Hello all,
So I've picked up a PHP book in an attempt to learn it. The issue I'm having is preventing me from getting any further.
They have me creating a simple order form, but the data is not passing from the HTML page to the PHP Processing file. I know there are other ways of doing this that I'm unaware of, but this code is verbatam to what we are isntructed to type within the book itself. Here is the code
orderform.html:
<html>
<body>
<form action="processorder.php" method="post">
<table border="0">
<tr bgcolor="#cccccc">
<td width="150">Item</td>
<td width="15">Quantity</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tires</td>
<td align="center"><input type="text" name="tireqty" size="3"
maxlength="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oil</td>
<td align="center"><input type="text" name="oilqty" size="3" maxlength="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Spark Plugs</td>
<td align="center"><input type="text" name="sparkqty" size="3"
maxlength="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>How did you find Bob's?</td>
<td><select name="find">
<option value = "a">I'm a regular customer</option>
<option value = "b">TV advertising</option>
<option value = "c">Phone directory</option>
<option value = "d">Word of mouth</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" value="Submit Order"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
processorder.php:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Bobs Auto Parts - Order Results</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Bobs Auto Parts</h1>
<h2>Order Results</h2>
<?php
$tireqty = $_post['tireqty'];
$oilqty = $_post['oilqty'];
$sparkqty = $_post['sparkqty'];
echo "<p>Order Processed at ";
echo date('H:i, jS F Y');
echo "</p>";
echo '<p>Your order is as follows: </p>';
echo $tireqty.' tires<br />';
echo $oilqty.' bottles of oil<br />';
echo $sparkqty.' spark plugs<br />';
$totalqty = 0;
$totalamount = 0.00;
define('TIREPRICE', 100);
define('OILPRICE', 10);
define('SPARKPRICE', 4);
?>
</body>
</html>
For some reason the values on the processing form dont show up. The only text thats displayed is :
Bobs Auto Parts
Order Results
Order Processed at 17:07, 9th January 2011
Your order is as follows:
tires <---- Should be showing the total quantity ordered
bottles of oil <---- Should be showing the total quantity ordered
spark plugs <---- Should be showing the total quantity ordered
Is anyone able to let me know where the error is in this code? The writers website isnt any help....
Regards,
sapper6fd
