[PHP] $_POST trouble with html form
Why am I getting the error Undefined index: comment? It's probably a typo because I had something similar that worked. form action=?php include (ACTION_DIR./jpeg-comment.php); ? method=post textarea name=comment ROWS=6 COLS=60 ?php print $comments[$thumb_num] ? /textareabr input type=submit value=update annotation /form ?php echo $_POST[comment]; # this is just for debugging ? Also perhaps related, when I call $_POST[comment] in the action file, it gives me Forbidden You don't have permission to access...[error message] but this is my own server at home. I'm quite unfamiliar with forms (and new to PHP for that matter). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] $_POST trouble with html form
On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 13:15, Paul Furman wrote: Why am I getting the error Undefined index: comment? It's probably a typo because I had something similar that worked. form action=?php include (ACTION_DIR./jpeg-comment.php); ? method=post textarea name=comment ROWS=6 COLS=60 ?php print $comments[$thumb_num] ? /textareabr input type=submit value=update annotation /form ?php echo $_POST[comment]; # this is just for debugging ? You will not have access to the $_POST[comment] variable until the form is submitted. It looks like you are trying to access this when the form is loaded. Whatever action is echoed in the jpeg-comment.php script is where you want to use you comment variable. Also perhaps related, when I call $_POST[comment] in the action file, it gives me Forbidden You don't have permission to access...[error message] but this is my own server at home. I'm quite unfamiliar with forms (and new to PHP for that matter). That looks like an access error from your web server. Make sure the directory this file is in is accessible from the web. -- Adam Bregenzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adam.bregenzer.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] $_POST trouble with html form
Adam Bregenzer wrote: Also perhaps related, when I call $_POST[comment] in the action file, it gives me Forbidden You don't have permission to access...[error message] but this is my own server at home. I'm quite unfamiliar with forms (and new to PHP for that matter). That looks like an access error from your web server. Make sure the directory this file is in is accessible from the web. No, it's not accessible from the web, it's in my protected php_library outside public_html. Can't I execute a hidden script with a form? Should I make a little php action file in public_html that includes the actual file? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] $_POST trouble with html form
Paul Furman wrote: Adam Bregenzer wrote: Make sure the directory this file is in is accessible from the web. No, it's not accessible from the web, it's in my protected php_library outside public_html. It does load the protected action file as long as I don't try to call $_POST[comment] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] $_POST trouble with html form
On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 13:32, Paul Furman wrote: No, it's not accessible from the web, it's in my protected php_library outside public_html. Can't I execute a hidden script with a form? no Should I make a little php action file in public_html that includes the actual file? yes -- Adam Bregenzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adam.bregenzer.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] $_POST trouble with html form
Adam Bregenzer wrote: Should I make a little php action file in public_html that includes the actual file? yes OK thanks, I made this: ?php # jpeg-comment-public.php include (C:/_Paul/web/phplib/action/jpeg-comment.php); ? but now the hidden one isn't aware of any variables. Forbidden You don't have permission to access Notice: Undefined variable: thumb_num in C:/_Paul/web/phplib/action/jpeg-comment.php on line 4 etc... on this server. Apache/1.3.29 Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 80 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] $_POST trouble with html form
Adam Bregenzer wrote: You will not have access to the $_POST[comment] variable until the form is submitted. Understood. That debug test only worked after submitting the form. So maybe the better way is to just submit the form with the action file simply reloading the main page to refresh it then put my code below with an if statement checking if the form has been submitted yet and clearing $_POST when I'm done. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] $_POST trouble with html form
On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 13:58, Paul Furman wrote: OK thanks, I made this: ?php # jpeg-comment-public.php include (C:/_Paul/web/phplib/action/jpeg-comment.php); ? but now the hidden one isn't aware of any variables. Forbidden You don't have permission to access Notice: Undefined variable: thumb_num in C:/_Paul/web/phplib/action/jpeg-comment.php on line 4 Where are these variables coming from? The action in your form should be a url that points to the script you want to process the form. In that script you access the form variables by $_POST['variable_name']. IE: form.html: form method=post action=process.php input type=text name=comment / /form process.php: ?php echo $_POST['comment']; ? -- Adam Bregenzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adam.bregenzer.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
