[RESOLVED] Using image form submit on click print thankyou, is this possible?

[Melzee]

Hi,

Im new to this forum (and PHP 🙂 and Im hoping someone here can help, please!

I've built a HTML form that uses PHP to connect to mySQL database. Everything is in the one php document and is working. Except that I cant get PHP to print to the page after the submit image has been clicked.

Here is the php part of the document:

<?php
include 'library/config.php';
include 'library/opendb.php';

if ($submit_x) {

$name    = trim($_POST['txtName']);
$email   = trim($_POST['txtEmail']);
$message = trim($_POST['mtxMessage']);

if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
{
	$name    = addslashes($name);
	$message = addslashes($message);
}

if ($message != ""){
$message = "Name: $name\nEmail: $email\nComments: $message\n";
$extra = "From: $name\r\nReply-To: $email\r\n";
mail ("[e-mail]", "Website Email", $message, $extra);

}


$query = "INSERT INTO guestbook (name, email, phone, message) " .
         "VALUES ('$name', '$email', '$phone', '$message')";

mysql_query($query) or die('Error, query failed. ' . mysql_error());

header('Location: ' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

exit;

}

I thought I could add another bit of php below the html form that checks if submit is clicked eg.

<? php

if (?submit_x){
print "thanks";
}

But this doesnt work I get cannot modify header errors.

Any help greatly appreciated!!

Mel

[new_programmer]

Melzee,

I think you need to check like this

if ($_POST['imageSubmitButtonName_x){
print "thanks";
}

[tekky]

When using header() often wise to use output buffering [man]ob_start/man to prevent that error...

[Melzee]

Thanks for your reply.. I tried this but it doesnt work. I dont think you can use POST with an image button.

if ($_POST['imageSubmitButtonName_x){
print "thanks";
}

Any other ideas? 😉

[NogDog]

Melzee wrote:

Thanks for your reply.. I tried this but it doesnt work. I dont think you can use POST with an image button.

if ($_POST['imageSubmitButtonName_x){
print "thanks";
}

Any other ideas? 😉

Replace 'imageSubmitButtonName' with the actual name of your submit button.

[halojoy]

tekky wrote:

When using header() often wise to use output buffering [man]ob_start/man to prevent that error...

I think this is close to the point.

I think you should should just echo 'thanks' and then present a simple link.

Also, if the message is empty, do you want it to be added to database?

A suggestion, something like this:

<?php

include 'library/config.php';
include 'library/opendb.php';

if(!isset($_POST['submit_x'])){
    exit();
}

$name = trim($_POST['txtName']);
$email = trim($_POST['txtEmail']);
$message = trim($_POST['mtxMessage']);

if( empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($message) ){

exit('You have to submit your name, email and a message.<br>Try again!');

}else{

if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc()){
    $name = addslashes($name);
    $message = addslashes($message);
}

$message = "Name: $name\nEmail: $email\nComments: $message\n";
$extra = "From: $name\r\nReply-To: $email\r\n";
mail ("[e-mail]", "Website Email", $message, $extra);

$query = "INSERT INTO guestbook (name, email, phone, message) " .
"VALUES ('$name', '$email', '$phone', '$message')";    
mysql_query($query) or die('Error, query failed. ' . mysql_error());

echo 'Thanks for you guestbook entry!';
echo '<br>';
echo '<a href="guestbook.php">To Guestbook</a>';
exit();

}

[Melzee]

NogDog wrote:

Replace 'imageSubmitButtonName' with the actual name of your submit button.

yeah, I did that!

So now what I have is:

if(!empty($_POST['submit_x'])){

which also works to submit form data to database, but I still cannot get the print or ech o to work.

Thanks.

[Melzee]

hey halojoy...

Thanks.This works!
So basically i just took this line out:
header('Location: ' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
Stuck in the echo and whalla! (hope the above line wasnt too important) 😉

Thanks again. My brain is slowly absorbing this php stuff

Melz