Looking for a Coder

phpete2

Web Designer looking to hire PHP Coder to add function to form. We need a function that allows the client's info to pre-populate onto other forms.

Our current form asks for clients name, phone, etc. Upon submission data is sent to database and client is taken to part 2 of form. More data is then collected including the same data as the 1st form. Is it possible for the data gathered in the 1st form to automatically display in the 2nd? We'd rather our clients to only have to type this in once.
Please let me know if this is possible and if so, what your rates are.

Thanks
Pete

Riddick

It’s very much passable just use sessions. And my friend if it’s not to much I’ll do it for free. Always glad to help others.
You can mail me at riddick@mighty.co.za.

Riddick

Hi Pete

My mail is for some reason not reaching you. If I understand you correctly your code is working fine you just need to display fields that is already filled in on page 1 to display on page 2.

All you need to do on page 2 is to add a value to your textfield that was already filled in on page 1, like this.

On page 1 you textfield will look something like this:
<input type="text" name="textfield">

On page 2 you just add a value:
<input type="text" name="textfield" value=”<?php echo “$_POST['textfield']” ?>”>
The <?php echo “” ?> tags is for when your html code is not between php tags.

Let me know if this is what you were looking for.

phpete2

Hi again Riddick,

I followed your advice on my 2-step form problem by plugging in
<input type="text" name="textfield" value=”<?php echo “$_POST['textfield']” ?>”>
Now I get this error when I go to the page:
Parse error: parse error, expecting ','' or';'' in /home3/hdangel/omcal-www/w_end_user_form_test.html on line 171

An example of one of the text fields I want to carry over:
<input name="servicing_co_req" type="text" id="servicing_co_req" size="35">

I noticed you use "value", while my html shows "id".
Are these the same?

For example of work in progress you can go to http://www.omcal.com/test_form1.html
After the customer fills out this form they are redirected to a page where they choose
End-user, Dealer or Installer Address. Each of which is a link to the actual form where
I need the data to be forwarded.

Hope this clears things up a bit...

Thanks
Pete

Riddick

No id is not the same thing but you can leave the id there it’s okay. The error you received is a parse error (one of the most irritating errors one can receive), post page 2’s code (http://www.omcal.com/test_form2.html) I will have a look at it somewhere you are using a “ at a wrong place or maybe didn’t close the “ somewhere it could be a few thing but I’ll have a look. Usually but unfortunately not always if the error says on lline 171 the error wil be on or before line 171 most of the time

Also try using single quotes at the echo if it’s giving you the same error, like this.

Make the changes and see if it’s still give you the same error, if so just post the code with the error message.

The e-mail you sent me you typed this:
<input type="text" name="textfield" value=?<?php echo ?$_POST['textfield']? ?>?>

If this was in you code the problem is the ??>?> at the end there. Was this jus a typo in your e-mail?

I have also noticed in the fist e-mail you sent me there was an attached doc (dealer w.php) and there you use the <<<EOF EOF to echo your HTML function if that is also the case on test_form2.html the problem can be that firstly if you are using php on this page you must rename the page to test_form2.php to let the server know that you are using php on your page. Then secondly you don’t have to echo then u just use:

Riddick

O sorry I just followed the form on your website. Yes this changes things a bit.

On test_form2.html you will have <a href=”w_end_user.html”>End User Address</a>
U also need to send the info here via url to the next page (w_end_user.html) like this:
<a href=”w_end_user.html?servicing_co_req=$POST[servicing_co_req]&second_textfield=$POST[second_textfield]&third_textfield=$_POST[third_textfield]&etc..etc”>End User Address</a>

Then on w_end_user_form_test.html your textfield must look like this:
<input name="servicing_co_req" type="text" id="servicing_co_req" size="35" value=”<?php echo“$_GET[servicing_co_req]” ?>”>

