On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Sunfire wrote:
> hi.. i took your idea...
> i put the error reporting code at the top of the script and ran it as the
> problem was still there to see what would happen.. instead i get 0 messages
> from the reporting system and all i get is the last 7 chars of the print
> line and the }?> at the end of the script... so for instance if i do:
> print("<input type=\"text\" name=\"company\" value=$new['company']\n");
> or any variance of that statement changing around the \" and apostrophes
> around to try different things all i get is the rest of the script starting
> from the \n all the way to the rest of the script where it says }?> at the
> end dont know if this is a bug or not but its getting hard to figure out
> what the problem with my echo or print statements are...
> here is the whole script:
> its supposed to get all fields and then display in input text boxes the
> current values in that certain record i know i missed some stuff in it with
> the query but at this point was supposed to be a test to see if i could even
> put it in the box in the first place... but here is the code:
Please step back, slow down, and write your question
in a short concise format. I have no clue what the
above means.
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>edit member</title>
>
> </head>
>
> <form action=edit1.php method=post>
> pick some of these:<br>
> <?php
> error_reporting(E_ALL);
> mysql_connect("192.4.5.6", "root", "");
> mysql_select_db("wata");
> $result=mysql_query("select * from members where company like 'test'");
> while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
> print("<input type=text name=company value=\"$row[company\"]>\n\n");
// Try this instead, see also: htmlspecialchars()*
print "<input type='text' name='company' value='{$row['company']}'>";
Regards,
Philip
* http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.html.php#faq.html.encoding
> }
> ?>
> <input type="submit" value="send">
> </form>
> </html>
>
> /*end*/
> any changes to make it work would be appreciated...tnx
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Sunfire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 6:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] using <input> tags with php (IMPORTANT READ)
>
>
> >
> > On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Sunfire wrote:
> >
> > > if i do this:
> > > /*all the mysql login stuff here*/
> > >
> > > $query=mysql_query("select * from members");
> > > while($new=mysql_fetch_array($query)){
> > > echo "$new['company']";
> > > /*so on through the field list*/
> > > }
> > > on output all i get is the title with a submit button..
> > > otherwise blank..
> >
> > There is a bug in PHP 4.3.0 regarding the use of arrays
> > in strings. The following gave a parse error before
> > PHP 4.3.0:
> >
> > print "Do not do this: $arr['key']";
> >
> > Now it gives an E_NOTICE error due to changes to the string
> > scanner. In PHP 4.3.1 it will no longer give a bogus E_NOTICE
> > and instead it will work (no parse error either). Surrounding
> > the array with {braces} in the string works regardless, so:
> >
> > print "You can do this: {$arr['key']}";
> >
> > Regarding this question, don't write it like that but instead
> > do the following (no quotes needed):
> >
> > echo $new['company'];
> >
> > For those wondering about this bug, see:
> >
> > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=21820
> >
> > The string documentation has been updated to demonstrate
> > the array in string phenomena (except the bug hasn't been
> > mentioned as I'm waiting for it to be committed first).
> >
> > http://www.php.net/types.string
> >
> > Sunfire, you aren't seeing this E_NOTICE error because your
> > error level is turned down (by default). Put this on top
> > of your script to see them all:
> >
> > error_reporting(E_ALL);
> >
> > Regards,
> > Philip
> >
> >
> > > same thing with fetch_object()...and i have 1 row in the members
> table..im
> > > sort of confused now that it doesnt work for a wierd reason
> > >
> > > any better ideas on how to get the stuff out of the table and into vars?
> > > maybe im doing it wrong
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 5:33 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] using <input> tags with php
> > >
> > >
> > > > In a message dated 2/1/2003 2:02:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > >
> > > > >i tried getting the values into vars using fetch_array/fetch_object
> and
> > > > >fetch_row and tried to put them in variables but for some odd reason
> it
> > > > >really doesnt work because when i try to use the vars in the value
> > > section
> > > > >instead of printing in the edit box the content of the variable i
> usually
> > > > >end up with "?>", ">", "<?php", or "}?>" instead... any reason this
> shows
> > > > >up? and when i do:
> > > > >echo "<input type=text name=$name value='$new_var'>";
> > > > >then on the web page i end up with some thing like this instead of
> the
> > > edit
> > > > >box:
> > > > >">";;">
> > > > >}?>
> > > > >any reason for that?
> > > >
> > > > It sounds like $name and/or $new_var may be empty. Did you echo the
> > > variables
> > > > before using them in your form to check whether the values from the
> > > database
> > > > are actually in the variables?
> > > >
> > > > Janet
> > > >
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