HTTP 404 error

[BIOSTALL]

Hey, i have been trying to solve this for days so now i thought its time to turn to you PHP l337's, see if you can see something i'm missing.

I've got a form and the opening tag looks like this:

<form name="form1" method="post" action="ForumAddEdit.php?<?php echo "username=$usname&postdate=$postdate&posttime=$posttime&threadid=$threadid"; ?>">

Now, when the submit button is clicked, i get a 'HTTP 404 Not Found Error'. I've never received this on other php pages where i've tried to pass variables. This is the first time. The variables are coming up correctly in the address bar of the next page, the page is just not loading.

So if anyone can see a reason why i'd be getting this error, i'd be very grateful if they'd tell me. If you want to see anymore code, just ask and yes i have checked the spelling of the target page and the variables.

Thank you, BIOSTALL

[Installer]

See what you get without the query, i.e.,

<form name="form1" method="post" action="ForumAddEdit.php">

[acey99]

Originally posted by BIOSTALL
Hey, i have been trying to solve this for days so now i thought its time to turn to you PHP l337's, see if you can see something i'm missing.

I've got a form and the opening tag looks like this:

<form name="form1" method="post" action="ForumAddEdit.php?<?php echo "username=$usname&postdate=$postdate&posttime=$posttime&threadid=$threadid"; ?>">

Now, when the submit button is clicked, i get a 'HTTP 404 Not Found Error'. I've never received this on other php pages where i've tried to pass variables. This is the first time. The variables are coming up correctly in the address bar of the next page, the page is just not loading.

So if anyone can see a reason why i'd be getting this error, i'd be very grateful if they'd tell me. If you want to see anymore code, just ask and yes i have checked the spelling of the target page and the variables.

Thank you, BIOSTALL

probably here :

<form name="form1" method="post" action="ForumAddEdit.php?<?php echo "username=$usname&postdate=$postdate&posttime=$posttime&threadid=$threadid"; ?>">

should be:

<form name="form1" method="post" action="ForumAddEdit.php">

you don't need to pass the vars with the action, the script SHOULD pick them up with $POST & $REQUEST arrays.

[BIOSTALL]

Even when its just ForumAddEdit.php on it own with no variables i still get the HTTP 404 error

[thorpe]

sometimes its usefull to pass querystring values allong with a form. this is perfectly normal procedure, and allows you to point more than one form to a page with multiple processing functions.

eg;

<form action="process.php?action=add">
...blah
...blah
</form>

<form action="process.php?action=edit">
...blah
...blah
</form>

then on your process.php page;

switch ($_GET['action']) {
  case 'add';
    add();
  case 'edit';
    edit();
}

of course this can also be achieved without using the querystring, but it is perfectly acceptable.

[Installer]

Then your server is simply not finding the file where you're telling it to look. Check your paths, where the file is, character case, etc.

[thorpe]

well, it seems your server cant find the file. try accessing it directly.

eg

http://localhost/ForumAddEdit.php

what do you get?

[BIOSTALL]

The path, the spelling, the case, the variables etc etc are all correct I just cant figure it out :-S

BIOSTALL

[BIOSTALL]

Right, the purpose of the target page is to edit a cell in my database. Now, even though the page isnt being found (ie. receiving an error) the database is still being changed correctly. So the php script on my target page is running ok. I just can't work out why the page isnt displaying and why i'm getting the error.

BIOSTALL

[Installer]

Do you have a "header()" line, or some other redirection in ForumAddEdit?

[BIOSTALL]

Yes, i have this in ForumAddEdit.php:

$usname = ($_GET['username']);
				$postdate = ($_GET['postdate']);
				$posttime = ($_GET['posttime']);
				$threadid = ($_GET['threadid']);
				$message = ($_POST['editmessage']);
			$sql = "UPDATE Forum_Replies SET reply_message='$message' WHERE reply_poster='$usname' AND reply_postdate='$postdate' AND reply_posttime='$posttime'";
			$result = mysql_query($sql, $connection);
			if (!$result) {
				$print = "<div align='center'>Error editing post<br><br><a href='javascript:history.go(-1)'>Go Back</a></div>";
			}else{
				header("location:ForumReplies?threadid=".$threadid);
				exit();
			}

BIOSTALL

[Installer]

Well...there it is. It can't find a filepath named "ForumReplies". (BTW, leave a space after ":" in the "location" header.)

[BIOSTALL]

I found out what the problem was. It was because i had exit() after the header(). Anyway, thanks for your input 🙂

BIOSTALL

[Installer]

It was because i had exit() after the header().

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