Conditional not working

[justin7410]

Hey Guys, Im trying to create a registration page, that will have some validations and then register my user into my DB.

 

I am fairly new to this and i am following a tutorial.

 

long story short i created my own custom registration form and now i want to POST to it after i click the submit button.

 

as you will see below :

 

my action is set to register.php ( which is the page you see right now ); and my method is set to "POST";

<?php include('include/init.php'); 
 include('include/header.php'); 

 if (empty($_POST) === false) {
echo 'Form submitted!';
}
?>


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<div class="mainContent">


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<div id="login_right_register" style="float:left;">
    <table style="margin-left:10px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;">
    <form name="register" action="register.php" method="post"></form>


    <tbody><tr>
    <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Email Address:</span></td>
    <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="email" name="register_email" size="35" maxlength="50" value=""></td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data" colspan="2"><font color="#FFCC00" style="background-color:#000000; text-decoration:blink;"><b> Validation Required </b></font></td></tr>
    
    <tr>
     <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Username:</span></td>
<td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="text" name="register_username" size="35" maxlength="15" value=""></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td class="register_td_left"></td>
        <td class="extra_data" colspan="2">Your username can only contain letters A-Z or numbers 0-9</td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
<td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Password:</span></td>
<td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="password" name="password" size="35" maxlength="15" class="password"></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
<td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Confirm Pass:</span></td>
<td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="password" name="confirm_pass" size="35" maxlength="15"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"> </td>
</tr>
    
    <tr>
<td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Gender:</span></td>
    <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2">
<input id="male" name="gender" type="radio" value="m"><label for="male"> Male</label>   
<input id="female" name="gender" type="radio" value="f"><label for="female"> Female</label> 
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
     <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"> </td>
</tr>
    
    <tr>
<td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Date of Birth:</span></td>
    <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><select name="month" id="month" style="width:100px"><option value="">---</option><option value="1">January</option><option value="2">February</option><option value="3">March</option><option value="4">April</option><option value="5">May</option><option value="6">June</option><option value="7">July</option><option value="8">August</option><option value="9">September</option><option value="10">October</option><option value="11">November</option><option value="12">December</option></select><select name="day" id="day" style="width:45px"><option value="">---</option><option value="1">1</option><option value="2">2</option><option value="3">3</option><option value="4">4</option><option value="5">5</option><option value="6">6</option><option value="7">7</option><option value="8">8</option><option value="9">9</option><option value="10">10</option><option value="11">11</option><option value="12">12</option><option value="13">13</option><option value="14">14</option><option value="15">15</option><option value="16">16</option><option value="17">17</option><option value="18">18</option><option value="19">19</option><option value="20">20</option><option value="21">21</option><option value="22">22</option><option value="23">23</option><option value="24">24</option><option value="25">25</option><option value="26">26</option><option value="27">27</option><option value="28">28</option><option value="29">29</option><option value="30">30</option><option value="31">31</option></select><select name="reg-year" id="reg-year" style="width:60px"><option value="">---</option><option value="2016">2016</option><option value="2015">2015</option><option value="2014">2014</option><option value="2013">2013</option><option value="2012">2012</option><option value="2011">2011</option><option value="2010">2010</option><option value="2009">2009</option><option value="2008">2008</option><option value="2007">2007</option><option value="2006">2006</option><option value="2005">2005</option><option value="2004">2004</option><option value="2003">2003</option><option value="2002">2002</option><option value="2001">2001</option><option value="2000">2000</option><option value="1999">1999</option><option value="1998">1998</option><option value="1997">1997</option><option value="1996">1996</option><option value="1995">1995</option><option value="1994">1994</option><option value="1993">1993</option><option value="1992">1992</option><option value="1991">1991</option><option value="1990">1990</option><option value="1989">1989</option><option value="1988">1988</option><option value="1987">1987</option><option value="1986">1986</option><option value="1985">1985</option><option value="1984">1984</option><option value="1983">1983</option><option value="1982">1982</option><option value="1981">1981</option><option value="1980">1980</option><option value="1979">1979</option><option value="1978">1978</option><option value="1977">1977</option><option value="1976">1976</option><option value="1975">1975</option><option value="1974">1974</option><option value="1973">1973</option><option value="1972">1972</option><option value="1971">1971</option><option value="1970">1970</option><option value="1969">1969</option><option value="1968">1968</option><option value="1967">1967</option><option value="1966">1966</option><option value="1965">1965</option><option value="1964">1964</option><option value="1963">1963</option><option value="1962">1962</option><option value="1961">1961</option><option value="1960">1960</option><option value="1959">1959</option><option value="1958">1958</option><option value="1957">1957</option><option value="1956">1956</option><option value="1955">1955</option><option value="1954">1954</option><option value="1953">1953</option><option value="1952">1952</option><option value="1951">1951</option><option value="1950">1950</option><option value="1949">1949</option><option value="1948">1948</option><option value="1947">1947</option><option value="1946">1946</option><option value="1945">1945</option><option value="1944">1944</option><option value="1943">1943</option><option value="1942">1942</option><option value="1941">1941</option><option value="1940">1940</option><option value="1939">1939</option><option value="1938">1938</option><option value="1937">1937</option><option value="1936">1936</option><option value="1935">1935</option><option value="1934">1934</option><option value="1933">1933</option><option value="1932">1932</option><option value="1931">1931</option><option value="1930">1930</option><option value="1929">1929</option><option value="1928">1928</option><option value="1927">1927</option><option value="1926">1926</option><option value="1925">1925</option><option value="1924">1924</option><option value="1923">1923</option><option value="1922">1922</option><option value="1921">1921</option><option value="1920">1920</option><option value="1919">1919</option><option value="1918">1918</option><option value="1917">1917</option><option value="1916">1916</option><option value="1915">1915</option><option value="1914">1914</option><option value="1913">1913</option><option value="1912">1912</option><option value="1911">1911</option><option value="1910">1910</option><option value="1909">1909</option><option value="1908">1908</option><option value="1907">1907</option><option value="1906">1906</option><option value="1905">1905</option><option value="1904">1904</option><option value="1903">1903</option><option value="1902">1902</option><option value="1901">1901</option><option value="1900">1900</option><option value="1899">1899</option><option value="1898">1898</option><option value="1897">1897</option><option value="1896">1896</option></select></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
     <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"> </td>
</tr>
    
