charizard

Thanks for the help...figured out though that yes, it was really stupid and that I infact copied the wrong bit, then tried to edit that bit expecting it to update the bit I wanted to update. Think I need new eyes.

<a href="entries.php?eid=<?php echo $row2->eid; ?>" class="n">Entry ID <?php echo $row2->eid; ?> by <?php echo $row2->username; ?></a> My issue is that the second output of entry id works fine. The first output, being the more important, does not, even though they are identical. This will probably be something ridiculously stupid.

Thanks, that's fixed it (:

I haven't checked, but I just tested by removing all php from the header file and putting them back in again, and I've worked out it's the points.php which is stopping the forms from working: <?php //connection stuff here //create and execute query $query = 'SELECT * FROM teams'; $result20 = mysql_query($query) or die ('Error in query: $query . ' . $mysql_error()); //check if records were returned if (mysql_num_rows($result20) > 0) { //print HTML table echo '<table align=center>'; echo '<tr><td><b>Team</b></td><td><b>Points</b></td><td><b>Change</b></td></tr>'; while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result20)) { echo '<tr>'; echo '<td>' . $row[0] . '</td>'; echo '<td><center>' . $row[1] . '</center></td>'; echo '<td><form action=/admin/calcp.php method=post><input type=submit name=add' . $row[0] . ' value=+> <input type=submit name=rem' . $row[0] . ' value=-></td>'; echo '</tr>'; } echo ''; echo '</table>'; } else { echo 'no teams?!'; } mysql_free_result($result20); mysql_close($connection); ?> The back-end (calcp.php): <?php //connection stuff here if ($_POST['addHeroes']) { $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM teams WHERE team = 'Heroes'"); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $p = $row[1]; $np = $p+1; } mysql_query("UPDATE teams SET points='$np' WHERE team = 'Heroes'"); } if ($_POST['remHeroes']) { $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM teams WHERE team = 'Heroes'"); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $p = $row[1]; $np = $p-1; } mysql_query("UPDATE teams SET points='$np' WHERE team = 'Heroes'"); } if ($_POST['addVillains']) { $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM teams WHERE team = 'Villains'"); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $p = $row[1]; $np = $p+1; } mysql_query("UPDATE teams SET points='$np' WHERE team = 'Villains'"); } if ($_POST['remVillains']) { $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM teams WHERE team = 'Villains'"); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { $p = $row[1]; $np = $p-1; } mysql_query("UPDATE teams SET points='$np' WHERE team = 'Villains'"); } mysql_close($con); header("Location: $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]"); ?>

I haven't, but I shall check with my hosting provider (: If they have, what can I do to fix it?

