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    Using several methods or class constants

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    It took me a while to understand OOP and I'm always learning something new.  Just remember all you attributes have to correspond to the database table columns:

     

    Fore example a User class attributes might look something like:

     

     

    protected $id = null;
protected $userType = null;
protected $username = null;
protected $email = null;
protected $pass = null;
protected $dateAdded = null;

    You can even have specialized methods(functions)

     

    // Method returns a Boolean if the users is an administrator:
function isAdmin() {
return ($this->userType == 'admin');
}

    And I think the following will really clear this up (This is part of my login.php file):

    // Check against the database:
$query = 'SELECT id, userType, username, email FROM users WHERE email=:email AND pass=SHA1(:pass)';
$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
$result = $stmt->execute(array(':email' => $email->getValue(), ':pass' => $password->getValue()));


// Try to fetch the results:
if ($result) {
$stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_CLASS, 'User');
$user = $stmt->fetch();
}

     

     

     

     

     

     

    validating user registration against value stored in database

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    I have it where I check the username (name) against the names in the database during the registration process and in my opinion there isn't to much code:

    $query = "
            SELECT
                1
            FROM users
            WHERE
                username = :username1
        ";
        
        
        $query_params = array(
            ':username1' => htmlspecialchars($_POST['username1'])
        );

        
        $stmt = $db->prepare($query);
        $result = $stmt->execute($query_params);
                
       
        $row = $stmt->fetch();
        
        // If a row was returned, then we know a matching username was found in
        // the database already and we should not allow the user to continue.
        if($row)
        {
          error_log("This username is already registered", 3, "../logs/my-errors.log");
                         
          $announce->errorHandler("user_taken");
          $user_input = $announce->error_return();
          $error_msg = true;
       
        }

    I stop the registration process before it is even entered into the table, thus no need in cleaning it up. To prevent bots I employe a Captcha scheme, don't like doing it...however, it's a necessary evil . Though over time I have a utility to purge the really really old accounts that are inactive. 

    Trying to create an edit page using Quickform2

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    It feels so good to solve the problem on your own.... :pirate:

     

    Here's the solution if anyone cares (this is only part of the file): :tease-03:

    // Creat a new QuickForm2 form:
// set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . '/usr/local/pear/share/pear/');
require('HTML/QuickForm2.php');
//$form = new HTML_QuickForm2('editPageForm' );
// Set defaults for the form elements
$form = new HTML_QuickForm2('editPageForm', 'post', array(
    'action' => $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?id=' . $_GET['id']
));

// Add the title field:
$title = $form->addElement('text', 'title');

// Add Data to text box, only if the submit button isn't click!
if (!($form->validate())) {
$title->setValue(strip_tags($page->getTitle()));
}

$title->setLabel('Page Title');

$title->addFilter('strip_tags');
$title->addRule('required', 'Please enter a page title');

// Add the content field:
$content = $form->addElement('textarea', 'content');

// Add Data to textarea, only if the submit button isn't click!
if (!($form->validate())) {
$content->setValue(strip_tags($page->getContent()));
}

$content->setLabel('Page Content');
$content->addFilter('strip_tags');
$content->addFilter('nl2br');
$content->addFilter('trim');

$content->addRule('required', 'Please enter the page content');
// Add the submit button:
$submit = $form->addElement('submit', 'submit', array('value' => 'Edit This Page'));

$form->addRecursiveFilter('trim');

 // Validate the form data:
 if ($form->validate()) {
    
     // Update the edited text:    
     $query = 'UPDATE pages
             SET creatorId=:creatorId,
                title=:title,
                content=:content,
                dateUpdated=NOW()
             WHERE id=:id';

     $stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
    
     $result = $stmt->execute(array(':creatorId' => $user->getId(), ':title' => $title->getValue(), ':content' => $content->getValue(), ':id' => $page->getId()));
    
     // Freeze the form upon success:
     if ($result) {
         $form->toggleFrozen(true);
         $form->removeChild($submit);
     }
    
