[Resolved] Help with Blank page being displayed

mchit

I am just learning php and am trying to get a very simple registration page working. I haven't started with the database part of it yet. I am just testing out the actual page first. When I click submit on the registration page, it takes me to a blank page (no errors)

Here's registration.html:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
    <title>Register</title>
</head>
<body>

<! -- register.php -- >

<p>Please complete this form to register: </p>

<form action="handle_regs.php" method="post">

<p>First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name" size="20" /></p>

<p>Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name" size="20" /></p>

<p>Department:
<select name="dept">
<option value="">Department</option>
<option value="1">Administration</option>
<option value="2">Business Office</option>
<option value="3">Dietary</option
<option value="4">Discharge Planning</option>
<option value="5">Education</option>
<option value="6">Environmental Services</option>
<option value="7">Geriatric Special Care Unit</option>
<option value="8">Health Information Management</option>
<option value="9">Hospice</option>
<option value="10">Human Resources</option>
<option value="11">Infection Control</option>
<option value="12">Information Technology</option>
<option value="13">Laboratory</option>
<option value="14">Laundry</option>
<option value="15">Long Term Care</option>
<option value="16">Materials Management</option>
<option value="17">Medical Staff</option>
<option value="18">Nursing</option>
<option value="19">Occupational Therapy</option>
<option value="20">Pharmacy</option>
<option value="21">Plant Operations</option>
<option value="22">Physical Therapy</option>
<option value="23">Quality Assurance</option>
<option value="24">Radiology</option>
<option value="25">Respiratory Therapy</option>
<option value="26">Social Services</option>
<option value="27">Surgery</option>
<option value="28">Wellness Center</option>
</select></p>

<p>Email Address: <input type="text" name="email" size="20" /></p>

<p>Password: <input type="password" name="password" size="20" /></p>

<p>Confirm Password: <input type="password" name="confirm" size="20" /></p>

<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Register" /></p>

</form>

</body>
</html>

And here is my handle_regs.php:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
    <title>Registration</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php // handle_regs.php

ini_set ('display_errors', 1); // Let me learn from my mistakes
error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// This page receives the data from register.php
// It will receive: name, email, department, password, and submit
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$dept = $_POST['dept'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$confirm = $_POST['confirm'];

print '<p>Registration Results:</p>';

// Validate the first name.
if (empty ($first_name)) {
    print '<p>Please enter your first name.</p>';
}

// Validate the last name.
if (empty ($last_name)) {
    print '<p>Please enter your last name.</p>';

// Validate the password.
if (empty ($password)) {
    print '<p>Please enter your password.</p>';
}

?>
</body>
</html>

schajee

There is nothing wrong with ur code. Its something to do with PHP and Windows/IIS.

Try using php4isapi.dll as your parser instead of php.exe and try the following code:

<?php

phpinfo();

Blank page is a sign that PHP is not being recognised.

mchit

Oh that code works fine, plus this feedback page works fine. Just something with the handle_regs.php that gives me a blank page.

Here is feedback.php:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
    <title>Feedback Form</title>
</head>
<body>
Please complete this form to submit your feedback: <br />

<form action="handle_form.php" method="post">

Mr. <input type="radio" name="title" value="Mr." />
Mrs. <input type="radio" name="title" value="Mrs." />
<br />
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name" size="10" /> Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name" size="20" />
<br />
Email Address: <input type="text" name="email" size="20" />
<br />
Response: <select name="response">
<option value="excellent">Great site!</option>
<option value="average">Average site.</option>
<option value="bad">Needs work!</option>
</select>
<br />
Comments: <textarea name="comments" rows="3" cols="30"></textarea>
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send My Feedback" />

</form>
</body>
</html>

And this is handle_form.php:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
    <title>Your Feedback</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php // handle_form.php

ini_set ('display_errors', 1); // Let me learn from my mistakes

// This page receives the data from feedback.php
// It will receive: title, name, email, response, comments, and submit
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$response = $_POST['response'];
$title = $_POST['title'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];

$name = $first_name . ' ' . $last_name;

print "Thank you, $name, for your comments. <br />";
print "You stated that you found this site to be $response and added: $comments";
?>
<br />
<br />
<?php
$name = urlencode ($name);
$email = urlencode ($email);
print "Click <a href=\"thanks.php?name=$name&email=$email\">here</a> to continue.";
?>
<br />
<br />
<?php
$n = mt_rand (0, 300);
print "Your lucky number is: $n";
?>
</body>
</html>

mchit

Ok, finally figured it out. Was missing a closing curly brackets here:

// Validate the last name.
if (empty ($last_name)) {
print '<p>Please enter your last name.</p>';
} <----

Dang those curly brackets!

Thanks!

Kudose

If your issue has been resolved, please mark the thread resolved.

Thank you.

schajee

But PHP should have given an error on not finding a } instead of just blacking out.

I had the same problems when i started out, heck I had a similar problem when i recently installed PHP on a windows machine.

It took me a while to sort it out, but searching google paid off.

Anyways, goodluck with your endeavours.