form data transferred to same page

[kevinritt]

Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum and pretty new to PHP-I'm hoping to learn a lot. My question is this:
at this link <https://www.namelabels.com/STORE/index.cfm>you can type in text and then see how it will look on the label. Does anybody have an idea how they did this. The file is a .cfm. I don't have access to Cold Fusion so I would like to use PHP. Perhaps GD library? 🙂
Thanks,
Kevin

[LordShryku]

That looks like nothing more than a html table. Take the posted input, output the table. Real basic stuff...

[kevinritt]

Thanks for your reply.

I'm not show what you mean. Could you give an example?
Thanks.

[LordShryku]

Here's a crude example based on their stuff. They just use css to format the table.

<?php
if(isset($_POST['sub'])) {
   /* Form was submitted, validate input 
      and create the table
   */
   $qty = empty($_POST['quantity']) ? 0 :$_POST['quantity'];
   $one = empty($_POST['line1']) ? "&nbsp;" : $_POST['line1'];
   $two = empty($_POST['line2']) ? "&nbsp;" : $_POST['line2'];
?>
<h1>Your label</h1>
<table>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><?php echo $qty ?></td>
    <td height="40"><?php echo $one; ?>
    <br /><?php echo $two; ?></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<?php
}
else {
  /* Show Form */
?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<p>Label :<select name="quantity">
           <option value="0">Qty</option>
           <option value="50">50</option>
           <option value="100">100</option>
           <option value="150">150</option>
          </select>
</p>

<p>Line 1: <input type="text name="line1" />
<br />Line 2: <input type="text name="line2" />
</p>

<p><input type="submit"></p>
</form>
<?php
}
?>

[kevinritt]

Awesome job LordShryku.
Thank you.
Kevin