 }

    Trying to create an edit page using Quickform2

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    I've been trying to improve my php skills by reading and going through the examples (step by step in order) from the book "PHP Advanced and Object-Oriented Programming". I'll try to explain it the best that I can the problem I have followed with some code. I think I'll will start with code:

     

    I have to grab the data for after all it's an edit page:

    <?php # edit_page
// This page both displays and handles the "edit the page" form.
// Need the utilities file:
require('includes/utilities.inc.php');

     try {
        
         // Validate the page ID:
         if (!isset($_GET['id']) || !filter_var($_GET['id'], FILTER_VALIDATE_INT, array('min_range' => 1))) {
             throw new Exception('An invalid page ID was provided to this page.');
         }
        
         // Fetch the page from the database:
         $query = 'SELECT id, title, content, DATE_FORMAT(dateUpdated, "%e %M %Y") as dateUpdated FROM pages WHERE id=:id';
         $stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
         $result = $stmt->execute(array(':id' => $_GET['id']));
        
         // If the query ran OK, fetch the record into an object:
         if($result) {
             $stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_CLASS, 'Page');
             $page = $stmt->fetch();                
         } else {
             throw new Exception('An invalid page ID was provided to this page');
         }
        
     } catch(Exception $e) { // catch generic Exceptions
    
         $pageTitle = 'Error!';
         include('includes/header.inc.php');
         include('views/error.html');
        
     }

    Then I have to setup my Quickform2 form

    // Creat a new QuickForm2 form:
// set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . '/usr/local/pear/share/pear/');
require('HTML/QuickForm2.php');
$form = new HTML_QuickForm2('editPageForm' );

// Add the title field:
$title = $form->addElement('text', 'title');
$title->setLabel('Page Title');
$title->addFilter('strip_tags');
//$title->addRule('required', 'Please enter a page title');

// Add the content field:
$content = $form->addElement('textarea', 'content');
$content->setLabel('Page Content');
$content->addFilter('strip_tags');
$content->addFilter('trim');

//$content->addRule('required', 'Please enter the page content');
// Set defaults for the form elements
$form->addDataSource(new HTML_QuickForm2_DataSource_Array(array(
    'title' => $page->getTitle(),
    'content' => $page->getContent()
)));
// Add the submit button:
$submit = $form->addElement('submit', 'submit', array('value' => 'Edit This Page'));

    and then I have to validate and submit the edited data to the database (This is where I run into problems)

    // Check for a form submission:
if (!isset($_SERVER) && $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { // Handle the form submission

    // Validate the form data:
    if ($form->validate()) {

        $query = 'UPDATE pages
                  SET creatorId=:creatorId,
                    title=:title,
                    content=:content,
                    dateUpdated=NOW()
                WHERE id=:id';
        // Insert into the database:
        //$query = 'INSERT INTO pages (creatorId, title, content, dateAdded) VALUES (:creatorId, :title, :content, NOW())';
        $stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
        $result = $stmt->execute(array(':creatorId' => $user->getId(), ':title' => $title->getValue(), ':content' => $content->getValue(), ':id' => $page->getId()));
        
        // Freeze the form upon success:
        if ($result) {
            $form->toggleFrozen(true);
            $form->removeChild($submit);
        }
        
    } // End of form validation IF.
    
} // End of form submission IF.

     This is the error it gives:

    Details (not for public consumption): An invalid page ID was provided to this page.

     
    Notice: Undefined variable: page in C:\xampp\htdocs\php_test\chapter-09-CMS-with-OOP\edit_page.php on line 56

    Fatal error: Call to a member function getTitle() on a non-object in C:\xampp\htdocs\php_test\chapter-09-CMS-with-OOP\edit_page.php on line 56

     

    I think it might have something to do with the url being different (edit_page.php?id=5) vs (edit_page.php) when it kicks out the error.  I don't know if I have my query right or the POST right or what have you. This is the first time I really have been using PDO for previously I've been using mysqli to go back and forth to the MySQL database. I believe I have it right? Anyways, I apologize if I didn't make myself clear and I can always reply with more information if needed. I have gone to the author's forums, check the Quckform2 documentation, php.net manual  and have done a bunch of Google searches to no avail to fix the problem.

