Form Problems

mbuckner

I'm new to PHP. I'm trying to build a form that will then update a database. When I enter information into a form field and hit submit, it does post the data, but it adds other information to it. I can't figure out what's wrong. Here's the code:

creategroupform.html:

<form id="form1" method="post" action="addGroup.php">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Enter a group name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="myGroup" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input id="sub" type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>

addGroup.php:

<?php
$myGroup = $_POST['myGroup'];

          echo"This is it . . . $myGroup";

The results:

When I put Admin in the form box and hit submit, I get this:

This is it . . . AdminmyGroup=Admin

Can anyone tell me why it is giving me this instead of just Admin like I put in my form box?

kamy99

you need to add the value parameter to the input field.

<input type="text" name="myGroup" value="" />

mbuckner

Thanks for the input. I tried it, and it still does the same thing. Do I need to assign a value, or just put value=""? The value is supposed to be whatever is in the box when I submit it, isn't it?

I've tried everything I can think of. If you have any other suggestions or tips, I'd really appreciate it.

Rohan_Hill

Yeah, the value is what you typed in the box, so you don't need to specify a value in the HTML file. Try replacing your echo statement with this:

print "This is it . . . ".$_POST['myGroup'];

mbuckner

Thanks to everyone for the help, but it's still not working. I tried a new page just to test things:

test.html:
<HTML>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" action="test.php">
<input name="myText" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</HTML>

test.php:
<?php
$myText = $_POST['myText'];
print "$myText";
?>

When I view test.html, I typed Admin in the text box and hit submit. This is the result:

AdminmyText=Admin

It's putting the info from the text box, then printing the textbox name = and the textbox value. I'm at a loss. I hope someone can help . . .

jnuneznyc

Print out the entire $_POST array using print_r() and post it up here. That could help us.

Also what type of webserver and version of php are you using?

mbuckner

When I do a print_r(), I get this:

testuserName=test Array ( [userName] => testuserName=test )

I'm running php-4.2.2-8.0.5 on redhat 8.0.

This works on other forms with 2 input fields. If I put a hidden field in the form, it will work. I don't understand . . .

mbuckner

Sorry. I changed some things while I was experimenting. When I run print_r(), I get:

Array ( [test] => Admintest=Admin )

when I type Admin in the text box (whose name is "test").

Any idea why my form is sending this to the php page?