And remember if you are using php on a page name them page.php not page.html. And also if you html is between <?php ?> tags you don’t have to use <?php echo “” ?> cause then your html are being echoed by a <<<EOF function or it will lie between somting like $Display = ‘html ‘; echo “$display”;

phpete2

Hi Riddick,
I plugged in what you told me and changed the appropriate html files to php, and now I get this error:
Parse error: parse error in /home3/hdangel/omcal-www/test_form2.php on line 177

Attached is one file with test_form1, test_form2 and end_user_form_test.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,
Pete

Riddick

Attached is the 3 files, it’s working fine now. The files are done in dreamweaver if you don’t have it open them with wordpad NOT notepad.
There was nothing wrong with the code except be careful when using a text editor or when coping and pasting script, if you don’t have a program like dreamweaver use wordpad. The problem with the code was the “ “ . When you look at your old code you will notice the “ are slightly leaning forward like a / and this is wrong php does not see that.
And the only other thing was on your second page at the href I have added <?php ?> tags.

That’s it, hope you get it right.

phpete2

Thanks Riddick,
The pre-population works!
Only problem now is that the 1st form (index.php)
no longer sends it's data to the database file and no longer
emails the data to a specified address. (pcforbes@pacbell.net)
Without these functions the form is of no use to us.
Is it possible to have all these functions?

-Pete

Riddick

Hi Pete

Yes it’s possible, the forms you sent me didn’t contain any code for mailing or adding files to a database. It’s going to be difficult for me to write these codes because I don’t know the structure of your mysql database.

The pages currently running live on your webpage are they mailing and storing the files correctly? If so send me that pages, and I can do the changes directly on that pages and you can just replace them when I’m finish, I think that’s going to be the easiest way to do it. You must send me all 3 pages.

phpete2

Yes, the live pages are mailing and storing the files correctly.
The 1st page found at http://www.omcal.com/warranty_form.html is basically a jump page that links to the 3 forms:
1. http://www.omcal.com/w_end_user_form.html
2. http://www.omcal.com/w_dealer_form.html
3. http://www.omcal.com/w_install_form.html

Each of these forms accesses a slightly different php script on the server.

What we need is to have the form you put togethor not only pre-populate, but also mail and store the data.

Attached are all of the page's code along with the php script that they access below.

Hope this helps.
Thanks
Pete

Riddick

Hi Pete

I hope this is what you are looking for, you will see there is only 2 pages. The first page is warranty_form_new.html and the second page is w_combined_form.php.
I have combined w_end_user_form, w_dealer_form and w_install_form in one page. You will see on the first page you enter your information and click a radio button for where you want the warranty parts to be sent to (End user, Dealer or Installer). The info goes to page 2 where you fill in the rest of the information and submit. I have done a couple of test runs, so sorry you will have to clear it in your db. But at least we know it’s sending the mail.

All you have to do now is coppy these 2 files in your folder and set your href’s on the other pages to go to warranty_form_new.html where the old one was warranty_form.html.
The href links on warranty_form_new is set to go to w_combined_form.php, and the href’s on w_combined_form.php is set to go to w_install.php, w_dealer.php or w_end_user.php witch you already have.

Let me know if this was what you had in mind.

phpete2

Hi Riddick,
Looks really good.

Re: the first page, warranty_form_new.html.
Have heard that this step might not be necessary.
Our main objective is to have the Servicing Dealer Company Info from the 1st & 2nd form go to 2 seperate folders on the db.

It needs to go to a folder that contains only the isolated Servicing Dealer Info. (maybe call it servicing_dealer_co)
Just like you already have, it needs to go to the other folders combined with the other data, just like you've already configured. (end user, dealer, installer)

Is it possible?
This would erase the 1st step.

By the way, I'm not seeing the data on the installer.csv file on the db.
And can you make all the info on these forms required?

Thanks,
Pete

phpete2

Hi again Riddick,
A small change that I thought you'd need to know.
I've pasted info below on the exact folders that pertain to the Warranty Request Form.
It looks as if we now have 5 designated forms/ folders.
No longer will it be:
End User Address Dealer Address Installer Address

Now there are 5 folders/ forms which need to be:
__End User, Designer, Ergo, Purchasing Facilities, and Installer

Thanks
Pete