Adding timestamp to insert

VinceGledhill · May 11, 2012

Hi People.

Please can someone tell me the code to add a time stamp (date and time) to insert into the database at the time of filling out the form. At the moment my form is putting "null" into this database field.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Stranded Flyer</title>
</head>

<body>

<?php

$host = 'localhost';
$usr = "the_user";
$password = 'thepassword';
$db_name = 'thedbname';

//connect to database
mysql_connect ("$host","$usr","$password") or die ('Error During Connect:<br>'.mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ("$db_name") or die ('Error Selecting DB:<br>'.mysql_error());

$surname = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['surname']);
$firstname = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['firstname']);
$phone1 = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['phone1']);
$phone2 = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['phone2']);
$location = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['location']);
$qualifications = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['qualifications']); 
$expertise = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['expertise']);
$assistance = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['assistance']);
$languages = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['languages']);
$e-mail = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['e-mail']);
$consent = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['consent']);
$published = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['published']);
$comments = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['comments']); 
$other_info = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['other_info']);



$errorstring = ""; // default value of errorstring

function makeSafe($value)
{
    if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
    {
        $value = stripslashes($value); 
    }
    
    $value = mysql_real_escape_string($value);
    
    return $value;
}

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
// Validate all the code inputs

// Captcha Validation

require_once('recaptchalib.php');
$privatekey = "6Ld2xscSAAAAADwh3mCFkTObSHLAEKUAcU3ocpSv";
$resp = recaptcha_check_answer ($privatekey,
                                $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"],
                                $_POST["recaptcha_challenge_field"],
                                $_POST["recaptcha_response_field"]);

if (!$resp->is_valid) {
    // What happens when the CAPTCHA was entered incorrectly
    $errorstring = $errorstring. "Invalid CAPTCHA, please try again";
  } else {

if ($surname =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "Surname<br>";
if ($phone1 =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "phone1<br>";	
if ($phone2 =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "phone2<br>";
if ($location =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "location<br>";
if	($qualifications =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "qualifications<br>";
if ($assistance =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "assistance<br>";
if ($languages =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "languages<br>";
if ($e-mail =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "e-mail<br>";
if ($consent =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "consent<br>";
if ($published =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "published<br>";
if ($comments =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "comments<br>";	
if ($other_info =="")
$errorstring = $errorstring. "other info<br>";

// does the errorstring = "nothing"?

}
// Figure out which error message to show i.e. field validation or CAPTCHA
if ($errorstring !="")
   if (strstr($errorstring,"CAPTCHA")) echo $errorstring;
  else echo "You have not put anything in the following fields: <br><br> $errorstring";
//echo "If you have nothing to put in the box please type the word \"None\" or \"N\/A\"";
//die ("Please try again, ensuring that you fill out all the fields!");
else 
{


//echo "Your data has been saved";


$insert_query = "INSERT INTO HelperFormData (surname, firstname,phone1, phone2, location, qualifications, expertise, assistance, languages, e-mail, consent, published, comments, other_info,) VALUES ('$surname', '$firstname', '$phone1','$phone2', '$location', '$qualifications', '$expertise', '$assistance', '$languages', '$e-mail', '$consent', '$published', '$comments', '$other_info')";
$insert_action = mysql_query($insert_query) or die ('Error During Insert :<br>'.mysql_error().'<br><br>Error occured running the following code :<br>'.$insert_query);

$id = mysql_insert_id();

echo "Thank you, Your details have been submitted.";
//include "resultcard.php";

// Output what the form looks like

// End of how the form looks 

}
}

if(!isset($_POST['submit']) || (isset($_POST['submit']) && !empty($errorstring)))
{
?>

<form name = "form1" method ="post" action="">
<table width="700" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" bgcolor = "#dddddd">
  <caption>
    Submit Your  Details
  </caption>
  <tr>
    <td width = "50"> </td>
    <td width = "240"> </td>
    <td width = "250"> </td>
    <td width = "160"><b>Example Input</b></td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Surname</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='surname' size = '40' maxlength='30' value = '<?php echo $surname; ?>'></td>
    <td>Smith</td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>First Name</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='firstname' size = '40' maxlength='30' value = '<?php echo $firstname; ?>'></td>
    <td>Bill</td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Phone 1</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='phone1' size = '40' maxlength='30' value = '<?php echo $phone1; ?>'></td>
    <td>07777 777777</td>
  </tr>
  
  
  
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Phone 2</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='phone2' size = '40' maxlength= '30'value = '<?php echo $phone2; ?>'></td>
    <td>0118 123 4567</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Location</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='location' size = '40' maxlength='40'value = '<?php echo $location; ?>'></td>
    <td>52.289071,-1.952004</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Qualifications</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='qualifications'  size = '40' maxlength='30' value = '<?php echo $qualifications; ?>'></td>
    <td>Electrician</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Expertise</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='qualifications'  size = '40' maxlength='30' value = '<?php echo $expertise; ?>'></td>
    <td>Flexwings</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Assistance Offered</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='assistance' size = '40' maxlength='50' value = '<?php echo $assistance; ?>' /></td>
    <td>Trailer and Tow Car</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Language Skills</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='published' size = '40' maxlength='50' value = '<?php echo $language; ?>' /></td>
    <td><p>English / Spanish</p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>E-Mail</td>
    <td><input type='text' name='comments' size = '40' maxlength='50' value = '<?php echo $e-mail; ?>' /></td>
    <td><p>[email protected]</p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Consent</td>
    <td>
      <select name = "surface">
        <option value = "Yes" <?php if ($_POST['consent'] == 'Yes') { echo 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Yes</option>
        <option value = "No" <?php if ($_POST['consent'] == 'No') { echo 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>No</option>
        
      
  </select>
      
      </td>
    <td>Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Published</td>
    <td>
    
     <select name = "food">
     <option value = "Yes" <?php if ($_POST['published'] == 'Yes') { echo 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>Yes</option>
        <option value = "No" <?php if ($_POST['published'] == 'No') { echo 'selected="selected"'; } ?>>No</option>
</select>
    
    </td>
    <td>Yes</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Comments</td>
    <td><textarea name= "remarks" input type = 'text' rows = "5" cols = "29" /><?php echo $remarks; ?></textarea></td>
    <td>As much info as possible 500 characters max</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td>Other Info</td>
    <td><textarea name= "warnings" input="input" type = 'text' rows = "5" cols = "29" /><?php echo $warnings; ?></textarea></td>
    <td>As much info as possible 500 characters max</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td><input type='submit' name='submit' value='Submit Your Info' /></td>
    <td colspan="2">
      <? require_once('recaptchalib.php');
  $publickey = "6Ld2xscSAAAAAH3_KiJoRLR4sEWFFQR4yAr5F1xi"; // you got this from the signup page
  echo recaptcha_get_html($publickey);?></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</form>


</body>
</html>
<?php } ?>

Psycho · May 11, 2012

You don't need to do anything in PHP, simply set up the field in your database to automatically set the timestamp when the record is created.

You can do this through the DB tools you have (e.g. PpMyAdmin), or you can run a query to modify the field such as

ALTER TABLE `HelperFormData` CHANGE `timestamp` `timestamp` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

VinceGledhill · May 11, 2012

Thanks, I've done that and now it's working, cheers.

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