Missing something in passing form variables

[Mike Wilcox]

I have the following code to select an item from a drop down menu and
call the same script over again. I am expecting that after the first
time the script is run the first echo would produce the selected PBX
name (e.g. FMSite) but instead I get FMSitepbx=FMSit e.

Needless to say this screws up the further processing I want to do. What
I really want to do is set a cookie containing the selected PBX name so
other scripts can get the cookie and provide specific data.

Thanks,

Mike


<?php


echo($_POST['pbx']);
$dbcnx = @mysql_connect( "localhost" , "***", "********** ");
if (!dbcnx){
echo( "<p>Unable to connect to database.</p>");
exit();
}
if ( !@mysql_select_ db("inet") ) {
echo( "<p> Unable to locate the iNet database. " . mysql_error() .
"</p>" );
exit ();
}

$query = 'Select Name from PBX order by Name';
$result = mysql_query ($query)
or die ('Query Failed');
echo '<form action="setpbx. php" method="POST">' ;
echo 'Select PBX <select name="pbx">';
while ($row = mysql_fetch_arr ay ($result)) {
echo '<option value="' . $row['Name'] . '">' . $row['Name'];
}
echo '</select>';
echo '<input type="submit" value="Submit"> ';
echo '</form>';

?>

[Pedro Graca]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Mike Wilcox wrote:[color=blue]
> I have the following code to select an item from a drop down menu and
> call the same script over again. I am expecting that after the first
> time the script is run the first echo would produce the selected PBX
> name (e.g. FMSite) but instead I get FMSitepbx=FMSit e.[/color]
[snip][color=blue]
> <?php
>
>
> echo($_POST['pbx']);[/color]
[snip]

Try this instead:

echo ' *** ', $_POST['pbx'];


My suspicion is that the "FMSitepbx= " is written before your script
reaches that particular point (and maybe this proves me right).
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[Mike Wilcox]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Pedro Graca <hexkid@mailina tor.com> wrote in
news:slrncp7uqc .vko.hexkid@ID-203069.user.uni-berlin.de:
[color=blue]
> Mike Wilcox wrote:[color=green]
>> I have the following code to select an item from a drop down menu and
>> call the same script over again. I am expecting that after the first
>> time the script is run the first echo would produce the selected PBX
>> name (e.g. FMSite) but instead I get FMSitepbx=FMSit e.[/color]
> [snip][color=green]
>> <?php
>>
>>
>> echo($_POST['pbx']);[/color]
> [snip]
>
> Try this instead:
>
> echo ' *** ', $_POST['pbx'];
>
>
> My suspicion is that the "FMSitepbx= " is written before your script
> reaches that particular point (and maybe this proves me right).[/color]

Output is ***FMSitepbx=FM Site

Mike

[denisb]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Mike Wilcox <mike.j.wilcox@ intel.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Pedro Graca <hexkid@mailina tor.com> wrote in
> news:slrncp7uqc .vko.hexkid@ID-203069.user.uni-berlin.de:[color=green]
> > Try this instead:
> > echo ' *** ', $_POST['pbx'];[/color]
> Output is ***FMSitepbx=FM Site[/color]

maybe a bad html construction
you should verify your 'pbx' value in your html page
by reading your html source code

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[Pedro Graca]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Mike Wilcox wrote:[color=blue]
> Pedro Graca <hexkid@mailina tor.com> wrote in
> news:slrncp7uqc .vko.hexkid@ID-203069.user.uni-berlin.de:
>[color=green]
>> Mike Wilcox wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> echo($_POST['pbx']);[/color]
>> [snip]
>>
>> Try this instead:
>>
>> echo ' *** ', $_POST['pbx'];
>>
>>
>> My suspicion is that the "FMSitepbx= " is written before your script
>> reaches that particular point (and maybe this proves me right).[/color]
>
> Output is ***FMSitepbx=FM Site[/color]
^^
No space here? ?!?!?!