     

    Well at least I know now how to catch an error, but now the thing is how to fix them. :happy-04:
     

    Thanks,

               John

    if statemen in php

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    How's this?  (Didn't see the part where you want it click, but I'm tired this morning. Maybe you can figure it out on your own or someone else can help you?)

    <?php

$total_unread_private_messages = 14;

if ($total_unread_private_messages) {
   echo "The Detroit Tigers are No. 1 and you have " , $total_unread_private_messages;    
} else {
   echo 'The Detroit Tigers are not playing today and you have ', $total_unread_private_messages;    
}

echo '<br>';
$total_unread_private_messages = 0;

if ($total_unread_private_messages) {
   echo "The Detroit Tigers are No. 1 and you have " , $total_unread_private_messages;    
} else {
   echo 'The Detroit Tigers are not playing today and you have ', $total_unread_private_messages;    
}

    Database Class

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    This is what I do, but I'm sure a guru here will have a better way of doing this. :tease-03:  Though it works for me.

     

    I have a file for my database constant variables called common.php

    <?php

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '****');
define('DB_NAME', 'cart_db');

    my connection class:

    class DatabaseConnection {
     protected static function connect() {
            $database = new mysqli(DB_HOST,DB_USERNAME,DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);    
        return $database;
      }             
}

    Where I grab my data class

    class DatabaseData extends DatabaseConnection {
    
     public $products = array();
    
      public function shopping_cart_data()
     {
         $database = parent::connect(); //Connects to the mysqli Database                     
        
        $query = "SELECT CONCAT('A00', id) AS id, description, cost, qty_on_hand FROM shopping_cart ORDER by id ASC";
        $result = $database->query($query);
        
        while ($page = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {              
           $this->products[] = new Item($page['id'], $page['description'], $page['cost'], $page['qty_on_hand']);                      
        }
        /* free result set */
        $result->free();

         $databaseClose = parent::close_connection();         
        
        return $this->products;
        
     }          
}

    Help trying to create a dynamic browse by page

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    To me you would be better off pulling the content off the database by having a dynamic menu, an example:

     

    Forgive the code, for it's old code that I have laying around and isn't the greatest. :happy-04:

        function php_navigation($nav_page, $page_set) {
        
        // Format for php_navigation
        // <ul>
        //    <li><a href="{link}">Name of Link</a></li>
        // </ul>
        
                
        
        $query = "SELECT id, category FROM pages ORDER BY new_blog_date ASC LIMIT 25";
        
        $output = "<ul>";
        if ($result = mysqli_query($db, $query)) {
            while ($page = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
                $output .= "<li><a href=\"" . $nav_page . "?page=" . urlencode($page["id"]) . "\">";
               
               if ($page_set == $page['id']) {
                      $output .= "<span class=\"selected\" >{$page["category"]}</span>";       
               } else {
                   $output .= "{$page["category"]}";
               }           
               
               $output .= "</a></li>";               
            }
            /* free result set */
            mysqli_free_result($result);            
        }
                
        $output .= "</ul>";        
        
        return $output;
    }  

    This way the visitor could just click on a link and then by writing code (Hint a single if statement and a get statement (of course sanitized  :tease-01:  ) could pass the content to be displayed. This is what I would do instead of writing all that code, but I'm lazing and want to write as little code as possible. :tease-03:

       

     

    Object-Oriented Programming Clarification?

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    I just have to say I think I finally getting the hang of OOP and the power is has, I am truly amazed

     

    For example

         public function commentPostRecords()
    {
        $database = parent::connect(); //Connects to the mysqli Database
        
        $query = "SELECT id, username, pages_id, content, post_date FROM comments ORDER by id";
        $result = $database->query($query);
        
        while ($page = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {           
           
           $this->send_comments[] = new BlogPosts($page);    // Assign new object BlogPosts to an array
        }
        /* free result set */
        $result->free();
        
        return $this->send_comments;
        
    } 

    and this

    <?php
class BlogPosts extends BlogPost {
    
     public function  __construct($page) {
         foreach ($page as $key => $value)
         {            
            $pos = strpos($key, 'date'); // Find the word date in array
            if ( $pos !== false ) $value = date('F j, Y g:i A', strtotime( $value )); // Format MySQL date to proper format
            $this->$key = $value; // Assign value to variable in object.
         }

     }
    
}

    Would had taken me way more lines doing it the procedural way and the nice feature is that I can use the constructor for multiple tables.

