[RESOLVED] PHP code need help..!!!

JohnJeans

Hello
What is the problem in the following form code:

                      <?php 
    99		  echo "Enfant 2:";\n 
      100           echo "Prénom et nom:"; echo $_POST['Fname2']; echo $_POST['Lname2']; \n 
		  echo "Allergies connues :"; echo $_POST['Allergies2']; \n 
                      echo "Date de naissance:"; echo $_POST['DDN2']; \n 
		  echo "RAMQ:"; echo $_POST['RAMQ2']; echo "Exp.:"; echo $_POST['Exp_2']; \n 
                      ?>
  -   First of all, this code returns "Internal Server Error" in line 100 !! Why I don't know !?
  -   Second, I want this portion to disappear from the output if there is no "second child" to be registered in the form !!??
  So I need to check that when a variable is not empty then the above code should appear in the output otherwise should disappear !!! I tried the following code: 

                       <?php
                       if (!empty($_POST[Fname2])) 
                      {
    99		  echo "Enfant 2:";\n 
      100           echo "Prénom et nom:"; echo $_POST['Fname2']; echo $_POST['Lname2']; \n 
		  echo "Allergies connues :"; echo $_POST['Allergies2']; \n 
                      echo "Date de naissance:"; echo $_POST['DDN2']; \n 
		  echo "RAMQ:"; echo $_POST['RAMQ2']; echo "Exp.:"; echo $_POST['Exp_2']; \n 
                      }
                      ?>
      But always returns "Internal Server Error"  !!!
  Finally, Can you recommend good php editor shows me where is my errors on spot..!!? 
     I use Dreamwaever MX (old version)..!!!!
    Thanks a lot !!!

cretaceous

Remove those \n
You don't need them, they are html not PHP
- and if your line numbers are really in there (99 and 100) get rid of them too

dalecosp

<?php
if (!empty($_POST[Fname2]))   // if "not empty isn't working, try a combination of [man]isset[/man]() and [man]strlen[/man]()
{
echo "Enfant 2:";
echo "Prénom et nom:";
echo $_POST['Fname2'];
echo $_POST['Lname2'];
echo "Allergies connues :";
echo $_POST['Allergies2'];
echo "Date de naissance:"; 
echo $_POST['DDN2']; 
echo "RAMQ:"; 
echo $_POST['RAMQ2']; 
echo "Exp.:";
echo $_POST['Exp_2'];
}

It really looks like you could use some formatting of your output, also.

You can do stuff like this (use the "dot", for concatenation) and use fewer echo() statements:

 echo "Name: ".$_POST['name_variable']."<br>";

JohnJeans

cretaceous;11049203 wrote:
Remove those \n
You don't need them, they are html not PHP
- and if your line numbers are really in there (99 and 100) get rid of them too

Thank you dear cretaceous!
Those \n to let start a new line and I'm almost sure that those are php the html equivlant is 
and if I'll remove them then all the output will be on the same line.!!!

For the line numbers I put them for the thread to show that line 99 is working but 100 is not..!!!
but the numbers 99 - 100 are not included in the code.!
Thanks again cretaceous!

JohnJeans

dalecosp;11049207 wrote:

<?php
if (!empty($_POST[Fname2]))   // if "not empty isn't working, try a combination of [man]isset[/man]() and [man]strlen[/man]()
{
echo "Enfant 2:";
echo "Prénom et nom:";
echo $_POST['Fname2'];
echo $_POST['Lname2'];
echo "Allergies connues :";
echo $_POST['Allergies2'];
echo "Date de naissance:"; 
echo $_POST['DDN2']; 
echo "RAMQ:"; 
echo $_POST['RAMQ2']; 
echo "Exp.:";
echo $_POST['Exp_2'];
}

It really looks like you could use some formatting of your output, also.

You can do stuff like this (use the "dot", for concatenation) and use fewer echo() statements:

 echo "Name: ".$_POST['name_variable']."<br>";

Thank you dear dalecosp!

