Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 06:49 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: Nathan Rixham wrote: Peter Lind wrote: On 13 April 2010 17:27, Paul M Fosterpa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 03:20:23PM +0200, Merlin Morgenstern wrote: Hello everybody, I have form where users enter data to be saved in a db. How can I make php save the form data into a session before the user leaves the page without pressing the submit button? Some members leave the page and return afterwards wondering where their already entered data is. I hate to be a contrarian (not really), but there is a paradigm for using web forms. If you want the internet to save your data, you have to press the little button. If you don't, then it won't be saved. Not hard to figure out, not hard to do. If you have to go do something else while you're in the middle of a form, open a new tab/window and do it. When you come back to your original form, the data will still be there (but again, not *saved* until you hit the little button). Sorry, I just get cranky with people who won't follow the rules. There are rules and then there's stupidity based on tradition. The fact that websites previously threw away whatever work you had done because you automatically got logged out of your session after half an hour of typing does not mean you should call this a rule that should be adhere to. Google figured it out and did so well: backup automatically and let the user discard manually - not the other way round that leads to lost work. Apart from that, I note that the OP has seemingly managed to solve the problem and all these emails are rather pointless. Concur, and this is nothing to do with the web; http only constrains that the data should be POSTed or PUT; not /when/ a save action is triggered. Functionality is in the realm of the application, and if the client application (in this case the web page) determines that information should be iteratively saved, then that's what it should do. see google docs, gmail etc for real world examples. And a few BANK sites could do with considering waring people that they will time out before you have time to actually write in their message box for on-line emails which you have to use since they will not accept off-line ones. I had a complex message FROM them to answer - and save just told me the seesion had timed out! Bank solution - I should have copied their message to a word processor, and then copied the answer back later ... perhaps they should add that with a warning when trying to use their email page ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php Banks are notorious for not knowing about technology. My bank has a constant popup for Windows software that I 'must install' and has even asked me before to send my bank details over unencrypted email (my actual bank and not a phishing scam, as it was in reply to a question about that darned popup!) Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On 13 April 2010 15:20, Merlin Morgenstern merli...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hello everybody, I have form where users enter data to be saved in a db. How can I make php save the form data into a session before the user leaves the page without pressing the submit button? Some members leave the page and return afterwards wondering where their already entered data is. Any ideas how to save into php session data before someone leaves the page? Use ajax: send a query to the server a couple of seconds after the user has last updated the form. Thank you for any hint, Merlin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- hype WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake51 BeWelcome: Fake51 Couchsurfing: Fake51 /hype -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 15:20 +0200, Merlin Morgenstern wrote: Hello everybody, I have form where users enter data to be saved in a db. How can I make php save the form data into a session before the user leaves the page without pressing the submit button? Some members leave the page and return afterwards wondering where their already entered data is. Any ideas how to save into php session data before someone leaves the page? Thank you for any hint, Merlin Session data is all stored on the server, so it requires a submit in order for the server to actually get the data. You could use Ajax to grab the form data and send it to the server if you need though. However, I'm not really sure what your question is. Are people visiting your site, filling in a form, then pressing the back button to go somewhere else? If so, maybe they intended to not submit the form. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 03:20:23PM +0200, Merlin Morgenstern wrote: Hello everybody, I have form where users enter data to be saved in a db. How can I make php save the form data into a session before the user leaves the page without pressing the submit button? Some members leave the page and return afterwards wondering where their already entered data is. I hate to be a contrarian (not really), but there is a paradigm for using web forms. If you want the internet to save your data, you have to press the little button. If you don't, then it won't be saved. Not hard to figure out, not hard to do. If you have to go do something else while you're in the middle of a form, open a new tab/window and do it. When you come back to your original form, the data will still be there (but again, not *saved* until you hit the little button). Sorry, I just get cranky with people who won't follow the rules. Paul -- Paul M. Foster -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
