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  1. Not mistaken at all, you can mask the actual download link, but thanks for thinking you cant.
  2. Basically I would like to place a link on my website and have the user download a file, but rather than just right clicking and choosing save target as, the link must be clicked, on the next page the file is fetched and then the client can download the file. How would I go about setting this up please? When the download appears the link that is produced doesn't show the actual download either, so users can't leech of it. Thanks
  3. @ginerjm Its interesting how you comment that I make sure the data is being inserted and too check the results of the inputs, you obviously have seen something and noticed that the data wont insert in the db and as such that has happened. Now before you reply, remember that I came here asking for help, don't talk down to me please like I am some kid, just because you understand the theory behind what is happening here, your comments always come across offensive even though you may not mean it. I am new at this and have no idea what I am doing hence why I was just trying to wing it, the URL is irrelevant on whats going on since I am the only one accessing it and no one else will have access to the URL. That being said, I still don't want the answer in plain text, but please ease off on me, I am trying here even though it no longer works, it says the record went to the table successfully yet it didn't. Thank you.
  4. I am reading w3schools as well and trying different things <?php $con=mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db"); // Check connection if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error(); } // escape variables for security $fullname = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['fullname']); $company = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['company']); $email = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['email']); $serial_no = mysqli_real_escape_string($con, $_POST['serial_no']); $sql="INSERT INTO clients2 (fullname, company, email, serial_no) VALUES ('$fullname', '$company', '$email', '$serial_no')"; if (!mysqli_query($con,$sql)) { die('Error: ' . mysqli_error($con)); } echo "1 record added"; mysqli_close($con); ?> The part where you mention " assign a variable to the input's value= attribute so that when you send back the form their input (that the DID provide) shows up the second time " is this part referring to entering data and when the data has been entered successfully the form reloads allowing for new data to be entered but also shows that a record had been entered as well? I can now submit data
  5. <?php /* */ $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "user", "pass", "db"); // Check connection if($link === false){ die("ERROR: Could not connect. " . mysqli_connect_error()); } // Escape user inputs for security $fullname = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $post['fullname']); $company = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $post['company']); $email = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $post['email']); $serial_no = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $post['serial_no']); // Attempt insert query execution $sql = "INSERT INTO clients2(fullname, company, email, serial_no) VALUES ('$fullname', '$company', '$email', '$serial_no')"; if(mysqli_query($link, $sql)){ echo "Records added successfully."; } else{ echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . mysqli_error($link); } // Close connection mysqli_close($link); ?> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> </head> <body> <form action="insert.php" method="post"> <p> <label for="fullname">fullname:</label> <input type="text" name="fullname" id="fullname"> </p> <p> <label for="company">company:</label> <input type="text" name="company" id="company"> </p> <p> <label for="email">email:</label> <input type="text" name="email" id="email"> </p> <p> <label for="serial_no">serial:</label> <input type="text" name="serial_no" id="serial_no"> </p> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> </form> </body> </html>
  6. Not sure how I go about entering this.
  7. I've enabled the errors suggested by ginerjm and it now shows: Notice: Undefined variable: _post in insert.php on line 12 Notice: Undefined variable: post in insert.php on line 13 Notice: Undefined variable: post in insert.php on line 14 Notice: Undefined variable: post in insert.php on line 15 Whilst i do this I am too trying to work out the answer for myself, so please when you reply, understand that I am new at this, please don't give me the answer, but guide me in the right direction so I may try and understand this myself, thank you. Now with the error Notice: Undefined variable, it says something about the variable that it wasn't previously defined, so does that mean I need to define fullname, company etc? Does that mean I need the tell the database the values of those first?
  8. ginerjm Your comment " And - are these error messages ACTUALLY EXACTLY what you are posting here? Seem very wrong. " What are you trying to imply here? I've posted everything that I am having a problem with.