     

     

    I have to say Thanks once again to ignace and trq, plus php.net manual, it truly helps visiting that site to read up on arrays, objects, etc....

     

     

     

    Object-Oriented Programming Clarification?

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    In OO everything is resembled by an object so your pages query (which returns blog posts?) would return Page/BlogPost objects.

     

    A basic example of this in code would be:

     

    foreach ($blogPosts as $post) { // $blogPosts is an array of BlogPost objects.
$post->getTitle();
$post->getContent();
}

     

    Now this is all fine, but what if you want to both print blog posts on an HTML page and an RSS feed? RSS does not understand html entities (unless you add it in through a custom doctype). So you want to be able to print both in different ways depending on the context.

     

    foreach ($renderer->getStrategy('html', $blogPosts) as $post) {
$post->getTitle();
$post->getContent();

     

    Not much difference? Actually if you would inspect $post now you would see it's a BlogPostHtmlView and no longer a BlogPost.

     

    The BlogPostHtmlView:

     

    class BlogPostHtmlView {
private $post;

..

public function getTitle() { return htmlentities($this->post->getTitle()); }
public function getContent() { return htmlentities($this->post->getContent()); }
}

     

    Whereas the BlogPostRssView:

     

    class BlogPostRssView {
private $post;

..

public function getTitle() { return new DOMCDataSection($this->post->getTitle()); }
public function getContent() { return new DOMCDataSection($this->post->getContent()); }
}

     

    That said because this code is the same for all posts you could make a flyweight out of it.

     

    class BlogPostRssView {
private $posts;
private $post;

..

public function seek($pos) { $this->post = $this->posts[$pos]; }
public function getTitle() { return new DOMCDataSection($this->post->getTitle()); }
public function getContent() { return new DOMCDataSection($this->post->getContent()); }
}

     

    In OO it's important to understand what the responsibility is for each object and more important what isn't. Rule of thumb, if they own the data, they are responsible. That said just because they own the data does not mean they are also responsible for loading/storing themselves in a database because you want some flexibility here and also be able to load them from for example an XML or simply an array during testing. So, we put that responsibility in another object.

     

    Also sometimes the responsibility is dependent upon language limitations for example in Java they have constructor polymorphism and constructing an object in different valid states is possible using multiple constructors, in PHP you only have one, so most opt to use a Factory Method to work around that problem, but more often then not this will pollute your object and create hard dependencies in different areas of your code, and since these are mostly business domain objects they change ALOT. For example at some point you may have a Special Case so now your original object would be responsible for creating other objects.. In these cases it's best to simply create a Factory and a Special Case will no longer bother you.

    Thanks for replying and I definitely saving this for my notes so I can refer to it from time to time.

    Object-Oriented Programming Clarification?

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    I don't understand that questions sorry. How are they "tied to a number" ?

     

    Another thing I don't understand is, why does your MemberTopic class extend ConnectMySQLClass? MemberTopic is quite obviously not a database connection type. The relationship makes no sense.

    A massive part of OOP is dealing with object relationships. This code does not describe these relationships at all well.

    It was kind of late when I wrote for I meant by number is making the index of the array be associative instead of numeric. However, after reading these replies that doesn't make sense now to me either. :o:happy-04:  ,  I think I now understand it is more important to understand what I want the class/methods  to do in OOP and take one step at a time.

     

    I thought in order for MemberTopic class to have access to the mysqli it would have to extend ConnectMySQL Class, and after researching what you mean I found out that it was sloppy code on my part for I have a separate file with the extend ConnectMySQLClass and I should had never had require_once ("Connect.DB.Class.php"); in the other file.  

