News system

plasmagames · November 29, 2008

I made a news system by myself it has a title field, author field, and a news field.

So i decided i want to make it easier by getting rid if the author field and replace it with the username of the user posting the news with the $uName variable but now it's not entering anynews at all. also i have had a problem with entering news a message that is to long. heres my code

news.php

<?php
$submitter = $uName;
    //If the form hasn't been submitted, show it!
    if (!$_POST['submit']) {

        echo "<div class=\"reg\"><div class=\"point\"><img src=\"i/to.png\" alt=\"arrow\"><STRONG>News<STRONG></div><form action='index.php?action=news' method='POST'>
<p><center><strong>Editing the News</strong></center><br />
<br />
<strong>Title:</strong><input class=\"field\" type='text' name='title' />
<br />
<br />
news:
<br />
<textarea name='news' rows='20' cols='60'>
</textarea></p>
<input class='submit' type='submit' name='submit' value='Submit News' />
</form></div> ";
    } else {

        //Or else it has.. Secure all the inputs
        $news = secure($_POST['news']);
        $author = secure($_POST['$submitter']);
        $title = secure($_POST['title']);
        /*************************/
        /*************************/
        $date = date("D, d M Y"); //displays something like: "Mon, 29 Sept 2008"
        $time = date("h:i") ; //displays something like: "10:59 GMT"
        /*************************/
        /*************************/

        
                        //Insert the user information into the database
                        $add = "INSERT INTO `news` (`news`, `author`, `title`, `date`, `time`) VALUES ( '$news', '$author', '$title', '$date', '$time')";


                        //If the insert went ok...
                        if (mysql_query($add)) {

                            //Tell them the good news
                            echo "News That was entered <br /> <strong>$news</strong><br />";
                        } else {

                            echo 'Error, News was not added';

                        }
}
?>

plasmagames · November 29, 2008

can anyone help? ???

plasmagames · November 30, 2008

hello?

revraz · November 30, 2008

Remove the $ before submitter

$author = secure($_POST['$submitter']);

plasmagames · November 30, 2008

but how do i get the variable to put the username into the field

revraz · November 30, 2008

How are you capturing the username when they post?

plasmagames · November 30, 2008

well i want it to automatically grab the username which is stored in the variable $uName and i have that going into a variable called $submitter

revraz · November 30, 2008

Then why not use $uName instead of $author or $submitter?

plasmagames · November 30, 2008

still not working

here's the updated code

<?php
$submitter = $uName;
    //If the form hasn't been submitted, show it!
    if (!$_POST['submit']) {

        echo "<div class=\"reg\"><div class=\"point\"><img src=\"i/to.png\" alt=\"arrow\"><STRONG>News<STRONG></div><form action='index.php?action=news' method='POST'>
<p><center><strong>Editing the News</strong></center><br />
<br />
<strong>Title:</strong><input class=\"field\" type='text' name='title' />
<br />
<br />
news:
<br />
<textarea name='news' rows='20' cols='60'>
</textarea></p>
<input class='submit' type='submit' name='submit' value='Submit News' />
</form></div> ";
    } else {

        //Or else it has.. Secure all the inputs
        $news = secure($_POST['news']);
        $uName = secure($_POST['author']);
        $title = secure($_POST['title']);
        /*************************/
        /*************************/
        $date = date("D, d M Y"); //displays something like: "Mon, 29 Sept 2008"
        $time = date("h:i") ; //displays something like: "10:59 GMT"
        /*************************/
        /*************************/

        
                        //Insert the user information into the database
                        $add = "INSERT INTO `news` (`news`, `author`, `title`, `date`, `time`) VALUES ( '$news', '$author', '$title', '$date', '$time')";


                        //If the insert went ok...
                        if (mysql_query($add)) {

                            //Tell them the good news
                            echo "News That was entered <br /> <strong>$news</strong><br />";
                        } else {

                            echo 'Error, News was not added';

                        }
}
?>

Coreye · November 30, 2008

$add = "INSERT INTO `news` (`news`, `author`, `title`, `date`, `time`) VALUES ( '$news', '$author', '$title', '$date', '$time')";

Should be

$add = "INSERT INTO `news` (`news`, `author`, `title`, `date`, `time`) VALUES ( '$news', '$uName', '$title', '$date', '$time')";

You're no longer defining $auther.

plasmagames · November 30, 2008

i cannot believe i missed that thanks man

plasmagames · December 1, 2008

ok it's posting the news but its not putting in the name

dezkit · December 1, 2008

You don't have a form field to for a user to put their name in, i am guessing you have the username in a session?

plasmagames · December 1, 2008

ya and i went over the code again and i can't find a thing wrong with it. I checked the database and it's not put the name into the database

revraz · December 1, 2008

I asked you this already:

How are you capturing the username when they post?

