$submit variable not being seen by php

[Genghis]

Hello,

I am very new to php and html and i am hoping someone out there can help me. I am running php 4.02 on windows 2000 using IIS as a webserver and mysql as a database.

When trying to insert data into the database the php doesnt seem to pick up the $submit value to go into the condition and insert the data.

Thx
-Genghis

Code:

     if($submit)
     {	
        InsertClanInfo($Tag,$Name);
     }
     else
     {

     <form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF?>">

      Tag:<input type="Text" name="Tag"><br>

       name:<input type="Text" name="Name"><br>

       <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Enter">

       </form>

} // end if

[Rohan_Hill]

What's $submit? Is that a variable which you give a value? Because if you haven't assigned it a value, it wouldn't do the InsertClanInfo and would just print out the page, is that what's happening?

[Genghis]

$submit is the variable name of the button on the form. i found this in a tutorial on the web where the check for submit is supposed to go before the page and allow the insertion of the data.

here is the link of the tutorial:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/21/index3a_page4.html?tw=programming

Basically all i am trying to do is when the data is filled and the button pressed i want to insert the data. But when i click on the button it seems to clear all the variables data and places them in the URL.

If there is another/better way that you could educate me with that would be apreciated.

I thank you very much for your help in this matter

-Genghis

[Rohan_Hill]

Ah, now I see. That $submit is coming from the submit button on your form, which isn't a normal form field and doesn't send a value to PHP. Try using $Tag or $Name instead 🙂

[bernouli]

see your php.ini, if register_globals = on or off,
you may also use

if($HTTP_POST_VARS['submit'])
     {    

[Rodders]

Ah, now I see. That $submit is coming from the submit button on your form, which isn't a normal form field and doesn't send a value to PHP. Try using $Tag or $Name instead

If you give your submit button a name and value then I'm fairly sure it will get passed to PHP. Also, the button must be within the <FORM> tags.

.....
.....
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT NAME=submit VALUE=Submit>

</FORM>

If your FORM METHOD=POST, use

if($_POST['submit'])

if your FORM METHOD=GET, use

if($_GET['submit'])

[Genghis]

Thank you, for both of your solutions they fixed the problem! I apreciate your help very much.

Now, thanks to you, everything works like a charm. Thanks again!

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Yours sincerely,

-Genghis