TFD3 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I'm trying to set up an input form so when I enter information using the input form the info I type in is sent to another page and placed in a table. That I already have set up but when I hit the refresh button the data in the table is erased. Here is the links for adding data to the table: http://beta.alabamaweather.org/dispatch/dispatch.php After you type in information in the blanks and click the Submit button you get sent to this page along with the data that you typed in: http://beta.alabamaweather.org/dispatch/index.php Here is the input form im using: <html> <body> <title>Dispatch</title> <b> <?php date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); echo date(DATE_RFC822);?></b> <form action="index.php" method="post"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="50%"> <TR> <TD>Received:</TD> <TD><input type="text" name="received" size=60 maxlength=100/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Type of Call:</TD> <TD><input type="text" name="calltype" size=60 maxlength=100/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Location:</TD> <TD><input type="text" name="location" size=60 maxlength=100/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Unit(s):</TD> <TD><input type="text" name="unit" size=60 maxlength=100/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Details:</TD> <TD><input type="text" name="details" size=60 maxlength=150/></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <input type=submit value="Submit Incident"><input type=reset value="Reset Form"> </form> </body> </html On the output page which is http://beta.alabamaweather.org/dispatch/index.php <?php echo $_POST["received"]; ?> <?php echo $_POST["calltype"]; ?> <?php echo $_POST["location"]; ?> <?php echo $_POST["units"]; ?> <?php echo $_POST["details"]; ?> My question is...How do I keep the data that I type in placed in the table without having it erased when I hit the refresh button? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/62057-solved-input-form-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
clanstyles Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 You get a mysql database and save it in there . OR learn file IO and you can save it in there, much harder in my opion. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/62057-solved-input-form-question/#findComment-308965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devine Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 You get a mysql database and save it in there . OR learn file IO and you can save it in there, much harder in my opion. You can also learn to save it to a txt file if you do not wish to use mysql database's yet. (Or if its not a permanent "viewable" text, just use cookies) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/62057-solved-input-form-question/#findComment-308969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foser Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 You get a mysql database and save it in there . OR learn file IO and you can save it in there, much harder in my opion. You can also learn to save it to a txt file if you do not wish to use mysql database's yet. (Or if its not a permanent "viewable" text, just use cookies) text files are highly unsafe and can be downloaded by anyone once its found... Go for mysql it's very simple. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/62057-solved-input-form-question/#findComment-308972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFD3 Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Thanks for the replies guys! I would like to do this the easier way because I am still learning PHP. I dont know much about SQL right now. I would like to try saving it to a txt file. Can you help me set it up? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/62057-solved-input-form-question/#findComment-308974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFD3 Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 I have done some searching and have found this script that is the "idea" of what I need. However when u run the script there is only one input field and I need to add another. Can someone show me what to add to make another input field? Here is the script on the server: http://www.alabamaweather.org/beta/dispatch/call1.php And here is the script its self: <html> <head><title>Form Elements to file</title></head> <body bgcolor="#002233" text=white> <H1>911 Dispatch Logs</h1> <?php // This is a form with "sticky" fields ..... ?> <form method=post> Text Box <input name=one value="<?php echo (htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($HTTP_POST_VARS["one"]))); ?>" size=15><br> Checkbox <input name=two type=checkbox <?php if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["two"] != "") echo ("checked"); ?>><br> Select <select name=three> <?php $compass = array ("North","South","East","West") ; foreach ($compass as $possibility) { echo ("<option"); if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["three"] == $possibility) echo (" selected"); echo (">$possibility"); } ?></select><br> <input type=submit> </form> <?php // Save all the fields on any previous form to a file $fh = fopen("../testdata","a"); fputs($fh,$HTTP_POST_VARS["one"]." - ". $HTTP_POST_VARS["two"]." - ". $HTTP_POST_VARS["three"]." - ".time(). "\n"); fclose($fh); // Echo the file contents onto the end of the form $stuff = implode("",file("../testdata")); echo (nl2br(htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($stuff)))); ?> </body> </html> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/62057-solved-input-form-question/#findComment-308999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFD3 Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Trial and Error is working so far...Topic Solved for now. Thanks Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/62057-solved-input-form-question/#findComment-309034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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