At 11:27 AM -0400 4/13/10, Paul M Foster wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 03:20:23PM +0200, Merlin Morgenstern wrote: Hello everybody, I have form where users enter data to be saved in a db. How can I make php save the form data into a session before the user leaves the page without pressing the submit button? Some members leave the page and return afterwards wondering where their already entered data is. I hate to be a contrarian (not really), but there is a paradigm for using web forms. If you want the internet to save your data, you have to press the little button. If you don't, then it won't be saved. Not hard to figure out, not hard to do. If you have to go do something else while you're in the middle of a form, open a new tab/window and do it. When you come back to your original form, the data will still be there (but again, not *saved* until you hit the little button). Sorry, I just get cranky with people who won't follow the rules. Paul Paul: What rules? I didn't see any rules. There are simply easy ways to do things and those not so easy -- like jumping out the window or using the stairs. You arrive at the same place, but at what cost? In this case, I don't think the OP has provided us with enough information about his problem. If he is concerned that his users may return to a page and wants the fields filled with what the user previously entered, then that depends upon several different things, such as has the user shut down his browser, or has the user simply clicked the submit button and the page has been refreshed. IOW, how has the user left the page? So, OP explain what you are trying to do? Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
Paul M Foster wrote: Sorry, I just get cranky with people who won't follow the rules. ?php $pauls_post++; ? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:19 PM, tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: So, OP explain what you are trying to do? Cheers, tedd Sorta looks to me like he's in a situation where users are fleeing the form, and wondering why its not filled in when they go back. The natural reaction for this would be to call it abnormal, and tell them to learn how to use a web page, but we all know how the real world is. I like the original ideas from Peter and Ashley. Store a session or cookie, use ajax to periodically update a database table with the information, then re-populate it if/when they come back. I kinda like that word Paradigm. Rolls off the tongue nicely. I'm going to use it 3 times today before I leave the office. -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Unlimited Hosting Plans start @ $3.95/month. Promo Code NEWTHINGS for 10% off initial order http://www.facebook.com/canishosting http://www.facebook.com/originalpoetry
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
Dan Joseph wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:19 PM, tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: So, OP explain what you are trying to do? Cheers, tedd Sorta looks to me like he's in a situation where users are fleeing the form, and wondering why its not filled in when they go back. The natural reaction for this would be to call it abnormal, and tell them to learn how to use a web page, but we all know how the real world is. I like the original ideas from Peter and Ashley. Store a session or cookie, use ajax to periodically update a database table with the information, then re-populate it if/when they come back. I kinda like that word Paradigm. Rolls off the tongue nicely. I'm going to use it 3 times today before I leave the office. I had a pair-a-dimes one time. Unfortunately I was a nickel short of a quarter to put in the slot. :) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.comwrote I had a pair-a-dimes one time. Unfortunately I was a nickel short of a quarter to put in the slot. But the question is... were they outside the box? -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Unlimited Hosting Plans start @ $3.95/month. Promo Code NEWTHINGS for 10% off initial order http://www.facebook.com/canishosting http://www.facebook.com/originalpoetry
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
Dan Joseph wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.comwrote I had a pair-a-dimes one time. Unfortunately I was a nickel short of a quarter to put in the slot. But the question is... were they outside the box? Nah, the question is, since the slot was intended to accept a quarter, why the heck didn't it take two dimes and a nickel ... or just two dimes, and throw a nickel in gratis? I must be getting old. We have toilets that flush themselves now. WTF happened to grown up being equal to taking responsibility for things? KDK -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Kevin Kinsey k...@daleco.biz wrote: Nah, the question is, since the slot was intended to accept a quarter, why the heck didn't it take two dimes and a nickel ... or just two dimes, and throw a nickel in gratis? I must be getting old. We have toilets that flush themselves now. WTF happened to grown up being equal to taking responsibility for things? I think you've found the answer to the great question of why people don't take responsibility anymore... it all started with the toilet! -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Unlimited Hosting Plans start @ $3.95/month. Promo Code NEWTHINGS for 10% off initial order http://www.facebook.com/canishosting http://www.facebook.com/originalpoetry
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:36:02PM -0400, Dan Joseph wrote: snip I kinda like that word Paradigm. Rolls off the tongue nicely. I'm going to use it 3 times today before I leave the office. ROTFL! Paul -- Paul M. Foster -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
At 12:40 PM -0400 4/13/10, Robert Cummings wrote: Dan Joseph wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:19 PM, tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: So, OP explain what you are trying to do? Cheers, tedd Sorta looks to me like he's in a situation where users are fleeing the form, and wondering why its not filled in when they go back. The natural reaction for this would be to call it abnormal, and tell them to learn how to use a web page, but we all know how the real world is. I like the original ideas from Peter and Ashley. Store a session or cookie, use ajax to periodically update a database table with the information, then re-populate it if/when they come back. I kinda like that word Paradigm. Rolls off the tongue nicely. I'm going to use it 3 times today before I leave the office. I had a pair-a-dimes one time. Unfortunately I was a nickel short of a quarter to put in the slot. :) Cheers, Rob. Rob: I had a pair-a-ducks -- but they were afoul fowl. I had a pair-a-dice -- but crapped out. I had a pair-a-chute -- but one was shorter. I had a pair-of-pants -- but could only find one. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