Can we have a look at your site to see the HTML generated?
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> while ($row = mysql_fetch_arr ay ($result)) {
>>> echo '<option value="' . $row['Name'] . '">' . $row['Name'];[/color][/color][/color]
/* it doesn't matter, but I'd add */
echo '</option>';[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> }[/color][/color][/color]

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[Mike Wilcox]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Pedro Graca <hexkid@mailina tor.com> wrote in
news:slrncp981q .vko.hexkid@ID-203069.user.uni-berlin.de:
[color=blue]
> Mike Wilcox wrote:[color=green]
>> Pedro Graca <hexkid@mailina tor.com> wrote in
>> news:slrncp7uqc .vko.hexkid@ID-203069.user.uni-berlin.de:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Mike Wilcox wrote:
>>>> echo($_POST['pbx']);
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> Try this instead:
>>>
>>> echo ' *** ', $_POST['pbx'];
>>>
>>>
>>> My suspicion is that the "FMSitepbx= " is written before your script
>>> reaches that particular point (and maybe this proves me right).[/color]
>>
>> Output is ***FMSitepbx=FM Site[/color]
> ^^
> No space here? ?!?!?!
>
> Can we have a look at your site to see the HTML generated?
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> while ($row = mysql_fetch_arr ay ($result)) {
>>>> echo '<option value="' . $row['Name'] . '">' . $row['Name'];[/color][/color]
> /* it doesn't matter, but I'd add */
> echo '</option>';[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> }[/color][/color]
>[/color]

The site is on an intranet only and is not accessible from the internet.
Here is the HTML source as captured from my browser (IE 6)

Thanks,

Mike

<html>
<head>
<title>iNet Information Database - Set PBX</Title>
</head>
<body>
<H1><center>iNe t Data Homepage - PBX Selection</center></H1>
<br><br>


***FMSitepbx=FM Site end <form action="setpbx. php" method="POST">
Select PBX <select name="pbx"><opt ion value="FMSite"> FMSite<option
value="PG12">PG 12</select>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form>




</body>
</html>

[Pedro Graca]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Mike Wilcox wrote:[color=blue]
> Here is the HTML source as captured from my browser (IE 6)[/color]

Your php code, with a few changes, works as expected for me.
Run it on your server:


<html>
<head>
<title>xxx</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php

error_reporting (E_ALL);
ini_set('displa y_errors', '1');

echo($_POST['pbx']);

// $dbcnx = @mysql_connect( "localhost" , "***", "********** ");
// if (!dbcnx) {
// echo "<p>Unable to connect to database.</p>";
// exit();
// }

// if (!@mysql_select _db("inet")) {
// echo "<p> Unable to locate the iNet database. ", mysql_error(), "</p>";
// exit();
// }

// $query = 'Select Name from PBX order by Name';
// $result = mysql_query ($query)
// or die ('Query Failed');
echo '<form action="setpbx. php" method="POST">' , "\n";
echo 'Select PBX <select name="pbx">', "\n";
// while ($row = mysql_fetch_arr ay ($result)) {
$data = array(array('Na me'=>'FMSite'), array('Name'=>' PG12'));
foreach ($data as $row) {
echo '<option value="', $row['Name'], '">', $row['Name'];
echo "</option>\n";
}
echo "</select>\n";
echo '<input type="submit" value="Submit"> ', "\n";
echo "</form>\n";

?>

</body>
</html>

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[denisb]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Mike Wilcox <mike.j.wilcox@ intel.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> The site is on an intranet only and is not accessible from the internet.
> Here is the HTML source as captured from my browser (IE 6)
>
> ***FMSitepbx=FM Site end <form action="setpbx. php" method="POST">
> Select PBX <select name="pbx"><opt ion value="FMSite"> FMSite<option
> value="PG12">PG 12</select>
> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form>[/color]

what happens if you change the name of your <select> ?