   <tr>
    <td class="register_td_left2"><span class="">Security Code:</span></td>
    <td valign="middle" style="padding-left:2px"><input id="security_code" name="security_code" type="text" maxlength="6" size="7"></td>
    <td align="left" valign="middle"><img src="/includes/security_captcha/CaptchaSecurityImages.php?pcode=752017" alt="Your Security Code"></td>
    </tr>


     <!-- <tr>
    <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2">
    <input id="agreement" type="checkbox" name="agreement" checked="unchecked" value="agree">
    <label for="agreement"> - <span class="">I agree to the </span></label><a href="/terms_of_use.php" target="_blank">terms of use</a>.
    </td>
    </tr> -->
    
    <tr><td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"><input type="submit" class="pbutton" name="register" value="Register"></td></tr>
    </tbody></table>
    
</div>




</div>


<?php include('include/footer.php') ?>
 

 

Now I set up the conditional for the very first check to see if this is outputting my data :

 

 

 

 if (empty($_POST) === false) {
       echo 'Form submitted!';
}
 

now when i click SUBMIT nothing shows up on the page above the block , i am sure there is better logic to create the conditional , but for some reason while watching the tutorial it works perfectly for the instructor.

 

suggestions as to why my POST is not actually POSTING ? and i am getting no output ?

 

when the conditional is set to TRUE , before i submit it outputs to the screen.

 

thanks guys !

Edited April 3, 2013 by justin7410

[PaulRyan]

 

<?PHP
  if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
    // Do stuff
  }
?>

[justin7410]

Hey PaulRyan,

 

thanks for the suggestion as usual.

 

I tried using what you suggested as the conditional , yet i am still outputting nothing when running the page.

 

can you explain as to what 

 

<?PHP
  if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
    // Do stuff
  }
?>
 

is doing as appose to what i had stated ?

[PaulRyan]

I do apologize, I misinterpreted the error.

 

Try placing the block you had, above the included files, probably want to put it below "init.php" and above "header.php", also, turn on error reporting too.

 

Error Reporting

[justin7410]

I tried your suggestion of changing the placement of the conditional , unfortunately that did not help. Whats weird is that this worked very briefly once ( conditional BETWEEN header.php and main content div)

and i thought perfect it worked. i changed the message and now i cant seem to figure out why ..

