conn->query($sql_prov);
echo "";
while($row_prov=$result_prov->fetch_assoc()){
$provinsi=$row_prov['provinsi'];
echo "<option value='".$provinsi."'>".$provinsi."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['select_provinsi'])){
$select_provinsi=$_POST['select_provinsi'];
echo "
<input type='text' name='select_provinsi' value='".$select_provinsi."' placeholder='PROVINSI'>
</td>
</tr>";
$sql_kabkota="SELECT * FROM wilayah WHERE provinsi='$select_provinsi' GROUP BY kab_kota";
$result_kabkota=$conn->query($sql_kabkota);
?>
<tr>
<td>
<select name="select_kabkota" style="width:18px;" onchange="submit(this)"><option>KAB/KOTA</option>
<?php
while($row_kabkota=$result_kabkota->fetch_assoc()){
echo "<option>".$row_kabkota['kab_kota']."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
<?php
}
if(isset($_POST['select_kabkota'])){
$select_kabkota=$_POST['select_kabkota'];
?>
<input type="text" name="kab_kota" value="<?php echo $select_kabkota;?>">
<?php
}
mysqli_close($conn);
?>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
hope any suggestion for resolved of my problem with them,,
onchange="submit(this)" means that you want to submit the form when the value of the combobox changes. So, when the form is sent, the page reloads and you get the default value of your form.
To restore the chosen value, I would do something like :
<select name="select_kabkota" style="width:18px;" onchange="submit(this)">
<option>KAB/KOTA</option>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['select_kabkota']))
$select_kabkota=$_POST['select_kabkota'];
while($row_kabkota=$result_kabkota->fetch_assoc())
{
$selected = $select_kabkota == $row_kabkota['kab_kota'] ? 'selected="selected"' : '';
echo "<option ".$selected." >".$row_kabkota['kab_kota']."</option>";
}
?>
</select>
I have a little question about something. I have some forms, where I send the input to a MySQL database. I get the return from the database, out in some div tags. Here I have 2 buttons. Button number 1 can delete the row, and button number 2 should have a function, where I can update a specific row, if I want to change the content of the row. But can I update a div tag? I can see on the net, that a lot of people use tables to do that.
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/arrangeTables.css">
</head>
<body>
<?php
include 'connection.php';
if(isset($_POST['addto'])){
// Insert to database
$date = $_POST['date'];
$day = $_POST['day'];
$fromtime = $_POST['fromtime'];
$totime = $_POST['totime'];
$sql = "INSERT INTO addWorkTime(date, day, fromtime, totime) VALUES('$date', '$day', '$fromtime', '$totime')";
$result = mysql_query($sql, $dbhandle) or die(mysql_error($dbhandle));
// Update of the row
if(isset($_POST['update'])){
$hidden = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['hidden']);
$UpdateQuery = "UPDATE addWorkTime
SET date='$_POST[date]',
day='$_POST[day]',
fromtime='$_POST[fromtime]',
totime='$_POST[totime]'
WHERE p_id='$_POST[hidden]'";
$update = mysql_query($UpdateQuery, $dbhandle) or die(mysql_error($dbhandle));
if($update) {
echo "Succes";
} else {
echo "Der er en fejl";
}
}; // brace for if(isset($_POST['update']))
if($result){
echo "Insert successful.";
}
}; // brace for if(isset($_POST['addto']))
if(isset($_POST['delete'])){
$hidden = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['hidden']);
$DeleteQuery = "DELETE FROM addWorkTime WHERE p_id=$hidden";
$delete = mysql_query($DeleteQuery, $dbhandle) or die(mysql_error($dbhandle));
if($delete){
echo "Delete successful";
}
}
//Return records from database
$result = mysql_query("SELECT p_id, date, day, fromtime, totime FROM addWorkTime");
?>
<form method="post">
<h3>Add your worktime to database</h3><br>
Date:
<input type="date" name="date"><br><br>
Day
<select name="day">
<option value="Mandag">Mandag</option>
<option value="Tirsdag">Tirsdag</option>
<option value="Onsdag">Onsdag</option>
<option value="Torsdag">Torsdag</option>
<option value="Fredag">Fredag</option>
<option value="Lørdag">Lørdag</option>
<option value="Søndag">Søndag</option>
</select>
From time:
<input type="time" name="fromtime">
To time:
<input type="time" name="totime">
<input type="submit" name="addto" value="submit"><br><br>
<!-- Return from the database -->
<h3>Return from database:</h3><br>
<!-- headers -->
<table>
<tr>
<th class="column0">Primary Key</th>
<th class="column1">Date</th>
<th class="column2">Day</th>
<th class="column3">From</th>
<th class="column4">To</th>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<!--loop through through the database -->
<?php while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)): ?>
<form method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<td class="resultcolumn0"><?php echo $row{'p_id'};?></td>
<td class="resultcolumn1"><?php echo $row{'date'};?><br></td>
<td class="resultcolumn2"><?php echo $row{'day'};?></td>
<td class="resultcolumn3"><?php echo $row{'fromtime'};?></td>
<td class="resultcolumn4"><?php echo $row{'totime'};?></td>
