Help!

[zakfox1986]

Please view my php testing page to see what I am trying to accomplish.

I would like to make the form conditional so that if the cookie is already set, the form does not show up, but if the cookie is not set, it provides the form so the info can be entered into a cookie. Any ideas on how to do this?

This form provides the info for the cookie:

<form action="../users_name.php" method "get">
<input name="getname" type="text" value="yourname" size="12">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="tell us!" />
</form>

This code receives the info and creates a cookie with that info:

<?php
setcookie('his_name', $_GET['getname'], time() + (60 * 60 * 24));
?>

This code prints the value of the cookie:

<?php
$getname = $_COOKIE['his_name'];
print("Hey, $getname");
?> 

Thanks very much for helping out a newbie!

Zak

[devinemke]

if (isset($_COOKIE['his_name']))
{
// echo the form
}
else
{
// don't echo the form
}

[zakfox1986]

Here's what I've got but it doesn't work (it says Parse error: parse error in /var/www/html/php/tell_us_your_name.php.php on line 14. BTW: Line 14 is the one with the first echo on it.):

<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE['his_name']))
{
echo ("<form action="../users_name.php" method "get">
<input name="getname" type="text" value="yourname" size="12">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="tell us!" />
</form>");  

}
else
{
$getname = $_COOKIE['his_name'];
echo "Welcome!<br>"
print("Hey, $getname");
}
?>

[tsinka]

Hi,

you need to escape double quotes in this case or do something like this:

 <?php 
if (!isset($_COOKIE['his_name'])) 
{ 
  echo '<form action="../users_name.php" method="get">' 
      .'<input name="getname" type="text" value="yourname" size="12" />'
      .'<input type="submit" name="submit" value="tell us!" />' 
      .'</form>';   

} 
else 
{ 
$getname = $_COOKIE['his_name']; 
echo "Welcome!<br />"; 
echo "Hey, $getname"; 
} 
?> 

I changed the code a little bit (several errors). Additionally, I'd suggest to use method="post" instead of method="get".

Thomas

[devinemke]

your quotes are screwing you up:

<?php
if (!isset($_COOKIE['his_name']))
{
	echo '
	<form action="../users_name.php" method="GET">
	<input type="text" name="getname" value="yourname" size="12">
	<input type="submit" name="submit" value="tell us!">
	</form>
	';   

} 
else 
{ 
	$getname = $_COOKIE['his_name'];
	echo 'Welcome!<br>Hey, ' . $getname;
}
?>

[zakfox1986]

Ok! I am a real new newbie and haven't totally figured out the quotes and stuff...still learning! Thanks a million!