     

    Thanks for Replying

    <?php
require_once ('common.php');

abstract class ConnectMySQLClass {

     protected static function connect() {
            $database = new mysqli(DB_HOST,DB_USERNAME,DB_PASSWORD, DB_NAME);    
        return $database;
      }
    
}

    Object-Oriented Programming Clarification?

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    I think I'm starting to wrap my mind around how to work with OOP - Objects and Arrays

     

    I have starting a small test php file that I'm doing testing on.

     

    Here's my main file

    <?php require('includes/Connect.MySQL.Class.php'); ?>
<?php require('includes/TopicFileClass.php'); ?>
<?php
$data = array();
// New instance/modifier of class MemberTopic
$topic = new MemberTopic($data);

// Retrieve topics from mysqli database
$topic = $topic->retrieve_record();
//print_r($topic);
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Object Oriented Programming</title>
</head>
<?php


?>    
<body>
    <?php foreach ($topic as $key=>$record) { // Loop through the Array to pull out the objects(records)?>
    <h1><?php echo $record->blog_name; // Display the Title of the Blog ?></h1>
    <p><?php echo $record->content; // Display the Content of the Blog ?></p>
     <?php } // Closes the foreach loop ?>
</body>
</html>

    An here is where I retrieve my data

    <?php
require_once ("Connect.MySQL.Class.php");
class MemberTopic extends ConnectMySQLClass
{
     protected $threads = array();    
    
     protected function main_record()
    {
        $database = parent::connect(); //Connects to the mysqli Database
        
        $query = "SELECT * FROM pages ORDER by id";
        $result = $database->query($query);
        while ($page = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC)) {
           $this->threads[] = (object) $page;
        }
        /* free result set */
        $result->free();
        //print_r($this->threads);
        return $this->threads;
        
    }
    
    
    public function retrieve_record()
    {
        //return $records = $this->assign_topic_record();
         return $this->main_record();    
    }
         
}

    My questions is there a way to make it so I have each object tied to a user name instead of a number? I tried doing $this->threads[$page['username']] = (object) $page; which only worked partially for it skip a few records(objects). If there isn't a way of doing it, it's no big deal for this has simplified my code a lot and makes it so much easier following what the code is doing.

     

    Thanks John

    having trouble getting this code to work

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    You need to check it to see if the variable is set.

     

    There are many ways you can do this, the following uses a Ternary Operator, but you could use an if statement to accomplish the same thing.

    <p>thank you, <?php echo (isset($_POST['firstName'])) ? $_POST['firstName'] : 'To Whom It May Concern'; ?>, for filling out my form </p>

    Need help echoing out an array using a function

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64 


    
<?php function get_stores() {

    
$stores = array( "First Name" => "Kevin", "Last Name" => "Smith", "Occupation" => "Director" );
    
foreach ($stores as $key => $value) {
    
      echo "key = " . $key . " value = " . $value . "<br />";
    
    } 
    
return $stores;
    
}

    
// use print_r instead to see how the array is setup
    
$my_array =  get_stores();
    
print_r($my_array);



    
?>

     

    Trying improve my login code

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    Well, after thinking about this and doing some research on the web I solved this myself (btw going to php.net documentation does help a lot), in case anyone runs into a similar problem here's the solution:

        public function login_user( $user, $user_pwd, $login_ok)
    {
        
        /* create a prepared statement */
        if ($stmt = $this->database->prepare("SELECT id, username, password, salt, email, confirmed FROM users WHERE username=?")) {
       
            /* bind parameters for markers */
            $stmt->bind_param("s", $user);
       
            /* execute query */
            $stmt->execute();
       
            /* bind result variables */
            $stmt->bind_result($row['id'], $row['username'], $row['password'], $row['salt'], $row['email'], $row['confirmed']);
       
            /* fetch value */
            $stmt->fetch();
       
       
            /* close statement */
            $stmt->close();
        }
                

        // The Above checks to see if the username is in the databese
        // The Belows checks the password.
        if($row)
        {

    how to remove warning: session_start?