<td><input type="hidden" name="hidden" value="<?php echo $row{'p_id'}?>"><?php echo $row{'p_id'}?></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="update" value="Update"></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="delete" value="Delete"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</body>
</html>
If you want to update your cell table like your recording, you can do a tricky way like this code snippet:
function change1() {
var inp1 = document.getElementById('myTable').rows[1].cells[0];
inp1.innerHTML = "<input type='text' name='inp1'>";
var inp2 = document.getElementById('myTable').rows[1].cells[1];
inp2.innerHTML = "<input type='text' name='inp2'>";
}
function change2() {
var inp1 = document.getElementById('myTable').rows[2].cells[0];
inp1.innerHTML = "<input type='text' name='inp1'>";
var inp2 = document.getElementById('myTable').rows[2].cells[1];
inp2.innerHTML = "<input type='text' name='inp2'>";
}
table, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
<table id="myTable">
<tr>
<td>column 1</td>
<td>column 2</td>
<td>action</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row2 cell1</td>
<td>Row2 cell2</td>
<td>
<button onclick="change1()">Update</button>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row3 cell1</td>
<td>Row3 cell2</td>
<td>
<button onclick="change2()">Update</button>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<button onclick="alert('whatever function to save the edit')">Save</button>
you can improve that to give <form> tag to your <table> tag and save that using another Save button. Or you can use if conditional to your update button for change to textfield and post it to your database.
<form method="post" action='function_to_update_or_delete.php'>
<table>
<tr>
<td class="resultcolumn0"><?php echo $row{'p_id'};?></td>
<td class="resultcolumn1"><?php echo $row{'date'};?><br></td>
<td class="resultcolumn2"><?php echo $row{'day'};?></td>
<td class="resultcolumn3"><?php echo $row{'fromtime'};?></td>
<td class="resultcolumn4"><?php echo $row{'totime'};?></td>
<td><input type="hidden" name="hidden" value="<?php echo $row{'p_id'}?>"><?php echo $row{'p_id'}?></td>
<td><button onclick="<?php echo change($some_information_to_your_cell)?>">Update</button></td>
<td><input type="submit" name="delete" value="Delete"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
And, please try to make a function dynamically each row, don't hardcode it like function change1(), function change2(), function change3(), etc
Hope this will help you out. :)
I am having problem in this situation, i searched alot and don't know what should i do with it....
I have got like 4 checkboxes, on each checkbox a certain function is being performed. I have this html code for checkboxes,
<form action="check.php" method="post">
<table border="1" width="200">
<tr>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="first[]" value="option1" />
</td>
<td width="500">
<strong>Option 1</strong>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="first[]" value="option2" />
</td>
<td width="500">
<strong>Option 2</strong>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="first[]" value="option3" />
</td>
<td width="500">
<strong>option 3</strong>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="1" width="200">
<tr>
<td>
<input type="text" name="entered_value"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="1" width="200">
<tr>
<td>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
I am accessing these checkboxes using this code
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
if(isset($_POST['first']))
{
$get_data_checkboxes = $_POST['first'];
}
else
{
$get_data_checkboxes = "";
}
print_r($get_data_checkboxes);
exit();
}
?>
What i am facing problem is like i need to run a function on each checkbox ticked, e.g. if the person ticks Option 1 then i should be able to run function 1 and so on...
any help will be appreciated :)
If you want to select multiple checkboxes, you can try something like this:
for( $i = 0; $i < count( $_POST['first'] ); $i++ ) {
if( $_POST['first'][$i] == 'option1' ) {
echo "function1";
} else if( $_POST['first'][$i] == 'option2' ) {
echo "function2";
} else if( $_POST['first'][$i] == 'option3' ) {
echo "function3";
}
}
You don't need the line
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
Without that your code works fine, and you can use that to call your functions like this:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['first']))
{
$get_data_checkboxes = $_POST['first'];
foreach($get_data_checkboxes as $value){
//call functions named option1(), option2(), etc..
call_user_func($value);
}
}
else{
$get_data_checkboxes = "";
}
?>
I need to pass back a large string of results to a form, so that the form can read those results from the URL and then populate the form with them. Problem is, the link ends up being:
&key=value&key=value ... until it can't process anymore (I assume a URL has a length limit?) resulting in my form not being able to fully populate. I need another way to pass values back to my form file.
