Forms

[Anon]

Don't mean to be a dummy but.....

I have a text box on the index page used to collect an email address for a news leter.

How do I use the same index page to add the email address to a database. I know how to add to a database but not sure how to call the code within the same page.

Please help!!!

[finger]

well. simply set the action of your form
to your index.php-file and do the database-
code here if the specified parameter is set.

html:
<input type=text name="email">

index.php:
if ($email)
{
// insert into database
}
else
{
// show the textbox
}

regards

finger

[robertbrown]

Do I use:

<FORM METHOD="$PHP_SELF">

Then at the top of the index.php, have the if statement to check to see if the email address has been provided.

When I try this, the command button and text box appears in the URL, can you stop this?

[finger]

hi

<form method="$PHP_SELF"> is definitly
wrong. method defines if you want to 'get'
or 'post' the fields.

get: sends the data via url (thats these
ugly-looking urls :-)
post: sends the data without showing them
to the user (thats what you want)

so your form-header should look something
like that:
<form action="$PHP_SELF" method="post">

hope that helps

finger

[losang]

There was a syntax error in a previous statement but the idea was correct it think. here is one way to do it.

1. Have the page reload itself
2. Check if the email field variable is set...

Part 1.

<form name=add_email action=$PHP_SELF method=POST>

This will reload the current page when the form is submitted.

Part 2.

set up an if statement...

if( !empty($email_value) )
{
// add to database
}

that is all. Including the else statement as written above is optional. You may want the form box to appear even when you submit the email to the database.

hope this was helpful..best of luck,

losang

[Anon]

Dear Sir,
Plz Solove my this problem.I will be very thankful to you.
From.
Abdul BAsit