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    What I do is have a common.php at the top of my page before my header info like this:

    <?php require_once("includes/common.php"); ?>
<?php require("includes/Thread.Reply.Class.php"); ?>
<?php
    $dynamic_menu = new ThreadReplayClass;            
    // Instances for Displays Threads and Replies
    $threads = $dynamic_menu->display_topic();
    $user_comments = $dynamic_menu->display_replies();                    
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">

    Then in my common.php file I do this

    <?php
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '*******');
define('DB_NAME', 'your_database');

header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
session_start();

    This prevents a lot of those errors from happening in the first place, but you still have to be careful on a few other gotchas.

    Trying improve my login code

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    While the below works, I want to improve it by using bind parameters. I know  the $query string should have WHERE username=? at the end of the string. What I am stuck on is the prepare statement (Which should be the converted $query statement?) and the $stmt->bind_param('s', $user);  portion of it.

            $query = "SELECT id, username, password, salt, email, confirmed FROM users WHERE username='$user'";                
                                  
    
        $result = $this->database->query($query);            
        
        /* fetch values */
        $row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
                
        $result->free();

        /* close connection */
          $this->database->close();    

        // The Above checks to see if the username is in the databese
        // The Belows checks the password.
        if($row)
        {
            
     

    I'm slowly grasping php and mysqli, but trying to convert this has me stumped. I must be having a brain fart. :tease-03:

     

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

     

    Thanks John

    PHP Function

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    I don't know why but I found myself messing around with this code :confused:

     

    I know this isn't the way it's supposed to be done, but this is definitely screaming database... :happy-04:

     

    I wasn't going to post this, but I thought well it might help you out a little.

     

    activities.php

    <?php
$msg = "";
$activites = array ('Paintballing', 'Ice_skating', 'Horse_riding', 'para_gliding', 'water_rafting');

$output = "<nav><ul>" ;
foreach ($activites as $key => $value)
{
    $output .= "<li><a href=\"activities.php?page=" . ($key+1) . "\" >" . $value . "</a></li>";    
    $message[$key+1] = "We trust you will enjoy " . $value . " today. Have fun and create memories";
}


$output .= "</ul></nav>";

if (isset($_GET['page']))
{    
    switch ($_GET['page']) {
      case 1:
           $msg = $message[1];
           break;
      case 2:
           $msg = $message[2];
           break;
      case 3:
           $msg = $message[3];
           break;
      case 4:
           $msg = $message[4];
           break;
      case 5:
           $msg = $message[5];
           break;                       
    }
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">

<style type="text/css">
nav {
    clear: both;
    display: block;
    width: 200px;
    height: 120px;
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;    
}
nav ul {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
}
nav ul li {
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;    
}

nav ul li a {
    float: left;
    display: block;
    width: 180px;
    height: 25px;
    background: #ebebeb;    
    border-bottom: 1px solid #40352F;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
        font-size: 1.0em;
        line-height: 25px;
        color: #1C11B5;
        font-weight: bold;
        text-decoration: none;
    padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
    margin: 0px;    
}

nav ul li a:hover {
    color: #40352F;
    background: #FEE494;
    padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;
    margin: 0px;    
}

</style>

<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
 
<body>

<H1>Please select an activity from the drop down menu</H1>
<?php echo $output; ?>

<p><?php echo $msg; ?></p>



</body>
</html>
 

    insert query for text field

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted · Edited by Strider64

    You could do something like this?

    <form action="user.page.php?page=3" method="post">

<input type="hidden" name="action" value="process" />


<input type="text" name="phone" value="" />

<input type="submit" name="submitButton" id="submitButton" value="SUBMIT" /></form><br />
 

    Then all you have to do is something like this

     

     

     

      if ( isset( $_POST["action"] ) and $_POST["action"] == "process" ) {
           $phone = htmlspecialchars($_POST['phone']);
           // Your function to the write to database?     
    }    
 

    The above would probably be best at the top of you page before the header portion of your html.

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