urgent help - passing values

[adityakonda]

Hi all,

I am need for some desperate help.

I have created an html form - userrequest_login, where the users enter their username, this username is then used in the next page userview.php to display records only appropriate to that user.

This is the code for userrequest_login.php
<form method="POST" action="userview.php">
<?
print "Enter Username: <input type=text name=username size=20><br>\n";

?>
<input type=submit value=Submit><input type=reset>
</form>

I have tried some methods of POST, GET etc.. but have failed. I have lot of functions in userview.php and I not sure how to pass the value and where exactly to put the code in?

POST only seems to work to a certain extent and then the value seems to have been lost.

I send with this message the userview.php file.

Can anyone please correct this code and tell me where I am wrong?

Your help would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Adi

[bpat1434]

Yes, you're using PHP when you dont' need to. HTML forms will post to PHP pages just fine.

<form method="post" action="userview.php">
Enter Username: <input type="text" name="username" size="20"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">&nbsp;<input type="reset" value="Clear Field">
</form>

When doing HTML, you have to make sure it's not malformed. Make sure you encapsulate all values in quotes. What you had was incorrect. While it may be acceptable, it won't always work.

Now, your userview.php script MUST reference the variables in this way:
$POST['username']
To get the username submitted into a variable you MUST use:
$username = $POST['username'];

That should do it. Hope I helped some.

~Brett

[adityakonda]

Thanks Brett.

But the variable seems to only pass to a certain extent. After which it seems to be lost.

I may not be posting the value in the right place or all the required places.

If u do get any spare time, please go through my code and see where i am going wrong.

There are lot of functions in the code, each either adds, edits or views the record. The code is a bit messy though.

Your help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

You can access the page online at http://wooltonjcr.servehttp.com/userrequest_login.php

and enter an username called 'akonda', as you would expect you see only records relevant to that name, but as soon as you to move on to the other funtions likr 'view' and 'give feedback', an error saying undefined index shows up.

Adi.

[bpat1434]

You can modify this:

<? function select()
  {
  global $showrecs;
  global $page;
  global $order;
  global $ordtype;

to this

<? function select()
  {
  global $showrecs, $page, $order, $ordtype;

That goes for all your global variable definitions.

The only MAJOR thing I see is that you're using BOTH early and recent PHP code. Which version are you using? $POST[] replaced $HTTP_POST_VARS[] in PHP 4.1 I believe, possibly later; yet, you use both. Your $username variable is set using the $POST[] array, while ALL OTHER VARIABLES are set using the $HTTP_GET/POST_VARS[] array(s). Choose one, and stick with it.

Secondly, I would suggest removing all the bloat from your page. Split it up so it's easier to work with. Having all the functions in one page makes it really hard to navigate around logically. Take all your functions, put them in a new PHP document, and just include that at the top of the page that will use them.

I'll attach two txt files with how I would lay out your code. It's more free flowing, and easier.

Download them here: Functions.phps & userview.phps

I edited your code only slightly, and went with a more recent version of PHP to script for. I don't see a "form" that the username is submitted to, so I'm not sure what's going on. The only thing I can say, is that when they submit the username, put the username into the session. Something like a little line like this:

$_SESSION['username'] = (isset($_POST['username'])) ? $_POST['username'] : $_SESSION['username'];
$username = (isset($_POST['username'])) ? $_POST['username'] : $_SESSION['username'];

Hope that helps.

~Brett

[adityakonda]

Thanks a lot for ur help brett.

I have manged to solve the problem, by using the code which is pretty much similar to the one you have suggested.

I will follow what you have said in the future.

Thanks again

Adi