[SOLVED] Variable not passing through

[usadarts]

Not quit there yet.  Have a form that loads database information which could then be modified to update the database with the new information. The date changes fine, but the newcomments is not being past to the posthp.php.

 

ModifyHP.php

<?php
$dbh=mysql_connect ("xxxxxxxx", "xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxx", "xxxxxxxx") or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ("xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxx");

$query = "SELECT * FROM `homepage`";
$result = mysql_query($query,$dbh) or die(mysql_error());

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
        {
          echo "<font size=+2>Modify Home Page</font>";
         echo "<form action=\"posthp.php\">";
         echo "<textarea name=\"newcomments\" cols=\"100\" rows=\"40\">";
         echo $row['comments'];
         echo "</textarea>";
         echo "<br>";
         echo "<input type=\"submit\">";
         echo "</form>";
        }

?>

 

posthp.php

<?php
$newcomments = $_POST['newcomments'];
$date = date('ymd');

$dbh=mysql_connect ("xxxxxxxx", "xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxx", "xxxxxxxx") or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ("xxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxx");

$sql = "UPDATE homepage SET date='$date', comments='$newcomments' WHERE rrn='1'";

$result = mysql_query($sql) or die('I cannot update database: "' . mysql_error());

echo "<center>Home Page Updated - <a href=\"index.php\"><font size=\"4\">BACK TO CONTROL PANEL</font></A></center>";
echo "";
?>

[chocopi]

try adding method="post" into your form tag

[usadarts]

Duh.....thanks chocopi for the help.  I guess this teaches me to look over code more carefully before bothering you guys.

[chocopi]

lol i only knew this as i remember someone saying the default is 'get'

 

im glad it worked