Text Area Data into Mysql

[superhoops]

I have a table on my database with 5 categories and when someone submits the form, all the data appears on the database correctly apart from a field called Comments where people submit data on a textarea on the form and nothing shows up on the database:

Here is the code for my insert page:

[code]
$Name = addslashes($_POST['Name']);
$Comment = addslashes($_POST['Comment']);
$sql="INSERT INTO Pre SET
        Name = '".$Name."',
        Team = '".$_POST['Team']."',
        Rating = '".$_POST['Rating']."',
        Comment = '".$Comment."'";
// echo $sql;  for testing purposes
[/code]

And here is the code for the text area part of the form:

[code]
<textarea rows="5" name="Comment" cols="34"></textarea>
[/code]

IM sure its an easy thing to fix but if anyone would be able to tell me how to do it or slightly amend the insert page code bit i would be very greatful.

[superhoops]

Please?

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[Jenk]

sanitise all input for mysql with mysql_real_escape_string();

[superhoops]

I don't understand sorry. I had a previous table in my database and the form i had submitted all the data correctly and i put the addslashes command for the fields with a textbox in. I haven't yet before this one had a text area though so i was wondering what i do?

[Jenk]

The form:

[code]<form action="page.php" method="post">
    <textarea name="mytextarea" cols="50" rows="5"></textarea>
    <br />
    <input type="submit" />
</form>[/code]

The php for page.php:
[code]<?php
$link = mysql_connect('host', 'user', 'pass');
mysql_select_db('db', $link);


if (!empty($_POST['mytextarea'])) {
    $sql = "INSERT INTO `table`(`column`) VALUES('" . mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['mytextarea']) . "'";
} else {
    echo 'Input something you numpty!';
}

//mysql_query etc down here.

?>[/code]

[superhoops]

I think you thought i meant that if someone submitted nothing into the textarea nothing would happen, sorry but this is not the problem.

The problem is when people submit data, they fill out all forms and all the results from the forms appear in the databse except what is submitted in the textbox.

[GingerRobot]

What is shown after $sql is echoed?

[superhoops]

Do you mean after the form is submitted? it goes blank but thats fine, it did that with my other page as well. Its getting the textarea info into the database.

[wildteen88]

Do you have a comment field in the database? If theres no comment field in the database, it wont add the commnt. Post your table structure for the table called [b]Pre[/b] here.

ALso follow GingerRobots suggestion of echoing $sql, to whether the SQL query is actually correct.

[GingerRobot]

Ah i only just noticed that you had commented this line out:
// echo $sql;  for testing purposes

remove the comments to see what the query is showing.

[superhoops]

Yes i have a field called Comments in my table. here is the code for my createtable.php

mysql_select_db("fmpsite_reg", $con);
$sql = "CREATE TABLE Pre
(
id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
Name varchar(30),
Team varchar(30),
Rating int(2),
Comment varchar(300)
)";

I have checked the database, it definately has a field called Comments.

When I echo $sql should i delete the insert into Pre stuff?

[GingerRobot]

It doesn't matter. We just need to see what the query actually is doing.

[superhoops]

I added it, submitted the form and the page went blank after the form was submitted like before.

[Jenk]

dude.. echo the value of $sql and paste it here.. for the love of god..

[superhoops]

ive given you all the code that is required right?

This is the code i need to use to run $sql is

[code]
echo '$sql';
[/code]

That correct?

[wildteen88]

Well your not performing the query if you are just echo'ing $sql. All what [code=php:0]echo $sql[/code] will do is print whats in $sql to the browser. It wont perform the query.

To run the sql query you need to run it through the mysql_query function. Before you run the query you must be connected to mysql.

[superhoops]

I am connected, could someone just give me this code to run this query.

[superhoops]

The whole code of the insertpre page is:

<?
$db = mysql_connect("username", "db", "password") or die("Could not connect.");
if(!$db)
  die("no db");
if(!mysql_select_db("fmpsite_reg",$db))
    die("No database selected.");
if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
mysql_select_db("fmprotasy_reg", $con);
$Name = addslashes($_POST['Name']);
$Comment = addslashes($_POST['Comment']);
$sql="INSERT INTO Pre SET
        Name = '".$Name."',
        Team = '".$_POST['Team']."',
        Rating = '".$_POST['Rating']."',
        Comment = '".$Comment."'";
echo $sql;
if (!mysql_query($sql))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }
?>

[wildteen88]

Now I'm confused. You are running the query, see:
[code]if (!mysql_query($sql))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }[/code]

[superhoops]

I always had that in the page just i didn't show that code. Do you know how to solve the problem of the textarea data not showing on the databse now?

[wildteen88]

As many other people have requested, and you have failed to do. Post the output of [code=php:0]echo $sql;[/code] here.

[superhoops]

As i said before the page goes blank when i submit the form, is that what you mean?

[wildteen88]

So you get no outout what so ever. Looks like there is an error in there somewhere then. Tidied up the code a little. Try this:
[code=php:0]<?php

error_reporting("E_ALL");

echo "connecting to MySQL";

$db = mysql_connect("username", "db", "password") or die("Could not connect.<br /><br />" . mysql_error());

echo "connected to mysql<br /><br />";

echo "Selecting database";

mysql_select_db("fmpsite_reg", $db) or die("No database selected.<br /><br />" . mysql_error());

echo "Database selected<br /><br />";

//if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
//    mysql_select_db("fmprotasy_reg", $con);
// NOT SURE ABOUT THE ABOVE SO I COMMENTED IT OUT;

echo "Attempting to insert data into database<br /><br />"

$Name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['Name']);
$Comment = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['Comment']);

$sql = "INSERT INTO `Pre` SET `Name`='".$Name."', `Team`='".$_POST['Team']."', `Rating`='".$_POST['Rating']."', `Comment`='".$Comment."'";

echo "SQL OUTPUT:<br /><code>{$sql}</code><br /><br />";

mysql_query($sql) or die('Error: ' . mysql_error());

echo "Inserted data into database";

?>[/code]

[superhoops]

I get this message with your code:
[b]
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/www/fmprotasy.com/insertpre.php on line 23[/b]

[wildteen88]

Add a semi-colon at the end of this line:
[nobbc]echo "Attempting to insert data into database<br /><br />"[/nobbc]

It should be this
[nobbc]echo "Attempting to insert data into database<br /><br />";[/nobbc]