form not posting

[raphael75]

We have a Debian Linux server with Apache2. One page, feedback.php has a super-simple form:

 

 

 

<form action="feedback.php" method="post">
<div class="type"><input type="radio" name="type" id="compliment" value="compliment" /><label for="compliment">Compliment</label></div>
<div class="type"><input type="radio" name="type" id="complaint" value="complaint" /><label for="complaint">Complaint</label></div>
<div class="type"><input type="radio" name="type" id="general" value="general" /><label for="general">General</label></div>
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" class="begin_comments" value="Begin Comments" />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="error"></span>
</form>

This form posts back to itself, and handles it like this:

 

 

PHP Code:

session_start();

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
if (isset($_POST['type'])) {
$_SESSION['type'] = $_POST['type'];
//echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
header('Location: form.php');
}
else {
$error = 'You must select a comment type to begin';
}
}

However, when form.php loads, $_POST, $_GET, or $_REQUEST are all empty arrays. What could cause this?

 

Thanks!

[jacko_162]

change the form to

 

<form method="post" action="">

 

what do you want the form to do?

 

the following just checks if form is posted?

echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];

[TFT2012]

However, when form.php loads, $_POST, $_GET, or $_REQUEST are all empty arrays. What could cause this?

 

 

The form.php is re-directed from feedback.php. $_POST won't have data because the form action is "feedback.php", but not "form.php". Since you use session, you may save the $_POST in session variable, then read it on form.php.

[TFT2012]

 

the following just checks if form is posted?

echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];

 

Determine the if the method is "POST" or "GET"

[Barand]

Only checked radio buttons (and checkboxes) are posted so $_POST['type'] will be empty if no selection is made