PHP Form unwanted refreshing/redirecting

[AnimaStone]

I have an exercise for school that I have to work out. My teacher is letting us figure it out ourselves, but I've ran into some troubles:

 

- We have to make 2 files: sescook1.php and sescook2.php.

- We have to make a form for the user to fill out their name and favorite color (in sescook1.php).

- We have to check the input (whether there is input or no). If there's isn't any input, we have to echo 'Please fill out __' (in sescook1.php)

- We have to store the name in a session variable and the color in a cookievariable (in sescook1.php)

- If both fields are filled in, we ave to show a link 'go to the next page' (where 'next page' is an URL to sescook2.php).

- All info has to be shown in sescook2.php (Entered name: __, Entered color: ___)

- You have a link 'Go back to previous page' (where 'previous page' is an URL to sescook1.php)

 

My code:

<?php

session_start();

function checkContent() {

if($_POST["name"] == "")

echo "Please enter your name";

elseif($_POST["favcolor"])

echo "Please enter your favorite color";

else

echo "Go to <a href='http://localhost/webadv1011/PHPCookiesSessies/sescook2.php'>next page";

}

?>

 

<form name="color" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" onsubmit="<?php checkContent(); ?>">

<p>Name: <input type="text" name="naam" /></p>

<p>Favourite color: <input type="text" name="favcolor" /></p>

<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="send" /></p>

</form>

 

This is the code I got so far. My problem is that the page refreshes itself after it does the checkContent function. I'm also not sure how I save my name in a session variable and the color in a cookie variable (and pass them to the next page as well!).

 

We haven't learned anything on cookies and sessions except our own trial and error and things I found on the internet. Unfortunately, I can't really find lots of useful info (most people refer to Ajax, but we can only use php), or I'm looking in the wrong place.

 

Thanks for your help in advance!

 

[anupamsaha]

Try this:

<?php
session_start();
function checkContent() {
   if($_POST["name"] == "")
         echo "Please enter your name";
   elseif($_POST["favcolor"])
         echo "Please enter your favorite color";
   else
      echo "Go to <a href='http://localhost/webadv1011/PHPCookiesSessies/sescook2.php'>next page";
}
?>

<form name="color" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" onsubmit="<?php checkContent(); ?>">
<p>Name: <input type="text" name="naam" value="<?php echo isset($_POST['naam']) ? $_POST['naam'] : '' ?>" /></p>
<p>Favourite color: <input type="text" name="favcolor" value="<?php echo isset($_POST['favcolor']) ? $_POST['favcolor'] : '' ?>" /></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="send" /></p>
</form>

 

[fugix]

to set your name to a session you can do something like

$_SESSION['name'] = $example_name

to create a cookie refer to http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php

Also, i advise against using $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; you can google it to see why..

And I believe you are receiving multiple refreshes etc. because you are trying to incorporate javascript and php in a way that will not give you the results that you want.

[KevinM1]

PHP is not like JavaScript.  PHP is run on the server, JavaScript in the browser.  As such, PHP has no notion of a submit event (or any DOM event).  By the time your form is displayed on the screen, your PHP script has finished running.

 

You need something along the lines of:

 

<?php
session_start();

function checkContent()
{
   $errors = array();

   if (empty($_POST['name']))
   {
      $errors['name'] = "Please enter your name";
   }
   else
   {
      $_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['name'];
   }

   if (empty($_POST['favcolor']))
   {
      $errors['favcolor'] = "Please enter your favorite color";
   }
   else
   {
      // store favcolor in a cookie
   }

   if (count($errors) > 0)
   {
      foreach($errors as $error)
      {
         echo $error . '<br />';
      }
   }
   else
   {
      echo "Go to <a href='http://localhost/webadv1011/PHPCookiesSessies/sescook2.php'>next page</a>";
   }
}

if (isset($_POST['submit'))
{
   checkContent();
}
?>

<form name="color" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
<p>Name: <input type="text" name="name" /></p>
<p>Favourite color: <input type="text" name="favcolor" /></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="send" /></p>
</form>

 

I left the cookie-setting bit for you to do.

[AnimaStone]

Thanks for all the help already!

 

I didn't really know a lot about the differences between PHP and Javascript, since most of our classes have been self-study...

 

I'll look into the solutions once I get home from class and see if I can solve my problem!