I don't know how to use "try a combination of [man]isset/man and [man]strlen/man" !
I'll try to put "echo" once at every line :
echo "Enfant 2:";
echo "Prénom et nom:";
echo $POST['Fname2'];
echo $POST['Lname2'];
echo "Allergies connues :";
echo $POST['Allergies2'];
echo "Date de naissance:";
echo $POST['DDN2'];
echo "RAMQ:";
echo $POST['RAMQ2'];
echo "Exp.:";
echo $POST['Exp_2'];
}"

Thanks again dalecosp!

JohnJeans

JohnJeans;11049217 wrote:
Thank you dear dalecosp!

I don't know how to use "try a combination of [man]isset/man and [man]strlen/man" !

I'll try to put "echo" once at every line :
echo "Enfant 2:";
echo "Prénom et nom:";
echo $POST['Fname2'];
echo $POST['Lname2'];
echo "Allergies connues :";
echo $POST['Allergies2'];
echo "Date de naissance:";
echo $POST['DDN2'];
echo "RAMQ:";
echo $POST['RAMQ2'];
echo "Exp.:";
echo $POST['Exp_2'];
}"

Thanks again dalecosp!

I just put the following:
<?php
//Enfant 2
echo "Enfant 2:";\n
112 echo "Prénom et nom:";
echo $POST['Fname2'];
echo $POST['Lname2']; \n
echo "Allergies connues :";
echo $POST['Allergies2']; \n
echo "Date de naissance:";
echo $POST['DDN2']; \n
echo "RAMQ:";
echo $POST['RAMQ2'];
echo "Exp.:";
echo $POST['Exp_2']; \n

					  ?>
 Again "Internal Server Error" 
 PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_ECHO in /hermes/bosnaweb03a/b2046/ipg.vipitalianfashioncom/0101bay/GospelChurch/action_inscription_MM.php on line 112 !!!!!!!!!

dalecosp

None (or very few) of those echo statements are valid:

JohnJeans wrote:
echo $_POST['Exp_2']; \n 

Instead, that should read like this:

echo $_POST['Exp_2']. "\n";

"\n" in DOUBLE quotes will be interpreted as a "Unix Newline", aka PHP_EOL, aka [man]chr/man or LF ("Line Feed") in ASCII[/table]. If the output of this script is a browser, it will do absolutely nothing. If it is a text file or email, it might do something depending on what program you use to read the text file or email. If it's a Windows system, I doubt very much it will be helpful, unless the software is line-ending aware and substitutes CRLF for LF (notepad.exe, for example, doesn't do this, and downloading a Unix type text file on a Windows machine often makes people wonder what the heck is wrong with the software on the other end when it's actually Notepad's fault for not being smarter...).

Note also that by using the board's built in PHP tags [ php ][ /php ] (as I did when I quoted you), you might have been able to see the problem yourself - note the red text indicating the string as opposed to blue indicating code; since the literal '\n' isn't valid PHP code, you get a parse error from the PHP interpreter.

JohnJeans

dalecosp;11049225 wrote:
None (or very few) of those echo statements are valid:

Instead, that should read like this:
echo $_POST['Exp_2']. "\n";
"\n" in DOUBLE quotes will be interpreted as a "Unix Newline", aka PHP_EOL, aka [man]chr/man or LF ("Line Feed") in ASCII[/table]. If the output of this script is a browser, it will do absolutely nothing. If it is a text file or email, it might do something depending on what program you use to read the text file or email. If it's a Windows system, I doubt very much it will be helpful, unless the software is line-ending aware and substitutes CRLF for LF (notepad.exe, for example, doesn't do this, and downloading a Unix type text file on a Windows machine often makes people wonder what the heck is wrong with the software on the other end when it's actually Notepad's fault for not being smarter...).

Note also that by using the board's built in PHP tags [ php ][ /php ] (as I did when I quoted you), you might have been able to see the problem yourself - note the red text indicating the string as opposed to blue indicating code; since the literal '\n' isn't valid PHP code, you get a parse error from the PHP interpreter.

Thank you so much dear dalecosp!
So, if I'll remove \n then I'll put instead to let a new line starts!?

