text fields

Nuke Soldier Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 27

I want to put a text field bo and I want to be able to take that data to send it to mysql. I know how to do the quiery bit but the how to get the text from the box. thanks

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12383

Normally it is just

Code:

$var = $_POST['textfieldname']';

Nuke Soldier Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 27

I am a complete n00b to all this I have out this and as u prob can see it don't work.

Quote:

$var = $_POST['name'];
echo "<form action=\"admin.php\" method=\"post\">
<table border=\"0\">"
."<td><input type=\"text\" name=".name." size=\"30\" maxlength=\"25\"></td></tr>";
echo "</td></tr></table></form>";

could u please post like the bit for it to work. I am after about 5 input boxes to be there. Thanks

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:02 am

your missing a comma in the post part $var = $_POST['name'];
should be $var = $_POST['textfieldname']';, but besides that it is much more involed than that, you need a sql table to start, if you want to add things to a database.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 27

yes I have setup MySql and I have it connecting to the server and selecting the database. I have change the code a bit to get

Quote:

define("_NAME","User Name");
define("_NOUSERYET","You are not Regesterd");
define("_HOMEPAGE","Your Websight");
define("_EMAIL","E-Mail");
define("_PASSWORD","Password");
define("_SUBMIT","Submit");
$var = $_POST['textfieldname'];
echo "<center><b>"._NOUSERYET."</b></center><br><br>"
."<form action=\"login.php\" method=\"post\">"
."<table border=\"0\">"
."<tr><td><b>"._NAME.":</b></td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"25\"></td></tr>"
."<tr><td><b>"._HOMEPAGE.":</b></td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"url\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"255\" value=\"http://\"></td></tr>"
."<tr><td><b>"._EMAIL.":</b></td><td><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"255\"></td></tr>"
."<tr><td><b>"._PASSWORD.":</b></td><td><input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" size=\"11\" maxlength=\"10\"></td></tr>"
."<tr><td><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"fop\" value=\"create_first\">"
."<input type=\"submit\" value=\""._SUBMIT."\">"
."</td></tr></table></form>";

When I run this everything works but I get this problem

Quote:

Notice: Undefined index: textfieldname in D:\F1racers\login.php on line 13

what does this mean

Captain Joined: Feb 21, 2004 Posts: 421

Evaders99 wrote:

Normally it is just

Code:

$var = $_POST['textfieldname']';

That's funny... I've never needed this, the name= part of the text field stores the var fine, so

Code:

will store the var $url.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 27

when I put that etra ' after the braket I get this error

Quote:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected ''' in D:\F1racers\login.php on line 14

I have put the name = so that I can adventualy put languege files in

Nuke Soldier Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 27

damm I get it lol so I don't need that var line I only need to use the textbos name and put a $ infont

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12383

If you are using register globals, you can access the variables directly by their name, $textfieldname

For security reasons, I would still use the $_POST and $_GET variables instead.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Mar 04, 2003 Posts: 27

I am really confused now so what do I need to do. if I put , after those brekts like above I get that error above but then if I don't put the var line in when I run

Quote:

echo $nname;

I get this error

Quote:

Notice: Undefined variable: nname in D:\F1racers\login.php on line 31

I am confused nothing said to do has worked for me