Derleek Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 So I am implementing the FCK editor (http://www.fckeditor.net/) and i've successfully made it so i can create and submit a text file to my database. I am now trying to make it so I can open a message saved in the database and load the title/message into the editor. That all works fine. But when I try and edit it everything goes crazy. Basically I have variables set to $title and $message to fill out the given form. When i click submit, the variable $title is no where to be found after the submit button is clicked... and i have no clue why. I don't think it really has anything to do with the editor or even the $_POST function. I've made several scripts using $_POST and i haven't gotten any funky results like this... here is my code: <?php include_once("fckeditor/fckeditor_php5.php") ; include_once("db.php"); dbConnect("massMailer"); $title = $_GET['title']; $msg = "SELECT msg FROM mail WHERE title = '$title'"; echo $msg."<br>"; $result = mysql_query($msg) or die(mysql_error()); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result,MYSQL_ASSOC)) { $message = $row['msg'];} ?> <html> <head> <title>Edit Your Message</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body> <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" method="post"> Title: <input type = "text" name = "Title" value = "<?php echo $title; ?>"> <?php $oFCKeditor = new FCKeditor('fck') ; echo "$title!!!"; $oFCKeditor->BasePath = '/MassMailer/fckeditor/' ; $oFCKeditor->Value = $message ; $oFCKeditor->Create() ; ?> <br> <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="SubmitBtn1"> </form> </body> </html> <? if($_POST['SubmitBtn1']) { $newTitle = mysql_escape_string($_POST['Title']); $newMessage = mysql_escape_string(stripslashes( $_POST['fck'] )) ; echo "$title!!!<br>"; $sql = "UPDATE mail SET msg= $newMessage AND title = $newTitle WHERE title = $title)"; echo $sql; mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); } the echo "$title!!!<br>"; line outputs this '!!!<br>' any idea's why $title gets erased after submission? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbee Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 The variable $title should be coming from the $_GET parameter. There is, however, the variable $newTitle. Did you mean to put echo "$newTitle"; ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derleek Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 no, because i am updating the database where the old title's match. if i do $title=$_GET['$title']? will that work? maybe i don't understand how $_GET works because i tried changing the form to form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?><? echo '?title2=$title'; ?>" method="request"> so i could use 'get' and 'post', because i think i would need to use both. When i make that change and click submit it just clears everything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude832 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 GET and POST are generic HTTP ways to send data from Client -> server The data in GET and POST are prepared for you to use via apahce/php in two super global arrays $_GET and $_POST These arrays are populated with the key->value association of the GET/POST variables set. so saying <?php $_GET['title']; ?> only works if the GET variable title was passed (usually accopmlished through a url looking like example.com/index.php?title=Animals Does this clear things up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derleek Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 yes, is there a way to pass a variable with $_GET without using it in the url? just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude832 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 cURL can set post/get vars but the default apache setup usually has it as a variable after a ? in the URL its designed to be visible for caching purposes. Post is designed to be "hidden" for nonchahing purposes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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