Dan Joseph wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.comwrote I had a pair-a-dimes one time. Unfortunately I was a nickel short of a quarter to put in the slot. But the question is... were they outside the box? They were in my pocket... so yes! Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
Kevin Kinsey wrote: Dan Joseph wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.comwrote I had a pair-a-dimes one time. Unfortunately I was a nickel short of a quarter to put in the slot. But the question is... were they outside the box? Nah, the question is, since the slot was intended to accept a quarter, why the heck didn't it take two dimes and a nickel ... or just two dimes, and throw a nickel in gratis? I've never known an arcade machine to accept nickels and dimes :) I must be getting old. We have toilets that flush themselves now. WTF happened to grown up being equal to taking responsibility for things? Toilets flush themselves so that we don't need to touch what someone else touched... very likely after *cough* wiping up. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
tedd wrote: At 12:40 PM -0400 4/13/10, Robert Cummings wrote: Dan Joseph wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:19 PM, tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote: So, OP explain what you are trying to do? Cheers, tedd Sorta looks to me like he's in a situation where users are fleeing the form, and wondering why its not filled in when they go back. The natural reaction for this would be to call it abnormal, and tell them to learn how to use a web page, but we all know how the real world is. I like the original ideas from Peter and Ashley. Store a session or cookie, use ajax to periodically update a database table with the information, then re-populate it if/when they come back. I kinda like that word Paradigm. Rolls off the tongue nicely. I'm going to use it 3 times today before I leave the office. I had a pair-a-dimes one time. Unfortunately I was a nickel short of a quarter to put in the slot. :) Cheers, Rob. Rob: I had a pair-a-ducks -- but they were afoul fowl. I had a pair-a-dice -- but crapped out. I had a pair-a-chute -- but one was shorter. I had a pair-of-pants -- but could only find one. So to paraphrase... You had a pair-a-ducks that lived in pair-a-dice but when pair-a-chuting only one could find a pair-a-pants because the other one was shorter? Gotcha... clear as tar! Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.comwrote: Toilets flush themselves so that we don't need to touch what someone else touched... very likely after *cough* wiping up. They have a cure for having to life a finger and wipe also but I won't continue lol -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Unlimited Hosting Plans start @ $3.95/month. Promo Code NEWTHINGS for 10% off initial order http://www.facebook.com/canishosting http://www.facebook.com/originalpoetry
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
On 13 April 2010 17:27, Paul M Foster pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 03:20:23PM +0200, Merlin Morgenstern wrote: Hello everybody, I have form where users enter data to be saved in a db. How can I make php save the form data into a session before the user leaves the page without pressing the submit button? Some members leave the page and return afterwards wondering where their already entered data is. I hate to be a contrarian (not really), but there is a paradigm for using web forms. If you want the internet to save your data, you have to press the little button. If you don't, then it won't be saved. Not hard to figure out, not hard to do. If you have to go do something else while you're in the middle of a form, open a new tab/window and do it. When you come back to your original form, the data will still be there (but again, not *saved* until you hit the little button). Sorry, I just get cranky with people who won't follow the rules. There are rules and then there's stupidity based on tradition. The fact that websites previously threw away whatever work you had done because you automatically got logged out of your session after half an hour of typing does not mean you should call this a rule that should be adhere to. Google figured it out and did so well: backup automatically and let the user discard manually - not the other way round that leads to lost work. Apart from that, I note that the OP has seemingly managed to solve the problem and all these emails are rather pointless. -- hype WWW: http://plphp.dk / http://plind.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake51 BeWelcome: Fake51 Couchsurfing: Fake51 /hype -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
