[SOLVED] Pop Up Boxes

[enemeth]

I dont no if this is considered a PHP issue or a JAVA issue

 

but on my site i have pop up boxes to notify people if they do not enter certain information in the fields,  etc...

 

and it works great on checkuser.php , but i created the forgot password page , which is a whole other story ! ugh!

 

put the exact code from the checkuser.php file to the new file , and i mean i checked it with a fine tooth comb!!  to make sure it was exact ! 

 

and it works and all the pop up box comes up !  lovely!  but with no words in it LOL

 

i dont no what it is ! and variables are set for what the popup box should say!  its flawless ! is there a known issue about the words not showing up on the pop up boxes sometimes, cause i go back to the other pages that have them and see the message just fine! so i no it isnt my browser!

 

Help !

 

Thanks ,

 

Elaine

 

[Glyde]

1) Stop with the exclamation marks, it's a little overbearing.

2) Post this in the JavaScript forum.

3) We'll need to see your HTML output and JS source to be able to give you real help.

[Psycho]

the pop up box comes up ... but with no words in it

 

variables are set for what the popup box should say

 

Yes, this does belong in the JavaScript forum. But, sounds like it could be an issue of variable scope to me. Would need to see the code though.

[mmarif4u]

It seems to be a javascript q but if u r using it with php variable to echo

then ok.

By my self i am using this pop boxes for errors.

[enemeth]

here is the code

<?php
include 'db.php';
$msg = "You forgot to enter your Email address";
$msga = "No records found matching your email address";
$msgb = "Your password has been sent! Please check your email!";
switch($_POST['recover']){ 
    default: 
    include 'lostpsw.php'; 
    break;
    case "recover": 
    recover_pw($_POST['email_address']); 
    break; 
} 
    function makeRandomPassword() { 
          $salt = "abchefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz0123456789"; 
          srand((double)microtime()*1000000);  
          $i = 0; 
          while ($i <= 7) { 
                $num = rand() % 33; 
                $tmp = substr($salt, $num, 1); 
                $pass = $pass . $tmp; 
                $i++; 
          } 
          return $pass; 
    }

function recover_pw($email_address){ 
    if(!$email_address){ 
        echo "<script langauge=\"javascript\">alert(\"".$msg."\");</script>";  
         include 'lostpsw.php';
        exit(); 
    }     
    $sql_check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE email_address='$email_address'"); 
    $sql_check_num = mysql_num_rows($sql_check); 
    if($sql_check_num == 0){ 
        echo "<script langauge=\"javascript\">alert(\"".$msga."\");</script>";
        include 'lostpsw.php'; 
        exit(); 
    }
    $random_password = makeRandomPassword();
    $db_password = md5($random_password);
    $sql = mysql_query("UPDATE users SET password='$db_password' 
                WHERE email_address='$email_address'");
    $subject = "Your Password at The Truth Discovered!"; 
    $message = "Hi, we have reset your password.
    New Password: $random_password 
    http://www.thetruthdiscovered.com/login.php 
    Thanks! 
    The Webmaster 
    This is an automated response, please do not reply!"; 
    mail($email_address, $subject, $message, "From: The Truth Discovered Webmaster<[email protected]>\n 
        X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()); 
    echo "<script langauge=\"javascript\">alert(\"".$msgb."\");</script>"; 
    include 'login.php'; 
} 
?> 

 

and let me remind you , this is EXACTLY how it is used on one of my other pages , on the same site , and it works fine

 

Elaine

 

[enemeth]

and are the exclamation marks REALLY that overbearing LOL !!

 

come on now ,

 

just need some help on the pop up

 

 

Elaine

 

[Psycho]

Well, I can't see the code on the pages where it's working, but the reason it is not working here is exactly what I stated above: variable scope. A given variable used outside a function and inside a function are two different entities unless you define the variable to have global scope. You need to either pass the message variables to the functions using them or define the variables as global inside the functions.

 

However, you are only using those mesasge variables once. So, I see no reason to even create variables. Why not just put the error messages directly where they are used?

 

Here are some examples of the issues of variable scope and how to overcome:

 

<?php
$val = 1;
function echoVal() {
    echo $val
}
echoVal(); //Output -nothing-
// This will produce NO output because
// $val has no value inside the function
?>

 

<?php
$val = 1;
function echoVal() {
    global $val;
    echo $val
}
echoVal(); //Output 1

// This WILL display 1 because $val has been 
// defined to have the same value it does globally
?>

 

<?php
$val = 1;
function echoVal($val) {
    echo $val
   $val = $val + 1;
}
echoVal($val); //Output 1
echo $val;  //Output 1
// This will first display 1 because the $val variable
// is being passed to the function. But then it will 
// output 1 again because $val inside the function and
// $val outside the function are two different entities
?>

 

[enemeth]

yup i got it , working great now

 

Thank you

 

Elaine