[Resolved] Why wont this work? - posting variables

kpowning

I have an included form in my email.php file that has the following code in it:

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <table width="85%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr> 
      <td><div align="center">Banned Members List:</div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td><div align="center"> 
          <input name="membanned" type="text" id="membanned" value="<? echo $row_Recordset6['banned']; ?>">
        </div></td>
    </tr>
    <tr> 
      <td><div align="center"> 
          <input name="updatebanned" type="submit" id="updatebanned" value="Update Banned List">
        </div></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
mysql_free_result($Recordset6);
?>

Then in my email.php file it has this code that should update what the user types into the membanned field:

if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['updatebanned'])){
$upbanned = sprintf("UPDATE users SET banned='$membanned' WHERE username='" . $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['username'] . "'");
mysql_select_db($database_themeetmarket, $themeetmarket);
$Result8 = mysql_query($upbanned, $themeetmarket) or die(mysql_error());
$msg="You have successfully updated your banned list";
}

WHAT IS WRONG HERE? NO MATTER WHAT I DO I CAN'T CHANGE THE ORIGINAL DATA THAT IS BEING ECHOED OUT IN THE INLCUDED FILE SHOWN FIRST ABOVE.

drawmack

try using $_POST instead of $HTTP_POST_VARS

kpowning

NOPE, that didn't work. whats weird is that if i dont touch the variable that is being echoed out for $membanned and I click on the updatebanned button, my message shows and says that it was updated successfully. But when I do change what is being echoed out to something different, then i get no change and no message.... PLEASE HELP..

kpowning

doesnt anyone else have any ideas??? PLEASE... 🙁

gufmn

Try changing: $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['username']

to:
$_SESSION['username']

From the docs:

You can also create a session variable by simply setting the appropriate member of the $_SESSION or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS (PHP < 4.1.0) array.

So if you're using a newer version of php than4.1.0, this could be your problem.

Just a guess.

kpowning

its also picking up the session ok, what else could be wrong?? please anyone??