Peter Lind wrote: On 13 April 2010 17:27, Paul M Foster pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 03:20:23PM +0200, Merlin Morgenstern wrote: Hello everybody, I have form where users enter data to be saved in a db. How can I make php save the form data into a session before the user leaves the page without pressing the submit button? Some members leave the page and return afterwards wondering where their already entered data is. I hate to be a contrarian (not really), but there is a paradigm for using web forms. If you want the internet to save your data, you have to press the little button. If you don't, then it won't be saved. Not hard to figure out, not hard to do. If you have to go do something else while you're in the middle of a form, open a new tab/window and do it. When you come back to your original form, the data will still be there (but again, not *saved* until you hit the little button). Sorry, I just get cranky with people who won't follow the rules. There are rules and then there's stupidity based on tradition. The fact that websites previously threw away whatever work you had done because you automatically got logged out of your session after half an hour of typing does not mean you should call this a rule that should be adhere to. Google figured it out and did so well: backup automatically and let the user discard manually - not the other way round that leads to lost work. Apart from that, I note that the OP has seemingly managed to solve the problem and all these emails are rather pointless. Concur, and this is nothing to do with the web; http only constrains that the data should be POSTed or PUT; not /when/ a save action is triggered. Functionality is in the realm of the application, and if the client application (in this case the web page) determines that information should be iteratively saved, then that's what it should do. see google docs, gmail etc for real world examples. Regards! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving form data into session before leaving a page
Nathan Rixham wrote: Peter Lind wrote: On 13 April 2010 17:27, Paul M Fosterpa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 03:20:23PM +0200, Merlin Morgenstern wrote: Hello everybody, I have form where users enter data to be saved in a db. How can I make php save the form data into a session before the user leaves the page without pressing the submit button? Some members leave the page and return afterwards wondering where their already entered data is. I hate to be a contrarian (not really), but there is a paradigm for using web forms. If you want the internet to save your data, you have to press the little button. If you don't, then it won't be saved. Not hard to figure out, not hard to do. If you have to go do something else while you're in the middle of a form, open a new tab/window and do it. When you come back to your original form, the data will still be there (but again, not *saved* until you hit the little button). Sorry, I just get cranky with people who won't follow the rules. There are rules and then there's stupidity based on tradition. The fact that websites previously threw away whatever work you had done because you automatically got logged out of your session after half an hour of typing does not mean you should call this a rule that should be adhere to. Google figured it out and did so well: backup automatically and let the user discard manually - not the other way round that leads to lost work. Apart from that, I note that the OP has seemingly managed to solve the problem and all these emails are rather pointless. Concur, and this is nothing to do with the web; http only constrains that the data should be POSTed or PUT; not /when/ a save action is triggered. Functionality is in the realm of the application, and if the client application (in this case the web page) determines that information should be iteratively saved, then that's what it should do. see google docs, gmail etc for real world examples. And a few BANK sites could do with considering waring people that they will time out before you have time to actually write in their message box for on-line emails which you have to use since they will not accept off-line ones. I had a complex message FROM them to answer - and save just told me the seesion had timed out! Bank solution - I should have copied their message to a word processor, and then copied the answer back later ... perhaps they should add that with a warning when trying to use their email page ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] saving form data - calling another script from PHP?
Gary Sanders wrote: Charlie, Can you make the submit target be the PHP script and have the PHP script call the Perl script to send the email? Sure, that would definitely work; I just don't know how to call the Perl script and pass the data (and uploaded/attached files) to it. -- Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] saving form data
If the PHP configuration doesn't have register_globals turned on in the php.ini file, you will be able to access the form variables via the _POST array like this: $_POST[my_form_var] Of course, substitute my_form_var with the correct variable from the form that you are submitting. If the server does have register_globals turned on you can access the variables just as they are named in the form. For example, if you have a text input field named lastname, you can access the value in that text box using the variable $lastname. HTH! --Sam Charlie Fiskeaux II wrote: I'm using a prebuilt Perl form mailer script for a project, but because the form is so long, my client would like to give the user the ability to save the data and come back to finish it later. I was hoping to be able to code this part in PHP (because I don't know Perl), but I'm fairly new to PHP and don't know how to get one form to go to two different places. Because the target of the form is the Perl script (for emailing the submitted form), how can I grab the data from the form with PHP? -- Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] saving form data
Sam Masiello wrote: If the PHP configuration doesn't have register_globals turned on in the php.ini file, you will be able to access the form variables via the _POST array like this: $_POST[my_form_var] Of course, substitute my_form_var with the correct variable from the form that you are submitting. If the server does have register_globals turned on you can access the variables just as they are named in the form. For example, if you have a text input field named lastname, you can access the value in that text box using the variable $lastname. Thanks, but how do I get the info submitted to the PHP script to access the data in the first place? Since the target of the form is the Perl script, the submit button submits the form to the Perl script; can I add a second button of some type to submit the form to a different location (the PHP script)? Or can I use the DOM (ie document.formname.fieldname.value) to grab the data straight from the fields and then pass it on somehow? -- Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] saving form data