Dear dalecosp!
What I'll put as an "if" Code checking if the variable "Fname2" is not empty then to display the above block of info otherwise will let that block disappear..!!!

dalecosp, I appreciate your help..!!

dalecosp

JohnJeans;11049227 wrote:
Thank you so much dear dalecosp!
So, if I'll remove \n then I'll put instead to let a new line starts!?

Dear dalecosp!
What I'll put as an "if" Code checking if the variable "Fname2" is not empty then to display the above block of info otherwise will let that block disappear..!!!

dalecosp, I appreciate your help..!!

What you put for a "new line" depends on your output format. I went through that quite a bit; if it's a browser, use an appropriate HTML tag, such as or text here ...

As for a conditional/if:

if ( isset( $_POST['FName2'] ) && strlen( $_POST['FName2'] )) {

   // your ECHO stuff goes here

} // don't forget a closing curly brace/bracket.

Of course, this doesn't even begin to address security, which generally says "Do NOT trust user-POSTed input" 😉

JohnJeans

dalecosp;11049229 wrote:
What you put for a "new line" depends on your output format. I went through that quite a bit; if it's a browser, use an appropriate HTML tag, such as or text here ...

As for a conditional/if:
if ( isset( $_POST['FName2'] ) && strlen( $_POST['FName2'] )) {

 // your ECHO stuff goes here

} // don't forget a closing curly brace/bracket.
Of course, this doesn't even begin to address security, which generally says "Do NOT trust user-POSTed input" 😉

I put the Following:
<?php
//Enfant 2
if ( isset( $POST['FName2'] ) && strlen( $POST['FName2'] ))
{
echo "Enfant 2:";
echo "Prénom et nom:";
echo $POST['Fname2'];
echo $POST['Lname2'];
echo "Allergies connues :";
echo $POST['Allergies2'];
echo "Date de naissance:";
echo $POST['DDN2'];

echo "RAMQ:";
echo $POST['RAMQ2'];
echo "Exp.:";
echo $POST['Exp_2'];
}
?>

It didn't return any error!! Thank you but:
- When I left the box which belongs to "Fname2" empty it didn't display ( in the browser Chrome or IE..etc ) that echo block ( which is good! and that's what I want.!)
But when I filled text in the box "Fname2" it should then shows the echo part into brakets.!! and as it didn't check that the box is NOT EMPTY..!!!
Thanks again for your wonderfull help dalecosp!

JohnJeans

I thank you a lot dalecosp!
It was a little mistake in the case sensitive in writing the variable: "FName2" it's "Fname2"!
So when I wrote it right the code worked perfectly! as the following ! but regarding the line break is : echo " ";
here is my finale code :

                                               <?php
					  //Enfant 2 
					  if ( isset( $_POST['Fname2'] ) && strlen( $_POST['Fname2'] ))
					  {
 					          echo "Enfant 2:<br>";
					  echo "Prénom et nom:"; echo "&nbsp;";
					  echo $_POST['Fname2']; echo "&nbsp;";
					  echo $_POST['Lname2']; echo "<br>";   
					  echo "Allergies connues :";  echo "&nbsp;";
					  echo $_POST['Allergies2']; echo "<br>"; 
                                              echo "Date de naissance:"; echo "&nbsp;";
					  echo $_POST['DDN2']; echo "<br>"; 
					  echo "RAMQ:"; echo "&nbsp;";
					  echo $_POST['RAMQ2']; echo "&nbsp;"; echo "&nbsp;";
					  echo "Exp.:"; echo "&nbsp;";
					  echo $_POST['Exp_2']; echo "<br>"; 
					  }
					  echo "<br>";
     Thanks again dalecosp! you were great!

cretaceous

Sorry - as dalecosp says \n is not html but it's not PHP either !

Just do this and then your html wil look nice as well

echo "\nEnfant 2:<br>";
echo "\nPrénom et nom: ".$_POST['Fname2'] ." ".$_POST['Lname2']."<br>";
echo "\nAllergies connues : ".$_POST['Allergies2']."<br>";
etc