  9. I've corrected the above with the correct table information instead of the database name. I've changed it all to lowercase as recommended. I've gone to add a record and it says it added the record. Question: So I've checked the database and look for the new record it said its inserted, the new record shows a new increment but the data is missing. So if I go back and add another record, this time I get an error instead of it saying a new record has been added. The error is: ERROR: Could not able to execute INSERT INTO clients2(fullname, company, email, serial_no) VALUES ('', '', '', ''). Duplicate entry '' for key 'email' Barand Thanks for pointing out the difference between the table and database, my mistake. Thank you. ginerjm Updated code? The code I have provided above is the code, below is the database CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `licjwe` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin; USE `licjwe`; -- -------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Table structure for table `clients2` -- CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `clients2` ( `client_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, `user_name` varchar(255) collate utf8_bin NOT NULL, `company` varchar(255) collate utf8_bin NOT NULL, `email` varchar(255) collate utf8_bin NOT NULL, `serial_no` varchar(255) collate utf8_bin NOT NULL, `license_no` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 1, `validations_no` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, PRIMARY KEY (`client_id`), UNIQUE KEY `email` (`email`), UNIQUE KEY `serial` (`serial_no`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin COMMENT='Our company clients' AUTO_INCREMENT=3; -- -- Dumping data for table `clients2` -- INSERT INTO `clients2` (`client_id`, `user_name`, `company`, `email`, `serial_no`, `license_no`) VALUES (1, 'Person a', 'Company1', 'smith@west.com', '111-222-111-222', 2), (2, 'Person b', 'Company2', 'west@home.com', '222-222-222-111', 2);
  10. So I've made all the changes as suggested, when I press submit I get this error: ERROR: Could not able to execute INSERT INTO licjwe(fullname, company, email, serial) VALUES ('', '', '', ''). Table 'licjwe.licjwe' doesn't exist So I imagine its referring to this line: // Attempt insert query execution $sql = "INSERT INTO licjwe(fullname, company, email, serial) VALUES ('$fullname', '$company', '$email', '$serial')";
  11. So completely new here. I've created a database that has 4 fields full_name, company, email and serial_no with 2 sample records. I would like to create a form with those fields, so the data I enter into the form when I press submit it goes into the database. Config File: <?php $mysqli = new mysqli('localhost', 'username', 'pass', 'database_name'); if($mysqli->connect_error) { echo $mysqli->connect_error; } ?> Index.php <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Add Record Form</title> </head> <body> <form action="insert.php" method="post"> <p> <label for="Fullname">Fullname:</label> <input type="text" name="full_name" id="Fullname"> </p> <p> <label for="Company">Company:</label> <input type="text" name="Company" id="Company"> </p> <p> <label for="emailAddress">Email Address:</label> <input type="text" name="email" id="emailAddress"> </p> <p> <label for="Serial">Serial:</label> <input type="text" name="Serial" id="Serial"> </p> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form> </body> </html> Insert.php <?php /* Attempt MySQL server connection. Assuming you are running MySQL server with default setting (user 'root' with no password) */ $link = mysqli_connect("localhost", "username", "pass", "database_name"); // Check connection if($link === false){ die("ERROR: Could not connect. " . mysqli_connect_error()); } // Escape user inputs for security $full_name = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['full_name']); $company = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['company']); $email = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['email']); $serial_no = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['serial_no']); // Attempt insert query execution $sql = "INSERT INTO licjwe(full_name, company, email, serial_no) VALUES ('$full_name', '$company', '$email', '$serial_no')"; if(mysqli_query($link, $sql)){ echo "Records added successfully."; } else{ echo "ERROR: Could not able to execute $sql. " . mysqli_error($link); } // Close connection mysqli_close($link); ?> This is the error I am getting: ERROR: Could not able to execute INSERT INTO database_name(full_name, company, email, serial_no) VALUES ('test', '', 'email@home.com', ''). Table 'table_name' doesn't exist Not sure what I am doing. Basically I want to have the form so I can enter the data, once its been entered, it lets me know its been successfully updated, then loads the page again. Please help. Where have I gone wrong?
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