Newbie help - Forms and $PHP_SELF

[dberard]

Hi All,

I am brand new to PHP/MySQL/Apache…here is a question. I’m learning PHP from examples found in several books. A current issue has me vexed. The script with the form in it is called add.php. The form action handler calls itself with the method=“get” action=“add.php” statement . The form submit button is type=“submit” name=“add” value=“Submit” There are two simple text entry box’s that capture 2 variables.

The only error I get when I click the submit button button is “…error add unassigned variable…” I haven’t had much luck using $PHP_SELF either…So can a script call itself and if so does anyone have a suggestion for a fix??

I’m running Apache2.x, Php 4.x, Mysql 4.x on winXP prof.

[Tarential]

In such a case, a posting of the code would be your best bet.

[dberard]

OK…here is the code…

Add rows using a form Quote:&nbsp
Author:

<?php if($add){ mysql_connect("localhost","phpuser", "phpuser1"); mysql_select_db("testdb"); $query="insert into quotes(quote, author)"; $query.=" values('$quote', '$author')"; $result=mysql_query($query); if ($result) echo "added one row successfully."; }

?>

And here are the error messages:

1. Undefined variable: add in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\PHP_Testing\add.php on line 12
2. Undefined variable: add in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\PHP_Testing\add.php on line 12, referer: http://localhost/php_testing/add.php[/code]

[lig]

Your register_globals is off so you need to access the variables from the form with $_GET[‘variableName’] since that is your form method. There are many strings that deal with this issue or you can check out the manual if you have more questions.

[dberard]

Lig,

About 10 minutes after I posted the code I thought to really pour over the php.ini file to see if it offered any clues. I found a section at the top that said exactly what you have said. I changed
if($add)… to … if($_Request[“add”])

and the script started to work.

Thanks for the help.