VIEW.php file (basically just a table of values right as they are from the database, with the first column "id" being a link. When I click on "id", it goes back to my add.php(form page) and populates the form with the data matching that id)
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>ID</th>
<th>NAME</th>
<th>MANUFACTURER</th>
<th>MODEL</th>
<th>DESCRIPTION</th>
<th>ON HAND</th>
<th>REORDER</th>
<th>COST</th>
<th>PRICE</th>
<th>SALE</th>
<th>DISCOUNT</th>
<th>DELETED</th>
<th></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<?php } ?>
<?php
// loop to fetch data
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>
<a href='molszewski1_a2_add.php'>$row[id]</a></td>";
echo "<td>$row[name]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[manufac]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[model]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[descrip]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[onhand]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[reorder]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[cost]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[price]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[sale]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[discont]</td>";
echo "<td>$row[deleted]</td>";
$status = "$row[deleted]";
echo "<td><a href='molszewski1_a2_delete.php?id=$row[id]&flag=$status&sort=$sort'>";
$status = "$row[deleted]";
if ($status == 'n') {
$flag = "restore";
echo "delete";
} else if ( $status == 'y') {
$flag = "delete";
echo "restore";
}
echo "</a></td>";
echo "</tr>";
} ?>
<?php { ?>
</tbody>
</table>
ADD.php (form page where the form is supposed to fetch the data and populate it)
<?php
// If no form has been submitted, present form
if (empty($_GET))
{
add_form();
}
// if a form has been submitted
else
{
// if form_validity() == 1, proceed to connect
if (form_validity() == 1)
{
// connect to mysql + database
connect();
$saleItem = "n";
$discountItem = "n";
if( array_key_exists( 'saleItem', $_GET ) && $_GET['saleItem'] == 'y' )
{ $saleItem = "y"; }
if( array_key_exists( 'discountItem', $_GET ) && $_GET['discountItem'] == 'y' )
{ $discountItem = "y"; }
// get values from form, insert into database
$sql=("INSERT INTO inventory (name,
manufac,
model,
descrip,
onhand,
reorder,
cost,
price,
sale,
discont,
deleted)
VALUES ('$_GET[itemName]',
'$_GET[manufacturer]',
'$_GET[model]',
'$_GET[description]',
'$_GET[numberOnHand]',
'$_GET[reorderLevel]',
'$_GET[cost]',
'$_GET[sellingPrice]',
'$saleItem',
'$discountItem', 'n')");
// if the query doesn't work, display error message
if (!(mysql_query($sql))) { die ("could not query: " . mysql_error()); }
add_form();
// redirect to view.php after form submission
// use php instead
echo "<meta http-equiv='REFRESH' content='0;url=molszewski1_a2_view.php'>";
}
else
{
// if form is not valid (form_validity returns 0), display error messages
add_form();
}
}
?>
FUNCTIONS.php (all my functions for stuff like the form)
<?php function page_navigation(){ ?>
<div class="center">
<input type="button" value="ADD" />
<input type="button" value="VIEW" />
<input type="button" value="VIEW DELETED" />
<input type="button" value="VIEW ACTIVE" />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php function add_form() { ?>
<form action="molszewski1_a2_add.php" method="get" id="form">
<table width="529px">
<tr>
<td>ITEM NAME</td>
<td><input name="itemName" size="30" type="text" value="<?php echo $_GET["itemName"] ?>"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MANUFACTURER</td>
<td><input name="manufacturer" size="30" type="text" value="<?php echo $_GET["manufacturer"] ?>"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MODEL</td>
<td><input name="model" size="30" type="text" value="<?php echo $_GET["model"] ?>"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>DESCRIPTION</td>
<td><textarea name="description" rows="3" cols="20"><?php echo $_GET["description"] ?></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ON HAND</td>
<td><input name="numberOnHand" size="30" type="text" value="<?php echo $_GET["numberOnHand"] ?>"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>REORDER LEVEL</td>
<td><input name="reorderLevel" size="30" type="text" value="<?php echo $_GET["reorderLevel"] ?>"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>COST</td>
<td><input name="cost" size="30" type="text" value="<?php echo $_GET["cost"] ?>"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SELLING PRICE</td>
<td><input name="sellingPrice" size="30" type="text" value="<?php echo $_GET["sellingPrice"] ?>"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SALE ITEM</td>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="saleItem" value="y" <?php if( isset( $_GET['saleItem'] ) ){ ?> checked="checked" <?php } ?> />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>DISCOUNTED ITEM</td>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="discountItem" value="y" <?php if( isset( $_GET['discountItem'] ) ){ ?> checked="checked" <?php } ?> />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="save" name="submit" id="submit" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php } ?>
Use method="post" and $_POST (instead of $_GET).
POST requests can be much larger than GET requests as GET requests are limited by the maximum length of a URL. POST requests are limited by the size of the max_post_size ini-value which is usually a few megabytes.