[RESOLVED] Wierd form error

[Toadums]

Hey guys...here is the code that I have for my form:

$dateCheck = $FirstDay;
?>
<div class="forms">;
<form name ="dates" id="dates" action="<?php echo($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post">
<?
while($dateCheck < $LastDay){

	$year = substr($dateCheck,0,4);
	$month = (int)substr($dateCheck,5,2);
	$day =substr($dateCheck,8,2);	

$dateCheck = mktime(0,0,0,date($month),date($day)+$daysToShow,date($year));

$daysToShow=7;

$dateCheck = date('Y-m-d',$dateCheck);

?>

<input type="submit" name="<?php echo $dateCheck;?>" value="<?php echo $dateCheck;?>"/><br/>";

</form></div>	

<?php

} 


if(isset($_POST['$dateCheck'])){
	echo $dateCheck;
}

I have never seen this error before...but this is what it says:

 Not Found

The requested URL /Timesheet/$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. 

and I get that error when I try to click one of the submit buttons

It is probably just something stupid that I am missing...im tired 🙁

Thanks

[aarchaic]

<?
while($dateCheck < $LastDay){

    $year = substr($dateCheck,0,4);
    $month = (int)substr($dateCheck,5,2);
    $day =substr($dateCheck,8,2);    

$dateCheck = mktime(0,0,0,date($month),date($day)+$daysToShow,date($year));

$daysToShow=7;

$dateCheck = date('Y-m-d',$dateCheck);

?> 

i sometimes get error when i have opening php tags and just use <? rather than <?php

try changing the <? to <?php and see what it does then.

if it still gives you problems supply the whole source and i'll have a look again.

[ixalmida]

You might try removing the parenthesis. It looks like it's echoing $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] instead of eching the resulting URL.

But the better question is: Why even bother? Unless you intend to change the file name often or you have tons and tons of code, why not just leave out the PHP function and type in the file name?

It seems to me that using PHP_SELF is overused and tends to invite problems.

[Bjom]

The problem lies most likely in what $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] returns. Have it printed out to the screen. It could be that you get the files 'physical' location rather than the URL.

Other than that: you can go w/o the () for echo, it's a language construct not a function. See here

And (as aarchaic pointed out already) using full <?php tags instead of the short tags is safer and also better style (for style see for example: here.

Bjom

[Toadums]

yeah, i dont know why i didnt have <?php...i always do...guess i just forgot 😛

Either way, it is fixed now O.o lol not sure what happened lol

THanks

[dagon]

always use <php not <?

short tags are depreciated, and will not exist in php 6