Help with self-posting form

[jamessmb]

Hello,

Coming back to PHP after a year with ColdFusion. I'm trying to create a self-posting form that validates the form elements, then if all are ok, inserts into the database. Somehow, it's not working the query string isn't being written, and I can't quite figure this out.

Here's the code:
<?php
if(isset($POST['submit'])){
//set a flag to indiciate if form is ready to submit
$RTG = TRUE;
if(empty($formVars["fName"]))
$fNameFlag= "The First Name field cannot be empty.";
$RTG = FALSE;
}
if($RTG == TRUE){//OK to insert into Database
$fName = addslashes($POST['fName']);$fName = trim($_POST['fName']);
$query = "INSERT INTO subscribers
(fName)VALUES('$fName')";

It appears that $RTG is not being set correctly (to FALSE) if $fNameFlag is true.

Thanks,
James

[Weedpacket]

print_r() your $POST array (or temporarily use a GET method so's you can see stuff in the URL). I'm wondering if maybe $POST['submit'] is empty (does a self-posting form have a submit button? Is it clicked?).

You can tell if the request was via a POST request (rather than the usual GET) by looking at the value of $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'].

[jamessmb]

I can post, or send the entire file if you'd like. I know that

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){

is working as the

if(empty($formVars["fName"]))
$fNameFlag= "The First Name field cannot be empty.";

is working because $fNameFlag is showing up later in the page.

James

[jamessmb]

I can post, or send the entire file if you'd like. I know that

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){

is working as the

if(empty($formVars["fName"]))
$fNameFlag= "The First Name field cannot be empty.";

is working because $fNameFlag is showing up later in the page.

James