dosnt enter data

Stickdragon

heres the problem that i am having.

i enter the data in the form. hit submit, and it always goes to "can not enter" no i dont know what i am doing wrong in the code. if any one has any idea's please let me know.

<?php 
require_once('login_fns.php'); 
session_start(); 

  //create short variable name 
  $new_swp = $HTTP_POST_VARS['new_swn']; 

  do_html_header('Adding speedwalk'); 
  check_valid_user(); 
  if (!filled_out($HTTP_POST_VARS)) 
  { 
    echo 'You have not filled out the form completely. 
          Please try again.'; 
    display_user_menu(); 
    do_html_footer();  

    exit; 
  } 
  else 
  { 
    // check swn format 
    if (strstr($new_swn, 'run')===false) 
       $new_swn = 'run'.$new_swn; 

  // try to add swn 
  if (add_sw($new_swn)) 
    echo 'speedwalk added.'; 
  else 
    echo 'Could not add speedwalk.'; 
} 

   // get the speedwalk this user has saved 
  if ($sw_array = get_user_sws($HTTP_SESSION_VARS['valid_user'])); 
     display_user_sws($sw_array); 

  display_user_menu(); 
  do_html_footer(); 
?> 


//from another file here is the function call add_sw($new_swn) 

function add_sw($new_swn) 
{ 
  // Add new speedwalk to the database 

  echo "Attempting to add ".$new_swn.'<br />'; 
  global $HTTP_SESSION_VARS; 
  $valid_user = $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['valid_user']; 

  if (!($conn = db_connect())) 
    return false; 

  // check not a repeat speedwalk 
  $result = mysql_query("select * from spdwlk 
                         where username='$valid_user' 
                         and spdwlkname='$new_swn'"); 
  if ($result && (mysql_num_rows($result)>0)) 
    return false; 

  // insert the new speedwalk 
  if (!mysql_query( "insert into spdwlk values 
                          ('$valid_user', '$new_swn')")) 
    return false; 

  return true; 
}

jimson

u should bring the code that contained.

"can not enter"

Stickdragon

its in there i couldnt remember what i put in there, its "can not add speedwalk"

    // check swn format 
    if (strstr($new_swn, 'run')===false) 
       $new_swn = 'run'.$new_swn; 

  // try to add swn 
  if (add_sw($new_swn)) 
    echo 'speedwalk added.'; 
  else 
    echo 'Could not add speedwalk.';

jimson

can u see this... ? when executing the script.

-> echo "Attempting to add ".$new_swn.'<br />';

i assume ur db_connect() is OK..

and i assumet this will return true;
if(mysql_num_rows($result)>0)

if (!mysql_query( "insert into spdwlk values '$valid_user', '$new_swn')"))

i assume tis will return true also...

em.. please tell me whether u can see the Attempting to add echo or not... and the value of $new_swn which u saw..

Stickdragon

i can see the "attempting to add" but it dosnt show the value of of $new_swn

so i get "attempting to add" and not "attempting to add $new_swn"

Stickdragon

ok, after you pointed something out i went back through my code and found 1 fat finger of a word.

now i can get it to do "attempting to add $new_swn" so i get to there and i dont know where i lose it, it says cannot enter speedwalk 🙁

DeltaRho2K

Try changing the line to:

echo("Attempting to add ".$new_swn."<br>");

Also, change:

$new_swp = $HTTP_POST_VARS['new_swn'];
to
$new_swn = $HTTP_POST_VARS['new_swn'];

Lastly, if you are posting more than one variable, then this method of retrieving the data might not work. You may want to remove this line altogether:
$new_swn = $HTTP_POST_VARS['new_swn'];

and instead use:
extract($_POST);

This will extract all of the variables for you.
In other words, if your URL is:
http://www.foo.com/foo.php?new_swn=JoeBlow&yahoo=someone

Then the extract will give you the following variables:
$new_swn=JoeBlow
$yahoo=someone

(This is a better way to extract the variables anyhow, since you don't have to uniquely identify each variable.)

The string should not return

"Attempting to add $new_swn" It should actually echo:
"Attempting to add [value of the string $new_swn]"

In other words, if $new_swn = JoeBlow, then it should echo:

"Attempting to add JoeBlow"

I think, what jimson is trying to see is if the page is grabbing and identifying the variables from the URL properly. (Correct me if I am wrong jimson)

Anyhow, if you cahnge the code to what I have shown above, then it should work a bit better... Good luck with this one.

~DR

jimson

i double check ur code...
the Attempting to add ".$new_swn.'<br />
should show up with $new_swn variable contained value "run"
it might be "applerun" or "runapple" or "roadrunner" or else with must contained the word "run" inside.

woops..
deltarho2k
maybe u are right, his problem may be the
$new_swp = $HTTP_POST_VARS['new_swn'];

but the
$new_swn will be created

if (strstr($new_swn, 'run')===false) 
       $new_swn = 'run'.$new_swn;

so, $new_swn atleast must contained the word "run"...
if i am not wrong, he can only succeed to add in the first time only.

em... Stickdragon
to help us and to help ourselve...
can u please make this modifications to your php.ini file so that we can see where the problem lays.

error_reporting = E_ALL
display_errors = On

and kindly tell what version of php are u using now...
hope i can crack ur problem down...