Simple Submit Form

[iagal]

I have done many submit forms on one server and now have built a submit form on a new server which instead of working correctly it hangs on the process page and does nothing.

Is there something that they need to be setting on the server to process simple form method=post forms? I have no control over our servers and am not a hardware/plateform person and would love any asssitance in what to look for.

Thanks in advance. :o

[bogu]

Can u show as how your form look like?

[iagal]

I can, sure... but it works fine on 2 other servers just not this new one, so that's why I'm wondering about settings.

<form method="post" action="extrac_post.html">
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Name of Event:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="ename" size=40 maxlength=200> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Date of Event:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="edate" size=40 maxlength=200> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Time of Event:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="etime" size=40 maxlength=200> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Location of Event:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="elocation" size=40 maxlength=200> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Directions to Event:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="edirections" size=40 maxlength=500> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Description of Event:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="edescription" size=40 maxlength=500> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Website:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="ewebsite" size=40 maxlength=200> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Contact Person:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="econtact" size=40 maxlength=200> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Contact Information:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="econtactinfo" size=40 maxlength=200> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Your Name: </b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="name" size=40 maxlength=200> </td> </tr>
<tr bgcolor="ffffff"><td><p align="right"><b>Your Email:</b> </td><td> <input type="text" name="email" size=40 maxlength=200> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td ColSpan="2">&nbsp;</td> </tr>

<tr bgcolor="ffffff">  <td ColSpan="2"><b>Any additonal information you wish to include:</b>:<br><textarea rows="5" name="comments" cols="64" tabindex="1" maxlength=500></textarea>		</td>	</tr>							 

</table>
<p align="right"> <center><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="reset" value="Reset"></center> </form> </td></tr>

Next Page:
<?php
if ($submit) {
if ( ($name == "")||($email == "") ){
print "Fields missing, please hit the BACK button and try again. ";
} else{
$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Extracurricular Event";
$header = "From: $email";
$msg = "Name of Event: $ename\n";
$msg .= "Date: $dname\n";
$msg .= "Time: $etime\n";
$msg .= "Location: $elocation\n";
$msg .= "Directions: $edirections\n";
$msg .= "Description: $edescription\n";
$msg .= "Website: $ewebsite\n";
$msg .= "Contact Person: $econtact\n";
$msg .= "Contact Information: $econtactinfo\n\n";
$msg .= "Name: $name\n";
$msg .= "Email: $email\n\n";
$msg .= "Comments: $comments\n";
mail ($to, $subject, $msg, $header);
header('Location: extrac_thanks.html');
}
}
?>

[bogu]

Change this:

if ($submit)

into this:

if ($_POST['submit'])

maybe u have a session or a cookie named "submit" and u have an infinit loop ...

[bogu]

And why do u submit your form to a html page?

<form method="post" action="extrac_post.html">

[iagal]

We have our server set so that .html = .php.

if ($_POST['submit'])

Worked like a charm. Thank you. Can you help me understand how that is different then a simple submit?

[bogu]

You should do your best to write your scripts so that they do not require register_globals to be on. Using form variables as globals can easily lead to possible security problems, if the code is not very well thought of.

So set in php.ini : register_globals = Off

[Weedpacket]

It would also be better to write

if(isset($_POST['submit']))

instead of

if($_POST['submit'])

The first one checks to see if a variable exists, the second assumes that it does and merely checks to see that it's not false.

As for your question

iagal wrote:

Can you help me understand how that is different then a simple submit?

It is covered in the FAQ in the Newbies Forum as question one.