Really basic $_POST not working - please help!

[marmite]

Sorry for all the posts today, coming to the end of my project (i hope)

 

I can't get a basic form submit to work!

 

FORM CODE

		
<?	while ($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result3)) { ?>
<tr>
	<form action="/cart.php" method="post" id="mycart">
		<td id="normal"><object id='cart_pkg' name="cart_pkg"><? echo $row['packaging_desc']; ?></object></td>
		<td id="normal"><object id='cart_msg' name="cart_msg"><? echo $row['packaging_message']; ?></object></td>
		<td id="normal" align="center"><object id='cart_qty' name="cart_qty"><? echo $row['packaging_quantity']; ?></object></td>
		<td id="normal" align="center"><object id='cart_cello' name="cart_cello"><? echo $row['packaging_cello']; ?></object></td>
		<td id="normal" align="center">£<object id='cart_prc' name="cart_prc"><? echo number_format($row['packaging_price'],2,'.',''); ?></object></td>
		<td id="normal"><input name="qty" type="text" id="qty" size="3" /></td>
		<td id="normal"><input type="submit" value="Go!" id="submit5" name="submit5"></td>
	</form>
</tr>
<? } ?>

 

PROCESSING CODE

if ($_POST['submit5']) {
$_SESSION['test']="abc";
} else {
$_SESSION['test']="222";
}

 

I then output $_SESSION['test'] to /cart.php and it always comes out as 222. So the form is not getting POSTed. I've tried with a submit button instead of an image. I've tried calling the submit "submit5" and referencing that instead of the whole form (mycart).

 

My only thought is that the multiple submits (one per line of the table) is screwing things up... or I'm doing something stupid...

 

Grateful for any help

Emma

[MadTechie]

whats the results  of

print_r($_POST);

[marmite]

Just "Array()"

 

(I did this on the initiating page only and literally pasted "print_r($_POST);" - is that what you meant me to do?)

[MadTechie]

just before the

 

if ($_POST['submit5']) {

 

it should say Array(), then click the submit button

 

whats it say now ?

[marmite]

Confused... it doesn't say anything cos it goes to /cart.php...

 

when i change the form action to bulkview.php (initiating page), I get:

 

Array ( [qty] => 2 [submit5] => go! )

[MadTechie]

i don't know what cart.php or bulkview.php are!

 

i assume

 

 if ($_POST['submit5']) {
$_SESSION['test']="abc";
} else {
$_SESSION['test']="222";
}

is in cart.php! in which case you should of changed it to

print_r($_POST);
if ($_POST['submit5']) {
$_SESSION['test']="abc";
} else {
$_SESSION['test']="222";
}

 

[marmite]

OK, sorry.

 

So, does:

Array ( [qty] => 2 [submit5] => go! )

 

mean anything to you? (I changed the form action to go to itself, and this is what I got: qty is the input field in the form, go! is the value of the submit).

 

I'm figuring:

1) None of the form "objects" have any values in this posted array (I was hoping that cart_pkg and all the other objects would have values stored here

2) POST is clearly working in some capacity, so why isn't it triggering if ( $_POST['submit5'] ) ?

 

ARGH!

 

 

[marmite]

I'm so stupid. I had the POST if statement on the wrong page. Thanks for your help.

 

I would tick "solved" but I still can't find it.

[MadTechie]

Solved is on the bottom left, if its not their i won't worry (if its not you find you can't edit your first post either!