 

i have my errors showing all right now since I'm in production mode at the moment.

 

i am more than 100 percent positive that what you suggested might of not been the issue that stopping this from printing .

 

any other suggestions ? ( i tried clearing my cache, thinking something as simple as this was the problem) 

 

this is a big pain in the butt , since its not really letting me move forward with my registration page

[PaulRyan]

I didn't quite understand this "i have my errors showing all right now"

 

Do you have error reporting turned on? This may uncover an error from one of the included files.

[justin7410]

hey PR,

 

currently i am setup as so:( in my init.php )

 

 

 

error_reporting(E_ALL);
 ini_set("display_errors", 1);
 

im guessing this is correct right ? or am i not addressing this correctly ?

 

i see in you link i am missing a E_STRICT .. is that of much importance ??

Edited April 3, 2013 by justin7410

[PaulRyan]

Nope, that should do.

 

Am I right in saying your problem is that when you submit the form, nothing is showing up? I.E. the text in the conditional statement?

 

P.S. Could you post the content on init.php and header.php?

[justin7410]

init.php

session_start();


error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
 ini_set("display_errors", 1);


require ('core/database/dbconnect.php');
require ('core/functions/general.php');
require ('core/functions/users.php');
require 'core/queries/dbqueries.php';


if (logged_in() === true) {
$session_user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$user_data = user_data($session_user_id, 'user_id', 'username', 'password', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email');
if (user_active($user_data['username']) === false){
session_destroy();
header('Location: index.php');
exit();
}
}


$errors = array();
 

 

header.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<div>
<head>
<title>TITLE</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="author" content="#">
<meta name="keywords" content="#">
<meta name="description" content="#">
<meta name="robots" content="#">
<meta name="revisit-after" content="7 days">
<link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="css/normalize.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="jscript/sidebar.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jscript/mootools.js"></script>


<body>
<!--<div id="fb-root"></div>              // LOG IN USING FACEBOOK
<script>(function(d, s, id) {
  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId="#";
  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>
<div style="width:1000px; margin:auto;">


</div> -->


<div class="top">


<?php // include('include/socialmedia.php'); // this is just a bunch of iframes for social media like us tabs.

 

ok so the problem is fairly simple, when i click submit on my form . it should echo form submitted with the conditional applied. except when i click submit , nothing seems to happen

 

when i change my conditional to TRUE , my echo statement prints to the screen no problem .

 

so my conditional of if (empty($_POST) === false) does not seem to be doing the trick .

 

but as i stated before, it did work very briefly the first time i attempted to submit.

 

any ides /?

[PaulRyan]

The code you want to have on your page should definitely go above the header.php include part.

This is to keep all processing above any output to the browser.

 

Place this code above the header include, but below init.php include.

 

 

  echo '<pre>';
  print_r($_POST);
  echo '</pre>';

 

Then check the output of that before and after form submission.

[justin7410]

i understand the logic for what your saying about the postion of the php code.

 

all i was stating was that the code should still output the POST onto the page regardless of the position( to my understanding)

 

anyway,

 

i dd what you suggested and placed it in between the init and header. 

 

i then created this code :

 

 if (empty($_POST) === false) {
 echo '<pre>';
  print_r($_POST);
  echo '</pre>';
}

i then refreshed and clicked on the submit button to get the action . and nothing was outputted .

 

i just cant seem to figure out why this is happening

[justin7410]

Hey Guys,

 

so i think i figured out the problem and the solution

 

 

in my form :

 

 

 

<form name="register" action="register.php" method="post"></form>

i ended up closing the form before the fields .

 

i then changed it to close the form at the end of the fields:

 

 

<tr><td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"><input class="register-button" type="submit" name="register" value="Register my FREE account"></td></tr>
    </tbody></table></form>

this seem to do the trick . i now can view the entire array being posted with the Print_R and <pre> tags

 

thanks for the help though PR, much appreciated

[Yohanne]

if(isset($_POST['submit']) && 'Submit' == $_POST['submit'])
 {
   $post_array = array();

   if(empty($_POST['value'])) 
     {
       $post_array[] = 'text empty value';
     }
   else
     {
       $_POST['value'] = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['value']);
     }
   if(sizeof($post_array)> 0)
     {
       foreach($post_array as $new_array);
       echo $new_array;
     }
 } 

 

hope its help to add your conditional logic.