[RESOLVED] Help with $PHP_SELF

[jheitz]

Thanks Konrad. I tried it but it didn't solve my problem... do you have an idea why this might be happening? Thanks

[codeordie_com]

Hi, this works for me, is this what you want?

<?php
if (is_numeric($_GET['projectid']) && $_GET['projectid'] > 0)
	$projectId = $_GET['projectid'];
else
	$projectId = $_POST['value'];

?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
	<input type="text" name="value" value="<?php echo $projectId; ?>"/>
	<input type="submit"/>
</form>

[jheitz]

Many thanks for the suggestion. I have a similar logic, but tried to adopt elements of yours to see if my problem got fixed. Unfortunately, it didn't.

What happens is that, once I call the page with a GET argument, the POST FORM seems to be resubmitting that argument over and over again (ie: the line "if isset($_GET..." always returns true)... 😡

[konrad]

If you put $SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] as your form action, the form should call the script name without any $GET data... Try to debug your script with print_r($_SERVER);

[codeordie_com]

or paste the entire code, please.
Do GET variables appear in the "action" field if you view the generated HTML code?

[jheitz]

Thanks a bunch guys:

The print returns (among other things):

[HTTP_REFERER] => http://localhost/myjewellery/project_maintenance.php?ProjectName=B001

PHP_SELF] => /myjewellery/project_maintenance.php [REQUEST_TIME] => 1148032185 [argv] => Array ( [0] => ProjectName=B001 ) [argc] => 1 

On the call with GET and on the subsequent calls clicking on the POST submit button.... I am happy to post the code, but it's quite lengthy so I'm trying other alternatives first.

Also, all subsequent calls using POST still show on the browser's URL the get argument.

[codeordie_com]

Maybe a php.ini configuration problem?

[jheitz]

I am not sure if this would make any difference, but the page that calls this page with a GET variable is not done with a submit form but with a link in which I kind of hardcode the GET argument like this:

<a href='project_maintenance.php?ProjectName=". $ProjectsArray[$i]["ProjectName"] ."'>

Could this have anything to do with the fact that the GET argument is persisting? If it does, do you have any idea how I can get rid of the ARGUMENTS after the first GET call (is this possible?)

[codeordie_com]

uhm, the code I pasted was called without a submit form (and it works)...

[fishy]

I think its $SESSION['REQUEST_URI'] instead of $SESSION['SCRIPT_NAME'] as per konrad not that it would help you

[jheitz]

Guys, this is just so weird.... If I change my POST action to "project_maintenance.php" (ie: the script name) it works OK. Now when I use $SERVER['PHP_SELF'] or $SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] it does not work... guess I'll have to do without using a "smart" reference and will just have to hardcode the file name to get around this (?)

[jheitz]

I don't know why it didn't work earlier, but my little hack to check if there is a GET argument on the POST action and remove anything after (and including) the first ? has worked when I've tried now again:

			if ($pos = strpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], '?')) {
  				$PAGE = substr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 1, $pos);
			}

Thanks for all your help anyways 🙂