--- In [email protected], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "whoisquilty"
> 
> I'm trying to create an input form. The user will input info into this form 
> and it will then
> insert into a database.
> 
> Here is my form code:
> 
> <form id="FormName" action="version_add2.php" method="get" name="FormName">
> <p>VERSION TITLE*: <input type="text" name="versiontitle" size="59"
> /></p>
> <p>VERSION LENGTH: <input type="text" name="versionlength" size="8" />
> minutes</p>
> <p>RESOLUTION: <select name="resolution" size="1">
> <option selected="selected" value="1080p">1080p</option>
> <option value="480p">480p</option>
> </select></p>
> <p>ASPECT RATIO: <select name="aspectratio" size="1">
> <option value="2.76:1">2.76:1 (MGM Camera 65)</option>
> <option value="1.33:1/4:3">1.33:1/4:33 (Television)</option>
> </select></p>
> <p>COLOR: <select name="color" size="1">
> <option selected="selected" value="C">Color</option>
> <option value="B">Black &amp; White</option>
> <option value="M">Color/Black &amp; White</option>
> </select></p>
> <p><input type="hidden" name="var" value="<?
> 
> $var = floor($_GET['var']);
> 
> print $var;
> 
> ?>" /></p>
> <p><input type="submit" name="Add" value="Add" /></p>
> 
> Here is the code from the beginning of the response page that receives the 
> variables.
> However, no matter what I do, nothing but the hidden value goes from one 
> page to the
> other.
> 
> <?
> $var = floor($_GET['var']);
> $versiontitle = floor($_GET['versiontitle']);
> $versionlength = floor($_GET['versionlength']);
> $resolution = floor($_GET['resolution']);
> $aspectratio = floor($_GET['aspectratio']);
> $color = floor($_GET['color']);
> ?>
> 
> Obviously there is more to this response page. But this is all the farther 
> my browser gets.
> 
> What am I doing wrong here?
> 
> Jeremy
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> Hi Jeremy,
>                  I didn't see a </form>
> 
> I had a bit of a chuckle at </p> - is that DTD 'Very Strict'? lol :)
> 
> The rest looks ok. Seems like a browser problem ie missing tag such as 
> </form> as the only input string being returned is the string placed into 
> the form by PHP.
> 
> Take out the floor() and echo the strings. Maybe you need stripslashes()
> 
> The HTML is a bit loose lol. some DTD strict and some DTD transitional. ie 
> the difference between <br> and <br />
> 
> <input value="<?php echo($_GET['var']); ?>">
> works better for me.
> 
> Also - an easier way to transfer GET/POST vars ...
> 
> $gets = 'var|versiontitle|versionlength|resolution|aspectratio|color';
> $gets = explode('|', $gets);
> foreach($gets as $get)
>   {
>   $$get = floor($_GET[$get]);
>   }
> 
> also floor() has unexpected results. I use -
> $x = 0 + $_GET['x'];
> OR
> $x = intval($x);
> 
> The only other possable problem I can see is method="get" - some browsers 
> need method="GET" but I doubt that is the problem unless you are using a 
> realy old browser.
> 
> OH - and this -
> 
> $color = floor($_GET['color']);
>  is allways going to return null or zero as the string is non numeric
> 
> Thanks, Rob.
>


Thanks, all is working now!

Jeremy

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