Whaaaaaasupp

dupls

I have code from a book! and I can't get the server to display the details. There must be something tiny wrong. Can someone comment.
I start off with about_you.htm page
<body>
<h2>Please tell us a little bit about yourself</h2>
<form action="generate_links.php" method="get">
<h3>Contact Information</h3>
First Name: <input type="text" name="f_name"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="l_name"><br>
Home Phone: <input type="text" name="phone"><br>
SSN: <input type="text" name="ssn"><br>
<h3>Employment Info:</h3>
Company Name: <input type="text" name="c_name"><br>
Work Phone: <input type="text" name="w_phone"><br>
Title: <input type="text" name="title"></p>
<h3>Hobbies</h3>
What is your favourite hobby?
<p>Skiing <input type="radio" name="hobby" value="skiing"><br>
Rollerblading <input type="radio" name="hobby" value="roller"><br>
Chess <input type="radio" name="hobby" value="chess"></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"><input type="reset"></p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

which goes to generate_links.php
<h2>Links generated based on user input</h2>
<?php
print("<p><a href=\"user.php?f_name=$f_name&l_name=$l_name&phone=$phone&w_phone=$w_phone&ssn=$ssn\">");
print("Contact Info</a>");
print("<p><a href=\"user.php?c_name=$c_name&c_phone=$c_phone&title=$title&snn=$snn\">");
print("Work Info</a>");
print("<p><a href=\"user.php?f_name=$f_name&l_name=$l_name&hobby=$hobby\">");
print("Favourite Hobby</a>");
?>
</body>
</html>

all is fine and displays this correctly then you click an option and user.php pops up.
<ul>
<li>First Name: <strong><? print $f_name ?></strong></li>
<li>Last Name: <strong><? print $l_name ?></strong></li>
<li>Home Phone: <strong><? print $phone ?></strong></li>
<li>SSN: <strong><? print $ssn ?></strong></li>
<li>Company Name: <strong><? print $c_name ?></strong></li>
<li>Work Phone: <strong><? print $w_phone ?></strong></li>
<li>Title: <strong><? print $title ?></strong></li>
<li>Favourite Hobby: <strong><? print $hobby ?></strong></li>
</ul>

</body>
</html>

which is also fine in displaying the html part but I don't get any feedback from the server. In other words $f_name $l_name don't display. The really strange part is in the address field I can actually see info sitting there so it is passing something just not displaying.

Any ideas, clues, hint?

Much appreciated.😕

kevinsequeira

try
print ($_GET['f_name']);

reg
kevin

dupls

changed the user.php code to

<ul>
<li>First Name: <strong><? print ($GET[$f_name]) ?></strong></li>
<li>Last Name: <strong><? print ($GET[$l_name]) ?></strong></li>
<li>Home Phone: <strong><? print ($GET[$phone]) ?></strong></li>
<li>SSN: <strong><? print ($GET[$ssn]) ?></strong></li>
<li>Company Name: <strong><? print ($GET[$c_name]) ?></strong></li>
<li>Work Phone: <strong><? print ($GET[$w_phone]) ?></strong></li>
<li>Title: <strong><? print ($GET[$title]) ?></strong></li>
<li>Favourite Hobby: <strong><? print ($GET[$hobby]) ?></strong></li>
</ul>

</body>
</html>

The generate_links.php doesn't seem to be passing the filled in details to user.php (the details of the filled form are only in the address bar for generate_links.php

Do I need to change any code in the generte_links.php?

kevinsequeira

$_GET['f_name']

not

$_GET[$f_name]

dont forget the ' ' inside the []

reg
kevin

dupls

Nah!
Same thing the details get passed onto the gernerate_links.php address field but not carried though to the user.php page.

Does the code work on anyones server?

I have essential PHP for web professionals and can't get their code to work. Maybe it's my server?? Have the latest PHP (4.3.2)

Any good PHP books out there that can teach me form validation specifically. And posting forms?