[SOLVED] $_REQUEST not doing as I expect

stockton · October 22, 2008

I have written the following and am confused as to why when the script reloads I cannot retrieve the html fields via $_REQUEST.

Will someone please tell me what I have done silly.

<?php
require_once('includes/logo.inc');
require_once('includes/configuration.php');     // database connect script & the rest.
/*
*  We 1st check if user has logged on and has the necessary authority.
*/
//    echo ("Earn Rate Create at erate.php<br/>");
    $Ding = $_REQUEST["submit1"];
    $EarnRateTitle = $_REQUEST["EarnRateTitle"];
    $SlotsRate     = $_REQUEST["SlotsRate"];
    echo "ding = ".$Ding." <br/>";
    echo ("EarnRateTitle = ".$EarnRateTitle." SlotsRate = ".$SlotsRate."<br/>");
    if ($_SESSION['UID'] < 1)       // Not logged in
        {
        $Message = sprintf("%s %d <br> Logon to be able to access this task!", __FILE__, __LINE__);
        trigger_error($Message, E_USER_ERROR);
        exit;
        }
    if ($Ding == "")    // 1st time display the screen
        {
        $Ding = 1;
        }
    else
    if ($Ding == 1)     // Hopefully something got entered so do calculation
        {
        $Ding = 2;
        if (($EarnRateTitle == "") || ($SlotsRate == ""))
            {
            $Message = sprintf("%s %d <br> Please enter both fields!", __FILE__, __LINE__);
            trigger_error($Message, E_USER_ERROR);
            exit;
            }
        $RouletteRate   = $SlotsRate*$TheoreticalHold[slots]/$TheoreticalHold[Roulette];
        $BlackJackRate  = $SlotsRate*$TheoreticalHold[slots]/$TheoreticalHold[blackJack];
        $PuntoBancoRate = $SlotsRate*$TheoreticalHold[slots]/$TheoreticalHold[PuntoBanco];
        $PokerRate      = $SlotsRate*$TheoreticalHold[slots]/$TheoreticalHold[Poker];
        echo ("Roulette = ".$RouletteRate." BlackJack = ".$BlackJackRate." PuntoBlance = ".$PuntoBlancoRate." Poker = ".$PokerRate);
        }
    else
    if ($Ding == 2)     // Previous calculations accepted
        {
        }

?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html>
<title>Earn Rate Create</title>
<meta name="author" content="Alf Stockton">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="Mon, 22 Jul 2000 11:12:01 GMT">
</head>
<body onload="BodyOnLoad()">
<h2>Create Earn Rate</h2>
<form method="get" name="EarnRateCreate" id="EarnRateCreate" > <!-- action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?> " > -->
<TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=3 align=center>
<TR BGCOLOR="deeppink">
   <TH>Description</TD>
   <TH>Slots</TD>
   <TH>Roulette</TD>
   <TH>BlackJack</TD>
   <TH>PuntoBanco</TD>
   <TH>Poker</TD>
</TR>

<TR BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC">
   <TD><input type="text" name="EarnRateTitle" id="EarnRateTitle" size=20></TD>
   <TD><input type="text" name="SlotsRate" id="SlotsRate" size=10></TD>
   <TD><input type=text disabled name="RouletteRate" id="RouletteRate" size=10></TD>
   <TD><input type=text disabled name="BlackJackRate" id="BlackJackRate" size=10></TD>
   <TD><input type=text disabled name="PuntoBancoRate" id="PuntoBancoRate" size=10></TD>
   <TD><input type=text disabled name="PokerRate" id="PokerRate" size=10></TD>
   </TR>
</table>
<center>
<input type=hidden name="submit1" id="submit1" value="<?php echo $Ding; ?>" >
<P>
<a href="erate.php"><img src=images/Submit.png name="submit" value="submit" border=0>
<a href="erate.php"><img src=images/AddNew.png name="addnew" value="addnew" border=0>
<a href="Administration.php"> <img src="images/Back.png" border=0> </a>
</p>
</center>
</FORM>
</body>
</html>
<script type="text/javascript">
function BodyOnLoad()
    {
    document.getElementById('EarnRateTitle').focus();
    }
</script>

MasterACE14 · October 22, 2008

change your $_REQUEST to $_GET, see if it works then.

stockton · October 22, 2008

Unfortunately it does not.

MasterACE14 · October 22, 2008

$_POST maybe?

As far as I can tell, your using the GET method though.

stockton · October 22, 2008

Yes, the form method="get" but from what I understand from the manual $_REQUEST should work for either method="post" or method="get"

MasterACE14 · October 22, 2008

have a read of this article on $_REQUEST

Instead of using $_REQUEST, you could do something like...

<?php

  foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
      $cgi[$key] = $value;
  }
  foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) {
      $cgi[$key] = $value;
  }

then all $_POST's and $_GET's will be accessible by $cgi

stockton · October 22, 2008

Tried your suggestion but still without success. I am not getting anything back.

MasterACE14 · October 22, 2008

that is strange, maybe something is disabled in your PHP configuration? I honestly have no idea why none of the above is working.

stockton · October 22, 2008

I doubt that it is a configuration problem as $_REQUEST works fine in other scripts I have on the same machine.

stockton · October 22, 2008

I am now convinced that it is a HTML issue not a PHP problem at all.

haku · October 22, 2008

Have you set $PHP_SELF? If not, your form isn't going to work. In which case, it's both a php problem and an HTML problem. PHP because you aren't setting the php right, and HTML because it doesn't have an action for the form.

PFMaBiSmAd · October 22, 2008

Your form does not have any submit input fields, so the form won't be submitted. You have links using images, which won't submit a form unless you add some javascript. What you have now are just some links. Why aren't you just using images in the submit input fields.

feidakila · October 22, 2008

Maybe the echo sentences at the beginning of the script are creating an incorrect HTML code. You could try to include the whole script inside the html body (just after de <body> tag).

Your codeshould start like this

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
        "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html>
<title>Earn Rate Create</title>
<meta name="author" content="Alf Stockton">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="Mon, 22 Jul 2000 11:12:01 GMT">
</head>
<body onload="BodyOnLoad()">
<?php /*YOUR SCRIPT*/ ?>

stockton · October 22, 2008

I have solved the problem and what PFMaBiSmAd said above covered most of the issues.

Thank all.

stockton · October 22, 2008

By the way feidakila, I do not believe that it makes much difference if the HTML is on top or the PHP.

If anyone else has any others ideas I would appreciate hearing them.

MasterACE14 · October 22, 2008

order of HTML and PHP doesn't matter. Except for headers, and sessions, which have to come before any HTML output.

Sign In

[SOLVED] $_REQUEST not doing as I expect

Recommended Posts

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Link to comment

Share on other sites

Join the conversation

Important Information