[RESOLVED] Add text to pg after form submission

ktonkin

Is there a way via php to add text to the current page after a form is submitted? For example, I have a contact page, and instead of sending the guest to a new "thanks" page, I would like the contact page to refresh with the line "Your request has been submitted, thank you."

Thanks.
K

sneakyimp

you need an if/then statement in your php page. Let's suppose your submit button has a name of 'submit' and the method is 'post'.

<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
?>
THANKS FOR YOUR SUBMISSION!
<?
} else {
?>
<form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">
<input type="text" name="someInput" value="">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
<?
}
?>

ktonkin

I am not sure where this goes (yes, I am a real Newbie here). My form relies on a feedback.php page so is the action statement you gave in conflict with this? Here is the form code:

<h1 align="center" style="margin-top: 20px">Questions, Comments, or Quotes?</h1>
<form method="POST" action="feedback.php" style="margin:0px;">
Name: <input type="text" name="name" size="40">
Email: <input type="text" name="email" size="40">
Address: <input type="text" name="address" size="40">
City, State, Zip: <input type="text" name="citystatezip" size="40">
Questions, Comments, or Quote Information:
<textarea name="info" cols="40" rows="6"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

Thank you!
K

sneakyimp

You're going to have to try harder than that.

ktonkin

Ok, I am not sure what that means, but I will rephrase my question. In my form I have a line that states a post action:
<form method="POST" action="feedback.php" style="margin:0px;">

You suggest to use another form action:
<form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">

Do these two actions conflict? I put the code into where I assumed it would go (at the beginning of the form) and did not get the "thank you" statement when I submitted the form.

Is that trying hard enough for you?

sneakyimp

You can read what about $_SERVER in the documentation.

If your form is submitting to itself, that should be fine because $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] will always point to the current document - even if you change its name.

My post originally said that you need an if/then statement in your PHP page. You can read about that here.

The basic idea is that if someone has submitted your form, then you want to do one thing else you do a different thing.