Confused... Strings returning numbers...

[Gibbs]

I'm really confused. To test that i'm getting the right information from the forms i've printed them...

Any help would be great!

This is how i'm getting the info:
[code=php:0]include("include/session.php");
$userx = $session->username; // Get the username logged in

$perform = $_GET['perform']; // Get the perform URL
$table = "bio"; // The table to read and write to

// Get the employee details (if they submit them)
$firstname = $_POST[bio_fname];
$secondname = $_POST['bio_sname'];
$age = $_POST['bio_age'];
$gender = $_POST['bio_gender'];
$birth = $_POST['bio_birth'];
$residence = $_POST['bio_residence'];
$bio = $_POST['bio_bio'];
$education = $_POST['bio_education'];
$training = $_POST['bio_training'];[/code]

This is the form etc...
[code=php:0]if ($perform==add)
{
echo "<p>Welcome $userx. Please submit accurate and correct information only. If you make any mistakes or your details change you may update your entry at any time. <br>Thank you.<br></p>
<table width=\"500\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">
<form action=\"vtxemp.php?perform=submit1337\" method=\"post\">
<tr>
<td width=\"115\" height=\"25\"><p align=\"right\">First name: </p></td>
<td width=\"385\">
<input name=\"bio_fname\" type=\"text\" class=\"textpm\"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=\"25\"><p align=\"right\">Second Name: </p></td>
<td><input name=\"bio_sname\" type=\"text\" class=\"textpm\"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=\"25\"><p align=\"right\">Age: </p></td>
<td><input name=\"bio_age\" type=\"text\" class=\"textpm\" size=\"2\" maxlength=\"2\"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=\"25\"><p align=\"right\">Gender: </p></td>
<td>
<select name=\"bio_gender\" class=\"dropdownl\">
<option value=\"Male\">Male</option>
<option value=\"Female\">Female</option>
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=\"25\"><p align=\"right\">Place of Birth: </p></td>
<td><input name=\"bio_birth\" type=\"text\" class=\"textpm\"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=\"25\"><p align=\"right\">Current Residence: </p></td>
<td><input name=\"bio_residence\" type=\"text\" class=\"textpm\"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=\"top\"><p align=\"right\">Employee Bio: </p></td>
<td><label>
<textarea name=\"bio_bio\" cols=\"60\" rows=\"10\" class=\"textpm\"></textarea>
</label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=\"top\"><p align=\"right\">Education: </p></td>
<td><textarea name=\"bio_education\" cols=\"60\" rows=\"4\" class=\"textpm\"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=\"top\"><p align=\"right\">Training: </p></td>
<td><textarea name=\"bio_training\" cols=\"60\" rows=\"4\" class=\"textpm\"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=\"top\">&nbsp;</td>
<td><label>
<input type=\"submit\" name=\"Submit\" value=\"Submit Entry\">
</label></td>
</tr>
</form>
</table>";
}

if ($perform==submit1337)
{
echo $firstname or die("First name not entered");
echo $secondname or die("Second name not entered");
echo $age or die("Age not entered");
echo $gender or die("Gender not entered");
echo $birth or die("Place of Birth not entered");
echo $residence or die("Current Residence");
echo $bio or die("Employee Biography not entered");
echo $education or die("Education details not entered");
echo $training or die("Training details not entered");

//$create = "INSERT INTO $table (firstName, secondName, age, gender, placeBirth, cResidence, bio, education, training, username)
//VALUES ('$firstname','$secondname','$age','$gender','$birth','$residence', '$bio', '$education', '$training')";
//$create2 = mysql_query($create) or die("Database Entry Failed");
//echo("<br><br>Thank you. Your details have been submitted to the Vortex Network Employee Database");
}[/code]

I'm so confused as to whats going wrong.... Please help!

Thank you :)

[SharkBait]

[code]should it not read:

[code]
<?php
if($perform == "add") {
  ...
}
?>
[/code]

and

[code]
<?php
if($perform == "submit1337") {
  ...
}
?>
[/code]
?

What part is being returned as numbers and not as strings?
[/code]

[Gibbs]

$perform==submit1337 etc work.

These are being returned as the number 1 after submitting the form...

[code]$firstname = $_POST[bio_fname];
$secondname = $_POST['bio_sname'];
$age = $_POST['bio_age'];
$gender = $_POST['bio_gender'];
$birth = $_POST['bio_birth'];
$residence = $_POST['bio_residence'];
$bio = $_POST['bio_bio'];
$education = $_POST['bio_education'];
$training = $_POST['bio_training'];[/code]

[Jessica]

add this
?><pre><?
print_r($_POST);
?></pre><?
before here: $firstname = $_POST['bio_fname'];

And tell me what it prints.

[Gibbs]

[quote author=jesirose link=topic=123041.msg508204#msg508204 date=1169162128]
add this
?><pre><?
print_r($_POST);
?></pre><?
before here: $firstname = $_POST['bio_fname'];

And tell me what it prints.
[/quote]

It prints "Array ( )"

Edit: I'm using a lot of includes on this page. Could they be conflicting (although everything else is working...)?

[Jessica]

I mean after you hit submit.

[Gibbs]

Sorry still new to this.

[quote]Array ( [bio_fname] => Name [bio_sname] => Name [bio_age] => 32 [bio_gender] => Male [bio_birth] => London [bio_residence] => Devon [bio_bio] => TEST [bio_education] => TEST [bio_training] => TEST [Submit] => Submit Entry )[/quote]

Looks like that worked...

What can I do with this info, or what does it indicate?

[kenrbnsn]

Your problem is in this section of code:
[code]<?php
echo $firstname or die("First name not entered");
echo $secondname or die("Second name not entered");
echo $age or die("Age not entered");
echo $gender or die("Gender not entered");
echo $birth or die("Place of Birth not entered");
echo $residence or die("Current Residence");
echo $bio or die("Employee Biography not entered");
echo $education or die("Education details not entered");
echo $training or die("Training details not entered");
?>[/code]

That is not the correct way of doing this check. Remove the "or die" clauses.

Ken

[Gibbs]

Grrr. It's always something stupidly easy I get headaches over.

Thanks for the help!

That print_r($_POST); is very useful, will be using it a lot in the future.

Thanks again everything is working :)

[kenrbnsn]

Just a quick note. if you output [nobbc]"<pre></pre>"[/nobbc] tags before and after the "print_r", the output is much easier to read.

[code]<?php
echo '<pre>' . print_r($_POST,true) . '</pre>';
?>[/code]

I usually put it into a function, so i can pass it any variable I want to see dumped:
[code]<?php
function dumpvar($var,$str='')
{
    if (!empty($var))
          echo "<pre>$str " . print_r($var,true) . '</pre>';
}

dumpvar($_POST,'$_POST');
dumpvar($_SESSION,'$_SESSION');

?>[/code]

Ken