Okay, so I'm a relative newbie to PHP. I've been learning for a few months now, and while I get some bits and can fix most of my errors (with a little help from google occasionally), this one's something I can't explain. Basically, I've been building an admin panel so I can edit various content on a website, as you'd gather. It was all going pretty well, until something I did meant that my forms now do nothing. When I press update on the edit forms or add on the...well..add forms, they go back to the prefilled in content. Here is my add form: <?php include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/skin/header.php'); //form not yet submitted //display initial form if (!$_POST['submit']) { ?> <h1>Add Content</h1><div class="cont"> <table align="center"> <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="POST"> <tr> <td>Title:</td><td><input type="text" name="title" id="title"></td></tr> <tr><td>Content:</td><td><textarea name="content">text here</textarea></td></tr> <tr><td></td><td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="add"></td></tr></table></form> <?php } else { include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/conf.php'); //set up error list array $errorList = array(); $title = $_POST['title']; $content = $_POST['content']; //validation if(trim($_POST['title']) == '') { $errorList[] = 'Invalid entry: activity name'; } if(trim($_POST['content']) == '') { $errorList[] = 'Invalid entry: answer'; } //check for errors if(sizeof($errorList) == 0) { //db connect $connection = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die('Unable to connect!'); //db select mysql_select_db($db) or die('Unable to select database!'); //generate and execute query $query = "INSERT INTO info(title, content, date) VALUES('$title', '$content', NOW())"; $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Error in query: $query . " . mysql_error()); // print result echo 'content added! <a href=/admin/index1.php>home</a>'; //close database connection mysql_close($connection); } else { //errors found // print as list echo ' The following errors were encountered:'; echo '<br>'; echo '<ul>'; for($x=0; $x<sizeof($errorList); $x++) { echo "<li>$errorList[$x]"; } echo '</ul>'; } } include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/skin/footer.php'); ?> My header file, incase I've messed something there: <? session_start(); if(!session_is_registered(username)){ header("location:/admin/index.php"); } ?> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Andalasia ~ admin: <?php echo basename($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]); ?></TITLE> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="/admin/skin/style.css" TYPE="TEXT/CSS"> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE CLASS="CON"> <TR> <TD> <IMG SRC="/admin/skin/adpo.png" style="border-top:0px solid #A10543"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <TABLE style="font:8pt arial"> <TR> <TD CLASS="nav" style="width:200px"> <DIV CLASS="navi"> <p class="header">navigation</p> <a href="" target="__blank">Guild HQ</a> <a href="/" target="__blank">Web HQ</a> <a href="/admin/index1.php">Admin HQ</a> <a href="/admin/logout.php">logout</a></DIV> <DIV CLASS="navi"> <p class="header">points</p> <?php include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/points.php')?> </DIV> <DIV CLASS="navi"> <P CLASS="header">update posts</p> <?php include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/news/list.php')?> <a href="/admin/news/add.php">Add a post</a> </DIV> <DIV CLASS="navi"> <P CLASS="header">information posts</p> <?php include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/info/list.php')?> <a href="/admin/info/add.php">Add a post</a> </DIV> <DIV CLASS="navi"> <P CLASS="header">activities</p> <a href="/admin/activities/onsite.php">Onsite activities</a> <a href="/admin/activities/offsite.php">Web-hosted activities</a> <a href="/admin/activities/creative.php">Creative web activities</a> </DIV> <DIV CLASS="navi"> <P CLASS="header">Graphics</p> <h2>Guild layouts</h2> <?php include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/layouts/layl.php')?> <a href="/admin/layouts/add.php">Add layout</a> <h2>Userlookups</h2> <?php include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/lookups/list.php')?> <a href="/admin/lookups/add.php">Add lookup</a> <h2>Banners</h2> <a href="/admin/banners/banners.php">Banners</a> <h2>Fonts</h2> <?php include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/fonts/list.php')?> <a href="/admin/fonts/add.php">Add font</a></DIV> <DIV CLASS="navi"> <P CLASS="header">Members</p> <?php include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/users/list.php')?> <a href="/admin/users/add.php">Add user</a> </DIV> <DIV CLASS="navi"> <!-- BEGIN CBOX - www.cbox.ws - v001 --> <div id="cboxdiv" style="text-align: center; line-height: 0"> <div><iframe frameborder="0" width="200" height="305" src="http://www2.cbox.ws/box/?boxid=2184566&boxtag=evz64m&sec=main" marginheight="2" marginwidth="2" scrolling="auto" allowtransparency="yes" name="cboxmain" style="border:#11011A 1px solid;" id="cboxmain"></iframe></div> <div><iframe frameborder="0" width="200" height="75" src="http://www2.cbox.ws/box/?boxid=2184566&boxtag=evz64m&sec=form" marginheight="2" marginwidth="2" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="yes" name="cboxform" style="border:#11011A 1px solid;border-top:0px" id="cboxform"></iframe></div> </div> <!-- END CBOX --> </DIV> </TD> <TD CLASS="c" VALIGN="TOP" style="width:600px"> And my edit file: <? // edit.php - edit a layout ?> <!-- page header - snip --> <? // includes include("/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/skin/header.php"); include("/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/conf.php"); // form not yet submitted // display initial form with values pre-filled if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) { // open database connection $connection = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die ("Unable to connect!"); // select database mysql_select_db($db) or die ("Unable to select database!"); // generate and execute query $id = mysql_escape_string($_GET['id']); $query = "SELECT title, content, id FROM info WHERE id = '$id'"; $result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query. " . mysql_error()); // if a result is returned if (mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) { // turn it into an object $row = mysql_fetch_object($result); // print form with values pre-filled ?> <h1>Update post - ID <? echo $id; ?></h1> <div class=cont> <table class=view align=center> <form action="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="POST"> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="<? echo $id; ?>"> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>Title</b></td> <td><input size="50" maxlength="250" type="text" name="title" value="<? echo $row->title; ?>"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>Content:</b></td> <td><textarea name=content><? echo $row->content; ?></textarea></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2><input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Update"></td> </tr> </form> </table> </div> <? } // no result returned // print graceful error message else { echo "<h1>Error!</h1><div class=cont>That post could not be located in our database.</div>"; } } else { // form submitted // start processing it // set up error list array $errorList = array(); $count = 0; // validate text input fields $title = mysql_escape_string($_POST['title']); $content = mysql_escape_string($_POST['content']); $id = mysql_escape_string($_POST['id']); if (!$title) { $errorList[$count] = "Invalid entry: title"; $count++; } if (!$content) { $errorList[$count] = "Invalid entry: content"; $count++; } // check for errors // if none found... if (sizeof($errorList) == 0) { // open database connection $connection = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die ("Unable to connect!"); // select database mysql_select_db($db) or die ("Unable to select database!"); // generate and execute query $query = "UPDATE info SET title = '$title', content = '$content' WHERE id = '$id'"; $result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query. " . mysql_error()); // print result echo "<h1>Success!</h1><div class=cont>Update successful. <a href=/admin/index1.php>Go back to the main menu</a>.</font></div>"; // close database connection mysql_close($connection); } else { // errors occurred // print as list echo "<h1>Errors:</h1><div class=cont><font size=-1>The following errors were encountered: <br>"; echo "<ul>"; for ($x=0; $x<sizeof($errorList); $x++) { echo "<li>$errorList[$x]"; } echo "</ul></font></div>"; } } include('/home/charioti/public_html/andalasia/admin/skin/footer.php'); ?> I started off working with templates from my book and from various sources, so I've tried reseting my pages to those and reworking them, and I've deduced that it's probably something to do with my header file, I just can't work out what or whereabouts the problem is. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. (: