[SOLVED] $_Post Problem

[savagenoob]

I am submitting the test name via post and the test names have spaces in them, during the submit, the post does not recognize anything after a space and its driving me crazy. Such as Quiz 5, only comes through as Quiz. Here is some code....

 

$qname = $_POST['qname']; // This is the problem...

if (isset($_POST['newquiz']) && ($myname != $qname))
{

$select = mysql_query("INSERT INTO pq_quizname SET Name = '$qname'");
echo mysql_error();
echo "Added successfully";
echo "<meta http-equiv=Refresh content=3;url=quizadd.php>";
}
else
{

?>
<table>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post" name="newquiz">
<tr><th>New Quiz</th></tr>
<tr><th>Quiz Name</th><td><input name="qname" type="text" size="20" maxlength="40" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="submit" name="newquiz" value="Next"></td></tr>
</form>
</table>
<?php
}
?>
<?php 
require_once('config.php');
//Array to store validation errors
$errmsg_arr = array();

//Validation error flag
$errflag = false;

//Connect to mysql server
$link = mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);
if(!$link) {
	die('Failed to connect to server: ' . mysql_error());
}

//Select database
$db = mysql_select_db(DB_DATABASE);
if(!$db) {
	die("Unable to select database");
}
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM pq_quizname");
	while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query))
	{
		$showtest[] = $row['Name'];
	}

?>
<table>
<form action="takequiz.php" method="post" name="taketest">
<tr><th>Take a test</th></tr>
<tr><td>Test </td><td><?php echo '<SELECT name=testname>';
foreach ($showtest as $key => $value) {
    echo '<OPTION value=' . $value . '> ' . $value . '';
}
echo '</select>'; ?></td><td>Number of questions</td><td><input name="numques" type="text" size="3" maxlength="4" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="submit" name="takequiz" value="Take Test"></td></tr>
</form>
</table>

[chronister]

I am not 100% sure this will take care of it.... but I would start with valid HTML

 

 

 

....... echo '<SELECT name="testname">';
foreach ($showtest as $key => $value) {
    echo '<OPTION value="' . $value . '"> ' . $value . '';
}
echo '</select>'; ?>< ...........

 

I believe that attribute values in HTML are supposed to have quotes around them. I don't think it matters whether it is single or double quotes.... just put quotes around and I believe that it will fix it.

 

Nate

[savagenoob]

Yeah that doesnt help, you just put double quotes around single quotes and it would just make nothing come through, this is coming through but leaving the second part off, like "Quiz 7" is coming through as " Quiz " .This is so freakin wierd...

[kenrbnsn]

Look at the generated source and post it here.

 

The above suggestion should have worked. Please post your modified code.

 

Ken

[savagenoob]

You guys were right, I feel like a "special person". Thanks a million... this was frusterating me