php short tags

di1

I don't have php short tags enabled so I changed the following
<form action="

 <?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>

" method="POST">
to

<form action="

<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>

" method="POST">

Its supposed to take me to another form but it just resets.

I have tried all sorts of different echo statements because I thought it might be in there but with no luck, ie echo "xxx" or echo ("xx")

Thanks

laserlight

hmm... it looks like it actually should work.

I normally use

<form action="<?php
echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>" method="post">

and it works.
What do you mean by the form resets?

kevinsequeira

post the code for the entire page, perhaps u aren't doing the check properly,
u realize u are submitting to the same page ...

reg
kevin

di1

laserlight: The form clears out the values I put in and looks the same as it did when I first looked at the page.

<?php
// Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------
switch($submit){
    case "Add":
        insert_into_pg();
    break;
    case "Submit":
        second_form();
    break;
    default:
        first_form();
    break;
}

?>

</body>
</html>

<?php
// Functions ----------------------------------------------------------------------
// insert_into_pg 
function insert_into_pg(){
global $_POST;
    echo "Form is submitted
    <hr />
    Here are all your [POST] variables and valuables to insert data sql code etc  ...
    <br />They have to be named uniquely (using the i's and the j's) otherwise
    later occurences will overwrite earlier ones ...
    <hr />
    ";
    foreach($_POST as $name => $value){
        echo "<b>".$name."</b> = ".$value."<br />";
    }
}

// first form ----------------------------------------------------------------------
function first_form(){
    global $_SERVER;

?>

<form action="

<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>

" method="POST">
How many alcoholic drinks are there? <input name="alcdrnks" type="text" size="5">
<br />
How many non-alcoholic drinks are there? <input name="nalcdrnks" type="text" size="5">
<br />
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<?php
}

// second form ----------------------------------------------------------------------
function second_form(){
    global $_SERVER, $_POST;

?>

<h2>Insert a new cocktail</h2>
<form action="

<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>

" method="POST">
Name: <input name="name" type="text" size="50">
<br />Instructions: <textarea name="instructions" rows="6" cols="40"></textarea>
<br />

<?php
for ($i = 1; $i <= $_POST["nalcdrnks"]; $i++)
        {
        echo "
        Mixer: <input name=\"mixer_".$i."\" type=\"text\" size=\"50\">
        <br />
        Amount: <input name=\"mamnt_".$i."\" type=\"text\" size=\"20\">
        <br />
        Flavor: <input name=\"mxrflavr_".$i."\" type=\"text\" size=\"50\">
        <br />
        <hr />
        ";
        }
    echo "<br/><br/>";
    for ($j = 1; $j <= $_POST["alcdrnks"]; $j++)
        {
        echo "
        Alcohol: <input name=\"alc_".$j."\" type=\"text\" size=\"50\">
        <br/>
        Amount: <input name=\"alcamnt_".$j."\" type=\"text\" size=\"20\">
        <br/>
        Flavor: <input name=\"alcflavr_".$j."\" type=\"text\" size=\"50\">
        <br />
        ";
        }

?>

<?php
}
?>

laserlight

Place the entire code in 1 set of bbcode php tags, multiple tags make it difficult to copy and paste the code.
No need to do a global $SERVER, the $SERVER array is a superglobal array.
There is 1 very obvious reason why the form isnt submitting to the other form: you are using $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']
This makes the form send to itself.

jimson

IMHO, this part u need to change like this

<?php 
// Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
$submit = isset($_POST['submit']) ? $_POST['submit'] : 'default'; // add this line

switch($submit){ 
    case "Add": 
        insert_into_pg(); 
    break; 
    case "Submit": 
        second_form(); 
    break; 
    default: 
        first_form(); 
    break; 
} 
?>