Richard Davey wrote: You can't make one form submit to two different scripts sadly, but to be honest if you're going to write a PHP script to capture this information - why not make it do what the Perl formmail script does too? (i.e. send the email) and remove the Perl script from the equation? It's just a matter of development time; if there's a way to use the Perl mail script with a PHP data saving script, it would save time. If I do have to rewrite the whole thing in PHP, how would I accept uploaded file attachments and attach them to the emailed form results? -- Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] saving form data
Charlie, Can you make the submit target be the PHP script and have the PHP script call the Perl script to send the email? Gary -Original Message- From: Charlie Fiskeaux II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 2:15 PM To: PHP General Subject: Re: [PHP] saving form data Richard Davey wrote: You can't make one form submit to two different scripts sadly, but to be honest if you're going to write a PHP script to capture this information - why not make it do what the Perl formmail script does too? (i.e. send the email) and remove the Perl script from the equation? It's just a matter of development time; if there's a way to use the Perl mail script with a PHP data saving script, it would save time. If I do have to rewrite the whole thing in PHP, how would I accept uploaded file attachments and attach them to the emailed form results? -- Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] saving form data
On Monday 23 February 2004 02:51 pm, Charlie Fiskeaux II wrote: Richard Davey wrote: CFI It's just a matter of development time; if there's a way to CFI use the Perl mail script with a PHP data saving script, it CFI would save time. If I do have to rewrite the whole thing in CFI PHP, how would I accept uploaded file attachments and attach CFI them to the emailed form results? Then how about in reverse? Add something to the end of the Perl script that passes the values to a PHP script? It could even do it via the query string, maybe also passing an md5 encoded password that only your two scripts know (in order to stop someone spoofing your script). I don't think that would work because they will need to save without sending the form. But I had thought about the reverse: a PHP script that saves the data and then possibly passes it on to the Perl script. Do you or anyone else know how to pass on form results in PHP to another script? (Like I said, I'm pretty new to PHP...) Well you could try using an HTTP 302 Found or 307 Temporary Redirect, but IIRC clients must not redirect the request unless the response is received in response to a GET or HEAD request, so you'd have to use GET. I seem to remember reading something about uploading files, which is kinda difficult with GET... Possibly your best option would be to send a POST request through the HTTPD via a socket- there are libraries out there to help you do this easily, try PEAR, hotscripts, phpclasses, etc. Thanks! -- Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 cell: 859/608-9194 -- Evan Nemerson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://coeusgroup.com/en -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] saving form data
Richard Davey wrote: CFI It's just a matter of development time; if there's a way to CFI use the Perl mail script with a PHP data saving script, it CFI would save time. If I do have to rewrite the whole thing in CFI PHP, how would I accept uploaded file attachments and attach CFI them to the emailed form results? Then how about in reverse? Add something to the end of the Perl script that passes the values to a PHP script? It could even do it via the query string, maybe also passing an md5 encoded password that only your two scripts know (in order to stop someone spoofing your script). I don't think that would work because they will need to save without sending the form. But I had thought about the reverse: a PHP script that saves the data and then possibly passes it on to the Perl script. Do you or anyone else know how to pass on form results in PHP to another script? (Like I said, I'm pretty new to PHP...) Thanks! -- Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer Cre8tive Group cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 cell: 859/608-9194 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving Form Data
PHP wrote: [ snip ] I think I need some kind of HTML parser that will break up the supervisors form, then insert any values need for the form values and then re-display the form data. Well, if you insert the XML declaration at the top, and make sure your page validates as XHTML, I believe you can use the xml_dom* and xml_parser (SAX) functions to parse your file. I haven't tried it personally, but I hear that it can be done with the sax parser (from the fine poeple at #php) Worth a try. http://www.php.net/xml -- Burhan Khalid phplist[at]meidomus[dot]com http://www.meidomus.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Saving Form Data
[snip] Is there anyway of saving a form with layout and data, without knowing what the fields are? I would like to be able to have the use Upload there own form. Then that form can be later viewed and filled out by someone else and be able to save all the data that was entered. I can do this easy enough with Text and Textarea type fields, but things like selects, radios, etc I can't think of a way to save them. Basically It would be like save a screen capture of the filled out form for viewing/altering later. [/snip] If the form method is POST all of the data is in the $_POST array which could be saved to a text file, if GET all of the data is in the $_GET array. You would have to read out of the saved text file to re-populate the form for editing or viewing later -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving Form Data
