PHP form question

[Jeanine]

I'am new to php and have a question.
I have a php form with a textarea (name = MyData) and like to add the text
to a variable.
After that i 'd like to store this info to my database.

How can i add this text to a variable ?

I appreciate some help,

Jeanine

[Andy Hassall]

Re: PHP form question

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:38:13 +0200, "Jeanine" <Jeanine@nomail .notvalid> wrote:
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>I'am new to php and have a question.
>I have a php form with a textarea (name = MyData) and like to add the text
>to a variable.
>After that i 'd like to store this info to my database.
>
>How can i add this text to a variable ?[/color]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.string.php

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[Robizzle]

Re: PHP form question

W3 School's tutorial is a good one too,

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_forms.asp

[scott Johnson]

Re: PHP form question

I would recommend that you do read the sources that Andy and Robizzle
sent but here is a down and dirty way to do it.

Your 'textarea' will send the data just like all the other fields and
can be accessed in the $_POST[] globalvariable array.

So if you set a text filed like:
<textarea name="MyData" cols="30" rows="3" id="MyData"><?p hp echo
$my_data;?></textarea>

The the data sent will be in the variable $_POST['MyData'].

Then on your processing page just retrieve that data and place it in
your database.
It is probably a good idea to make sure the Table Field is a 'text'
field type to handle large inputs or such.

$my_data = $_POST['MyData'];
$insert = "INSERT INTO tableName(MyDat a)VALUES($my_da ta)";

I hope this is what you are looking for.
If you need more help or more details on error checking or such post
here or write me at: scottyj1@cox.ne t

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Jeanine wrote:[color=blue]
> I'am new to php and have a question.
> I have a php form with a textarea (name = MyData) and like to add the text
> to a variable.
> After that i 'd like to store this info to my database.
>
> How can i add this text to a variable ?
>
> I appreciate some help,
>
> Jeanine
>
>[/color]

[Jeanine]

Re: PHP form question

Thanks all of you.
I take some time to work with it.
Thanks for the links and example.

Jeanine