So how do you get $uName? Because it's not in your code on where it comes from.

plasmagames · December 1, 2008

$uName is the username of a user it grabs the username from the database and put's it as that value

revraz · December 2, 2008

Not in that code it doesn't.

plasmagames · December 2, 2008

ya i know that. heres my index.php code that shows it all I use the switch statment and all pages show up in one page so $uName is carried through the entire site from register.php i will also say that this is a pre made script hat i have modified

<?php
// Get the configuration file


$filename = 'defs.php';
$setup = 'install/index.php';

if (!file_exists($filename)) {
    die("Please install Isus beafore usage! <a href=\"install/\">Click here</A>");
}
if (file_exists($setup)) {
    die("Please remove the install folder beafore usage. It can be harmful to your site if it exists and someone uses it!");
}


include ('config.php');

// get the theme
$result = mysql_query("SELECT theme FROM theme WHERE id=1");
$theme = mysql_result($result, 0);

//Set the navigation up, secure it's input.
$nav = $_GET['action'];
secure($nav);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
    <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy for Linux (vers 1 September 2005), see www.w3.org">

    <title><?php echo SITE_NAME; ?></title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="theme/<?php echo $theme;?>/visus.css">
    <style type="text/css">
    div.c1 {text-align: center}
    </style>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" background="theme/<?php echo $theme;?>/images/logo.png">
<p>
    <div class="c1" valign = "top">
        <div class="logo">
            <img src="theme/<?php echo $theme;?>/images/logo.png" height="250" width = "800">
        </div>

        <div class="pages">
            <?php include ("navbar.php"); ?>
        </div>

        <div class="Container" style=" background-image:url(images/cbg.png);">
            <div class="content" style="width:580">
                <?php
                //Use a switch statement to go through the URLS.
                switch ($nav) {
                    case "login":
                        include ('login.php');
                        break;

                    case "logout":
                        include ('logout.php');
                        break;

                    case "editprofile":
                        include ('editprofile.php');
                        break;

                    case "memberlist":
                        include ('memberlist.php');
                        break;

                    case "register":
                        include ('register.php');
                        break;

                    case "viewterms";
                        include ('terms.php');
                        break;

                    case "forgot";
                        include ('reset_pw.php');
                        break;

                    case "profile";
                        include ('profile.php');
                        break;

                    case "admin";
                        include ('admin/index.php');
                        break;

				case "theme";
                        include ('admin/theme.php');
                        break;

				case "news";
                        include ('admin/news.php');
                        break;

				case "general";
                        include ('admin/general.php');
                        break;

				case "download";
                        include ('download.php');
                        break;

				case "game";
                        include ('game.php');
                        break;

				case "tutorial";
                        include ('tutorial.php');
                        break;

				case "contact";
                        include ('contact.php');
                        break;

                    default:
                        include ('default.php');
                        break;


                }

                ?>
            </div>

            <div  class="sidebar" align="right">
                <?php include ('nav.php'); ?>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div align="center" class="footer">
            <?php include ('footer.php'); ?>
        </div>   
    </div>
    </p>
</body>
</html>

plasmagames · December 13, 2008

Hello!!!???

revraz · December 13, 2008

Hi

BTW, $uName is no where in that code either. How do you "carry" it from page to page? There are sessions or post variables at all.

Hello!!!???

plasmagames · December 13, 2008

Hi

BTW, $uName is no where in that code either. How do you "carry" it from page to page? There are sessions or post variables at all.

Hello!!!???

i know that.

heres the code

that has it

<?php
ob_start();
//Allows us to use cookies on all of the pages

//Get some additional functions
include ('functions.php');
include ('defs.php');
//*********************************************//
//Length Of Time Cookie Lasts - 1 week default
$cookieTime = time() + 7 * 86400;
//***********************************************//

//Path to index.php file , no following slash
//Eg, if the index file were located at http://iscripting.net/isus/index.php - you would enter http://iscripting.net/isus
$siteurl = SITE_PATH;

//Your Website name, not the <title>
$sitename = SITE_NAME;

//The default membergroup when someone registers.
$defaultmembergroup = "user";

//**********************************************//

//Connect to the database
$connect = mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);

if (!$connect)
    echo 'There was an error connecting to the database';

mysql_select_db(DB_NAME);


// Get and authenticate their cookie information.
$u1 = secure($_COOKIE['username']);
$p1 = secure($_COOKIE['password']);

//Check theyre logged in.
$logged = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE username = '$u1' AND password = '$p1'");

$logged = mysql_fetch_array($logged, MYSQL_ASSOC);

//Rename some of the $logged['variables'] with easier names.
$uId = $logged['id'];
$uName = $logged['username'];
$uEmail = $logged['email'];
$uMsn = $logged['msn'];
$uIp = $logged['ip'];
$uSignup = $logged['signup'];
$uLevel = $logged['level'];
$uGtalk = $logged['gtalk'];
$uMsn = $logged['msn'];
$uAim = $logged['aim'];
$uLocation = $logged['location'];
$uBio = $logged['bio'];
$uGroup = $logged['gid'];
$uMembergroup = $logged['membergroup'];

//If the user isn't logged in, we'll set their name to guest and membergroup to guest as well so they don't screw anything up
if (!$uName) {

    $uName = guest;
    $uMembergroup = guest;

}
//Get the permissions sorted out.
$permquery1 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `permissions` WHERE mg_name = '$uMembergroup' ");
$uCan = mysql_fetch_assoc($permquery1);

$action = secure($_GET['action']);
$sa = secure($_GET['sa']);
$ssa = secure($_GET['ssa']);

?>

which btw is included with all pages

plasmagames · December 17, 2008

again....................................... Hello?

premiso · December 17, 2008

again....................................... Hello?

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