[RESOLVED] Index definition error

stormyeyedbear

Im working on getting totals in a table, and in testing, I get messages stating that the indices for total1, total2, total3, and total4 are undefined. Can someone tell me where I am going wrong? I have tried several changes, but get the same errors. The code for the page is below.

<?php 
global $HTTP_POST_VARS;

  $total1 = 'a1' + 'd2' + 'c3' + 'b4' + 'a5';
  $total2 = 'b1' + 'a2' + 'd3' + 'c4' + 'b5';
  $total3 = 'c1' + 'b2' + 'a3' + 'd4' + 'c5';
  $total4 = 'd1' + 'c2' + 'b3' + 'a4' + 'd5';
  ?>
<table width="82%" border="1" align="center">
  <tr> 
    <td><div align="center"><strong>Diplomat</strong></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><strong>Professor</strong></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><strong>Detective</strong></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><strong>Champion</strong></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['a1']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['b1']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['c1']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['d1']; ?></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['d2']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['a2']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['b2']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['c2']; ?></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['c3']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['d3']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['a3']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['b3']; ?></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['b4']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['c4']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['d4']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['a4']; ?></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr> 
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['a5']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['b5']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['c5']; ?></div></td>
    <td><div align="center"><?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['d5']; ?></div></td>
  </tr>
   <tr> 
    <td>Total: <?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['total1'];?></td>
    <td>Total: <?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['total2'];?></td>
    <td>Total: <?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['total3'];?></td>
    <td>Total: <?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['total4'];?></td>
  </tr>
</table>

Thanks.

drew010

at the top you have

  $total1 = 'a1' + 'd2' + 'c3' + 'b4' + 'a5';
  $total2 = 'b1' + 'a2' + 'd3' + 'c4' + 'b5';
  $total3 = 'c1' + 'b2' + 'a3' + 'd4' + 'c5';
  $total4 = 'd1' + 'c2' + 'b3' + 'a4' + 'd5';

that wont work as you expect. it really should be

  $total1 = $HTTP_POST_VARS['a1'] + $HTTP_POST_VARS['d2'] + $HTTP_POST_VARS['c3'] + $HTTP_POST_VARS['b4'] + $HTTP_POST_VARS['a5'];

for every line.

Then at the bottom you have

    <td>Total: <?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['total1'];?></td>
    <td>Total: <?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['total2'];?></td>
    <td>Total: <?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['total3'];?></td>
    <td>Total: <?php print $HTTP_POST_VARS['total4'];?></td>

but those values didnt come from the post, you created them above so it should be

    <td>Total: <?php print $total1;?></td>

for each line.

Also if your php version is greater than 4.1.0 its best to use the $POST array instead of $HTTP_POST_VARS since $POST is already global and $HTTP*VARS is deprecated.

stormyeyedbear

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.