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I did, it did and I already echoed the password for my username. Now I have to try the whole code and see what happens, so I'm tagging this as solved. Thanks again for your help.

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Yeah, I knew that much. But I didn't know it was still the case after I'd sent the variables with the js function. I thought that if I either opened or refreshed the php after executing this function I would see the variables echoed. In any case, I'll try to do what I was originally trying to do and see if it works. For the time being, I appologize to everyone for having wasted your time and thank you very much for your help.     

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I'm beginning to think the mistake is even more stupid than I'd thought, but based on some phps I'd created before I expected to see the echoed string if I opened the php itself. I thought that was a good way of checking if it was working. Am I wrong (and stupid)?

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I do get frog and ted, Shadowing.

[Odd problem passing variabels]

path to file li.php is /home/vol1/getfreehosting.co.uk/getfh_6562567/htdocs/chat/li.php

 

Got the same results with IE 8.

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Sorry I didn't asnwer all the questions. I have been able to used the same file to pass a variable to the db, so everything is in place. 

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Still the js code, there are still a few things I'd like to try before giving up on it. 

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I actually get an "not found" error in the developers console is I add "chat/".

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The php is in my chat folder. Same folder as the js and the html.

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No, teynon, sorry I didn't see your question. I was responding to shadowing's idea. I no longer get any error from chrome, it was only when I added "/" before "li.php" that I got an error. 

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This is what is echoed:
Notice: Undefined index: q in /home/vol1/getfreehosting.co.uk/getfh_6562567/htdocs/chat/li.php on line 3

Notice: Undefined index: r in /home/vol1/getfreehosting.co.uk/getfh_6562567/htdocs/chat/li.php on line 4
query string is SELECT pass FROM chat WHERE nick='' 
db return is

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Nothing is ever returned. But, as I said before, the variables do get to the php and from there to the mysql db. I agree the problem must be in the sql part of the code, but I can simply not spot it.

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Manixat, I tried and it didn't work so I thought the variables were not getting to the php. But then I modified the php to insert the variables in the database and it worked, so this keeps getting better and better. 

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As an amateur (a flagrant one), I try to avoid using anything unless I find it absolutely necessary, and until now, I had never had problems with javascript. I guess it's time for a change, but I would still like to know what is going wrong with the original code; I'm certain it has to be something silly.   

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No errors at all, it's just the variables are not reaching the php. They are in fact in the same directory.

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You're right shadowing, that's what I meant, but adding "/" did not do it. It actually gave me an error message in the developer / network tab mentioned by teynon. I've already done this in the past with an almost identical code, so it has to be a stupid mistake. 

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I mean it doesn't echo anything and I know the reason is the variables are not getting to the php file. I simply don't know why. I'm using chrome, so the request is fine

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I'm trying to do something which I've done before but for some reason (which has to be a silly one) it doesn't work now. This is the js: 

 

var userName;

var password;

 

function logIn(){

 

userName=document.f.un.value;

password=document.f.pa.value;

 

xmlhttp2=new XMLHttpRequest();

xmlhttp2.open("POST","li.php",true);

xmlhttp2.setRequestHeader("Content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

xmlhttp2.send("q="+userName+"&r="+password);

document.getElementById("iden").style.visibility='hidden';

}

 

(I know the variables are working, because if I add alert I see them.) And this is the php: 

 

<?php 

$q=$_POST["q"]; 

$r=$_POST["r"]; 

$con2=mysql_connect("","","");

mysql_select_db("",$con2);

$result=mysql_query("SELECT pass FROM chat WHERE nick='$q'");

$row=mysql_fetch_array($result);

echo $row[0];

mysql_close($con2);

?>

 

I know the function is working because if a change $_POST["q"] by $_POST["any nick"], it echoes the pass.

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Thank you very, requinix, I will.

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Sorry, but aside from my "come-and-hack-me-I'm-an-idiotic-newbie" move, I see nothing strange in the code. I know that it contains html tags, but so do all the examples I've seen online.

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html tags appear when I retrieve info from a table. This is my .js:

 

function receive()

{

var xmlhttp=false;

xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();

 

xmlhttp.open("GET","step2.php",false);

xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()

{

if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)

{

 

document.getElementById("answer").innerText=xmlhttp.responseText;

}

}

 

xmlhttp.send();

 

}

 

And this is my .php:

 

 

<html>

<body>

<?php

$con2=mysql_connect("sql108.getfreehosting.co.uk","getfh_6562567","19770514");

mysql_select_db("getfh_6562567_fch",$con2);

$result=mysql_query("SELECT message FROM chat WHERE Id=1");

$row=mysql_fetch_array($result);

echo $row[0];

mysql_close($con2);

?>

</body>

</html>

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

Thanks.