PHP Works Online but not on WAMP

5theresad

My php script works fine when I upload it to a 3rd party web host, but when I test it internally on WAMP it does not. It is a basic script that takes form data and puts it into a .csv file. It appears to work correctly (goes to the thank you page), but when I check the .csv file on the WAMP there is no data written there. Again, when I upload to the web it functions correctly and writes the information to the .csv file.

My boss wants to keep on form internally on the WAMP instead of posting it online, so I need to figure this out. Any help would be appreciated!

bradgrafelman

Are you logging all PHP errors (e.g. error_reporting is set to E_ALL)? Do any errors appear in your logs? How does the redirect to the thank you page occur - via a header() call in the PHP script?

It's hard for us to troubleshoot a basic "it's not working" scenario.

PartDigital

bradgrafelman is right, make sure that error reporting is enabled. Are you referencing the correct file path?

leatherback

Sounds like a filepath / write permission issue

PartDigital

Usually I don't have file permission problems while I'm working on my windows WAMP server.

5theresad

I feel really stupid but it was a file location issue. It's working now. The only problem I have remaining is on my thank you page I am referencing the FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME from the form so it reads "Thank you, we received your submission for JOHN SMITH". On WAMP it just appears blank, but on the external web server it appears JOHN SMITH (or whatever was input).

When you click submit on the form it triggers sendrequest.php. The thank you page is part of the sendrequest.php file. Here is the code that references the FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME fields in the body of the HTML...
<?= $firstname ?>
<?= $lastname ?>

Could this be a PHP version issue? My web server supports PHP 4.0.3 and 5.0...

laserlight

It could be that short open tags are disabled. As such, you should change:

<?= $firstname ?>
<?= $lastname ?>

to:

<?php echo $firstname . ' ' . $lastname; ?>