Unfortuanetly that would only work for Text and Textarea types. It wouldn't really for for a select, bcause how do you know which option of the form was selected? How do you select the correct option without knowing what the other options are? Ex, a user uploads a form with a select type like so: select name=Month option value=JanJan/option option value=FebFeb/option /select. Your post value would be Month=Feb, if Feb was selected when the form was filled out. Now, I load the form again, I know that Month = Feb, but how to I now make the form preselect the Option? I would somehow have to parse the form data and look for the select of Month and then look through all the options for Feb and insert a selected statement in the form in that spot. - Original Message - From: Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PHP [EMAIL PROTECTED]; php [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:58 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Saving Form Data [snip] Is there anyway of saving a form with layout and data, without knowing what the fields are? I would like to be able to have the use Upload there own form. Then that form can be later viewed and filled out by someone else and be able to save all the data that was entered. I can do this easy enough with Text and Textarea type fields, but things like selects, radios, etc I can't think of a way to save them. Basically It would be like save a screen capture of the filled out form for viewing/altering later. [/snip] If the form method is POST all of the data is in the $_POST array which could be saved to a text file, if GET all of the data is in the $_GET array. You would have to read out of the saved text file to re-populate the form for editing or viewing later -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving Form Data
PHP wrote: Hi, Is there anyway of saving a form with layout and data, without knowing what the fields are? I would like to be able to have the use Upload there own form. Then that form can be later viewed and filled out by someone else and be able to save all the data that was entered. I can do this easy enough with Text and Textarea type fields, but things like selects, radios, etc I can't think of a way to save them. Basically It would be like save a screen capture of the filled out form for viewing/altering later. Thanks for any help. radio: input type=radio name=name value=1?= ($_POST['name']=='1' ? ' checked': '') ? input type=radio name=order_type value=2?= ((!$_POST['name'] || $_POST['name']=='2') ? ' checked': '') ? select: select name=name option value=1?= ($_POST['name']=='1' ? ' selected': '') ? ONE /option option value=2?= ($_POST['order_type']=='2' ? ' selected': '') ? TWO /option checkbox: input type=checkbox name=name value=1?= ($_POST['name']=='1' ? ' checked': '') ? You cannot save file input that easily, you have to keep the file on the server and give the user oportunity to change it. Marek -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving Form Data
Thanks, I thought of this, unfortuanetly the user uploading the form would have no clue in being able to build the form with the $_POST tags already in it. PHP wrote: Hi, Is there anyway of saving a form with layout and data, without knowing what the fields are? I would like to be able to have the use Upload there own form. Then that form can be later viewed and filled out by someone else and be able to save all the data that was entered. I can do this easy enough with Text and Textarea type fields, but things like selects, radios, etc I can't think of a way to save them. Basically It would be like save a screen capture of the filled out form for viewing/altering later. Thanks for any help. radio: input type=radio name=name value=1?= ($_POST['name']=='1' ? ' checked': '') ? input type=radio name=order_type value=2?= ((!$_POST['name'] || $_POST['name']=='2') ? ' checked': '') ? select: select name=name option value=1?= ($_POST['name']=='1' ? ' selected': '') ? ONE /option option value=2?= ($_POST['order_type']=='2' ? ' selected': '') ? TWO /option checkbox: input type=checkbox name=name value=1?= ($_POST['name']=='1' ? ' checked': '') ? You cannot save file input that easily, you have to keep the file on the server and give the user oportunity to change it. Marek -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving Form Data
PHP wrote: Thanks, I thought of this, unfortuanetly the user uploading the form would have no clue in being able to build the form with the $_POST tags already in it. I lost you. What are you trying to do? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Saving Form Data
Here is the real life idea: A Supervisor, knows nothing about php, creates a simple form, say a time sheet, in something like FrontPage. He then uploads that form to the server. An employee then looks at a page on the server that will retrieve the form data that the supervisor made, and automatically fill in the form action and submit buttons. The employee then fills out the time sheet and submits it. Easy to do so far, the hard part: The supervisor can now get the form data that was filled out. BUT, he sees the data in the same form he created but pre-filled with all the employees data. I know it would be easy to simple print out a list of all the form values and fields like: Hours = 5 Day 1 Week 1 = 2 Day 2 Week 1 = 1 But it doesn't look as nice as the looking at the same form but with the values pre-filled in. Now, I can do this easily enough with and input type=Text fields and textarea fields. The hard but is the multiple choice type form fields, like selects. I think I need some kind of HTML parser that will break up the supervisors form, then insert any values need for the form values and then re-display the form data. PHP wrote: Thanks, I thought of this, unfortuanetly the user uploading the form would have no clue in being able to build the form with the $_POST tags already in it. I lost you. What are you trying to do? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
