[RESOLVED] Not Getting Value Back

[rigorlicious]

Hey Guys,

I'm going crazy trying to figure this out. I'm making a request form that when you fill it out, emails the values to me. I'm just testing it right now to make sure it works but for some reason whenever I get it to spit the value back to me, it keeps giving me a 0 for the width and I can't figure out why.

The HTML is :

<form action="requestquote.php" method="post">
Material: <select name="materials">
			<option value=""></option>
            <option value="absoluteblackjet">Absolute Black Jet</option>
            <option value="angolablack">Angola Black</option>
            <option value="bonaccordimpala">Bon Accord/Impala</option>
            <option value="galaxystar">Galaxy Star</option>
            <option value="maduragold">Madura Gold</option>
            <option value="tanbrown">Tan Brown</option>
            </select>
<p>
Worktop Peiece:
<p>
Peiece 1 
<p>
Width:	<input type="text" name="worktopwidth" value="" size="5" maxlength="5" />
Length:	<input type="text" name="workleng" value="" size="5" maxlength="5" />
<p>
Email: <input type="text" name="email" value="" size="20" />
<p>
<input type="submit" />
<input type="reset" />
</form>

and the php page it's referencing is:

$materials = $_REQUEST["materials"];
$workwidth = (int)$_REQUEST["workwidth"];
$workleng = (int)$_REQUEST["workleng"];
$email = $_REQUEST["email"];

$to = "**********";
$subject = "Mailer Test";
$message = "$materials, $workwidth, $workleng, $email";
$headers = "From: $email";

echo $materials;
echo "<br />";
echo $workwidth;
echo "<br />";
echo $workleng;
echo "<br />";
echo $email;
echo "<br />";

$execute_statement = "INSERT INTO quoats(materials, workwidth, workleng, email) VALUES('$materials','$workwidth','$workleng', '$email')";

mysql_query($execute_statement) or die ('Error executing SQL statement!!! Cant Add Values2');

$sent = mail($to, $subject, $headers, $message); 

if($sent==true) {print "Your mail was sent successfully"; } 

else {print "We encountered an error sending your mail"; } 

It seems to be emailing fine and inserting the info into the Database with no problem, just no value for width.

Any help would be really appreciated!

[NogDog]

In the HTML form you named the field "worktopwidth", but you're only using "workwidth" when trying to reference it in the $REQUEST array. (If you had notice-level error reporting turned on, you would see notices to the effect that $REQUEST['workwidth'] does not exist.)

PS: Since your form is using the "post" method, I would recommend using $POST instead of $REQUEST. It's not a huge deal, but I'd recommend using the more specific ($POST) over the more general ($REQUEST) just to avoid possible collisions between different data sources (post, get, cookies) with the same names.

[rigorlicious]

Wow, I feel silly for even asking. Is Novice Level error reporting something that I would turn on in Dreamweaver? How would I get that turned on so I can avoid something like that in the future?

[NogDog]

You can include notice-level errors either in your php.ini file or .htaccess file by adjusting the error_reporting setting. You'll also need display_errors enabled. Or you can set it on a script by script basis by adding the following to your code:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', true); // set to false in production version
error_reporting(E_ALL);
/* rest of script */

[rigorlicious]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it!