stefsoko

How would I incorporate a function to simply check the "name" and "message" for a certain amount of chars, like 15 & 150? <form method="post" action="chat.php"> <p><input name="name" type="text" id="name" value="your name" size="10" maxlength="15"> <input name="message" type="text" id="message" value="your message" size="20" maxlength="150"> <input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit"></p> </form> </body> </html> <?php // when the submit button is clicked if(isset($_POST['submit'])) { // strip any html tags before continuing $name=strip_tags($_POST['name']); $message=strip_tags($_POST['message']); // stop if nothing was entered if($name!='') if($message!='') { // trim any extra whitespace $data=trim($name)."\n"; $data.=trim($message)."\n"; //open the text file and enter the data $file_ar=file("db.txt"); $fp=fopen("db.txt","w"); fputs($fp,$data); if($file_ar!=NULL) { $loop=0; foreach($file_ar as $line) { // do not store more than 20 messages if($loop>=19*3) break; fputs($fp,$line); $loop++; } } fclose($fp); } } // display the messages $fp=fopen("db.txt","r"); while(!feof($fp)) { $name=trim(fgets($fp,999)); $message=trim(fgets($fp,999)); if($name!='') { echo "<p><b>$name: </b>$message</p>"; } } fclose($fp); ?>

so i change the chat.php form action to this... <form action="" method="post"> or <form action="chat.php" method="post"> but what about this line in the core.php file...? header('Location: ./')

would it be ... <form action="core.php" method="post"> and header('Location: chat.php') ?????

I currently have a small 2 page message board, the main file is named index.php and the other core.php - I would like to rename the main file with the form to chat.php, but when I do that, the script no longer posts messages, and goes to the website root. Can someone tell me whats wrong? Here is the form info from the current index.php (that i wish to rename chat.php) <form action="./" method="post"> <p>name (25 chars max)<br> <input id="name" name="author" maxlength="20" size="25"></p> <p>message (150 chars max)<br> <input id="message" name="message" maxlength="150" size="45"></p> <p>what is <?php echo "$num1 &#43; $num2?" ?><br> <input id="captcha" name="captcha" maxlength="2" size="10"></p> <p><input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="submit"> (ip addresses are recorded)</p> </form> and the 2nd file core.php's function that I think is acting up (here or with the form above?) function getPosts() { $author = isset($_POST['author']) ? $_POST['author'] : false; $message = isset($_POST['message']) ? $_POST['message'] : false; global $nameMax; global $messageMax; global $error; if ($author && $message && ($error==false) ) { if (strlen($author) <= $nameMax && strlen($message) <= $messageMax) { $this->inputPost($author, $message); header('Location: ./'); } Why when I rename index.php to chat.php is it not working and falling back to the website root when I submit? any help would be great! I am sure it is something simple, but I am new...

I would like someone to add a functional CAPTCHA to my small 2 page script, if you are interested I posted here: http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/php-freelancing/need-someone-to-add-captcha-to-form/ I will pay via PayPal immediately after seeing a working example, and you can send the code afterwards! Please reply or PM. Thanks so much!

that doesnt create any errors, but the script then will not post the message? i will PM you denno

here is the entire function if need.. function getPosts() { global $users; global $author; global $message; global $nameMaxChars; global $messageMaxChars; if ($author && $message && ($capatcha == 6 || controlPosts::isAdmin())) { if (strlen($author) <= $nameMaxChars && strlen($message) <= $messageMaxChars) { if ((!controlPosts::isAdmin() && !in_array($author, array_keys($users))) || (controlPosts::isAdmin() && $author == controlPosts::adminName())) { $this->inputPost($author, $message); header('Location: ./'); } } } } } It is currently just checking for a set number as a captcha before posting content. I want to remove this captcha number check, and cannot seem to do so without breaking the script. thanks in advance!!

How do I remove the captcha check on this line and keep it valid? if ($author && $message && ($capatcha == 6 || controlPosts::isAdmin())) I tried if ($author && $message && (controlPosts::isAdmin())) but the script wont post like this?