Form Variable repeating on submit

ksayre

Not an extremely specific subject line, I know, but I couldn't think of what else to call this.

To start, we're running RH 9, Apache 2.0.40-21.3, and PHP 4.2.2-17. Here's the problem. With even just a simple submission form that we created to try test with, the value data in the submitted form array repeats the value along with the name of the form. This occured first in a site we were working on that has many classes and includes so we created the page below to test if it were a class interfering. It doesn't appear to be. Has anyone else had this problem, or know how to fix it? I can't seem to find an issue in the php.ini or httpd.conf files either.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Kevin

-------------------------------PHP page-----------------------------------
<?php

if (!$POST)
{
echo('<FORM METHOD=POST>name: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="name"><INPUT TYPE="submit" value="register"></FORM>'
);
}
else
{
echo('<PRE>');print_r($POST);print_r($REQUEST);print_r($SESSION);echo('</PRE>');
}

?>
--------------------------------End Code----------------------------------

-------------------------Page Output on Submit------------------------
Array
(
[name] => Kevinname=Kevin
)
Array
(
[name] => Kevinname=Kevin
)
----------------------------End Page Output----------------------------

leatherback

Hi,

I am not sure, but is the $POST[] not part of $REQUEST[] or something?

Check this by echoing an identifyer like echo 'Post array: ' in between.

ksayre

Yep, it's echoing the "correct" arrays. I'm basically curious as to why it's placing the data as part of the form variable name. In the text field, I enter Kevin. Not Kevinname, or anything else.

--------------------------New Output-------------------------------
Post array:
Array
(
[name] => Kevinname=Kevin
)
Request array:
Array
(
[name] => Kevinname=Kevin
)
--------------------------End Output-------------------------------

kevinsequeira

hm, how come the submit is not shown in the array ? also action doesnt have a value in the form and it works ??

reg
kevin

ksayre

Submit doesn't show because it was never assigned a name= in the html tag, and without an action=, it simply submits to itself.

I just tested the exact same script with no changes on a similar system with the same php.ini settings and it works fine there. This has just been real baffling.

rrijnders

Try it with a different browser. Also, change your form into standardized HTML; use NAME, METHOD, ACTION in the form tag and (just me) but I wouldn't use "name" as a form field NAME. Try "FirstName" or something to that affect. Also, you didn't mention of this repeating problem occurs with multiple fields in the form?

ksayre

Ok, here's the results of a couple tests. The page works the same in both IE6 and Netscape 7.

--Output with form name, explicit action, and firstname added---
Post array:
Array
(
[firstname] => Kevinfirstname=Kevin
)
Request array:
Array
(
[firstname] => Kevinfirstname=Kevin

)

Here's where it gets interesting:
Page with multiple inputs:

----------------------Multiple inputs code----------------------------
<?php

if (!$POST)
{
echo('<FORM METHOD=POST action="test.php" name="test">name: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="firstname"><INPUT TYPE
="submit" value="register"><br>last: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="lastname"></FORM>');
}
else
{
echo('<PRE>');echo('Post array:<br>');print_r($POST);echo('Request array:<br>');print_r($REQUEST);print_r
($SESSION);echo('</PRE>');
}

?>

-----------------------Multiple inputs output---------------------------
Post array:Array
(
[firstname] => Kevin
[lastname] => Sayre
)
Request array:Array
(
[firstname] => Kevin
[lastname] => Sayre

)

That works fine.

Now, the question is why does it not work with just a single input? Also, why does the single input work just fine on another box with the exact same software? Could there be an obscure array handling setting somewhere in the php.ini that I missed? Thanks again for everyone's continued help.

rrijnders

Got me. An array is an array is an array and I can't see how an ini setting would affect those arrays. The ini setting might affect what gets into the array, but shouldn't modify the contents.

you can do a setting by setting check using PHP_INFO(), but that's a long shot. You may need to re-install PHP on the one box :mad:

I tested single field forms on three of my boxes and can't reproduce this beviour.

ksayre

Unfortunately, that's the wall I've been smacking into. 🙁 I figured I'd post to see if anyone else was having the same problem or if it were a bug. Unfortunately (or fortunately) that doesn't seem to be the case.

Thanks guys. Guess it's time to reinstall.

johnnyv

Originally posted by ksayre
Unfortunately, that's the wall I've been smacking into. 🙁 I figured I'd post to see if anyone else was having the same problem or if it were a bug. Unfortunately (or fortunately) that doesn't seem to be the case.

Thanks guys. Guess it's time to reinstall.

<?
function view_values($VARS)
{
	if($VARS)
	{
	$row = 0;
	echo("<table>");
	while (list ($key, $val) = each ($VARS))
	{
 	echo ("<tr bgcolor=#" . (($row/2) == floor($row/2) ? "ccffff" : "99ff99") . "><td>$key</td><td>");
		if(!is_array($val))
  		echo("$val</td></tr>\n");
 		else
  		echo(view_values($val));
 	$row++;
	}
	echo("</table>");
	}
	else
	{
	echo "variable is not set<br>";
	}
}

if(!$_POST)
{
echo('<FORM METHOD=POST action="test.php" name="test">name: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="firstname"><INPUT TYPE
="submit" value="register"><br>last: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="lastname"></FORM>');
}
else
{
echo('<PRE>');
echo('Post array:<br>');
view_values($_POST);
echo('Request array:<br>');
view_values($_REQUEST);
view_values($_SESSION);
echo('</PRE>');
}

?>

ksayre

Gives the same thing:

-----------------Output from Code-------------------
Post array:
firstname Kevinfirstname=Kevin
Request array:
firstname Kevinfirstname=Kevin
variable is not set

kevinsequeira

well, first time i have heard of this happenning, ive never had this problem so don't know why this happens..

reg
kevin