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[Mike Wilcox]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Pedro Graca <hexkid@mailina tor.com> wrote in
news:slrncp9rd9 .3ru.hexkid@ID-203069.user.uni-berlin.de:
[color=blue]
> Mike Wilcox wrote:[color=green]
>> Here is the HTML source as captured from my browser (IE 6)[/color]
>
> Your php code, with a few changes, works as expected for me.
> Run it on your server:
>
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>xxx</title>
> </head>
> <body>
>
> <?php
>
> error_reporting (E_ALL);
> ini_set('displa y_errors', '1');
>
> echo($_POST['pbx']);
>
> // $dbcnx = @mysql_connect( "localhost" , "***", "********** ");
> // if (!dbcnx) {
> // echo "<p>Unable to connect to database.</p>";
> // exit();
> // }
>
> // if (!@mysql_select _db("inet")) {
> // echo "<p> Unable to locate the iNet database. ", mysql_error(),
> "</p>"; // exit();
> // }
>
> // $query = 'Select Name from PBX order by Name';
> // $result = mysql_query ($query)
> // or die ('Query Failed');
> echo '<form action="setpbx. php" method="POST">' , "\n";
> echo 'Select PBX <select name="pbx">', "\n";
> // while ($row = mysql_fetch_arr ay ($result)) {
> $data = array(array('Na me'=>'FMSite'), array('Name'=>' PG12'));
> foreach ($data as $row) {
> echo '<option value="', $row['Name'], '">', $row['Name'];
> echo "</option>\n";
> }
> echo "</select>\n";
> echo '<input type="submit" value="Submit"> ', "\n";
> echo "</form>\n";
>
> ?>
>
> </body>
> </html>
>[/color]

Pedro,

Output is FMSitepbx=FMSit e

Thanks,

Mike

[Mike Wilcox]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

newdb@no-log.org (denisb) wrote in news:1gn5j88.1a d6rqe14y1vooN%n ewdb@no-
log.org:
[color=blue]
> Mike Wilcox <mike.j.wilcox@ intel.com> wrote:[color=green]
>> The site is on an intranet only and is not accessible from the internet.
>> Here is the HTML source as captured from my browser (IE 6)
>>
>> ***FMSitepbx=FM Site end <form action="setpbx. php" method="POST">
>> Select PBX <select name="pbx"><opt ion value="FMSite"> FMSite<option
>> value="PG12">PG 12</select>
>> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form>[/color]
>
> what happens if you change the name of your <select> ?
>[/color]

Changed the name of the <select> to "node" and the echo to $_POST["node"]
and now the output is FMSitenode=FMSi te

Mike

[Ken Robinson]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables


Mike Wilcox wrote (in part):[color=blue][color=green]
> > what happens if you change the name of your <select> ?
> >[/color]
>
> Changed the name of the <select> to "node" and the echo to[/color]
$_POST["node"][color=blue]
> and now the output is FMSitenode=FMSi te[/color]

Instead of the echo $_POST["node"], try

echo '<pre>';print_r ($_POST);echo '</pre>',"\n";

Which will show you what's in the $_POST array. That may give you a
hint as to what is going on. If the value is correct there, recheck
your code.

Ken

[Pedro Graca]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Mike Wilcox wrote:[color=blue]
> Output is FMSitepbx=FMSit e[/color]
^^^^^^
$_POST['pbx']

Ah! Maybe I see what is hapenning now :-)

Try replacing the "echo($_POS T['pbx']);" at the top of the script with

echo $_POST['pbx'], ' *** ';

and if the output is

FMSite *** pbx=FMSite

that proves the $_POST['pbx'] is behaving :-)
and that your problem lies elsewhere.



To find where is the problem put a few/lot of

echo '<p><b>* ', __FILE__, '/', __LINE__, ' *</b></p>';

inside your code until you spot the error.
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[denisb]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Mike Wilcox <mike.j.wilcox@ intel.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> newdb@no-log.org (denisb) wrote in news:1gn5j88.1a d6rqe14y1vooN%n ewdb@no-
> log.org:[color=green]
> > what happens if you change the name of your <select> ?[/color]
> Changed the name of the <select> to "node" and the echo to $_POST["node"]
> and now the output is FMSitenode=FMSi te[/color]

he he...
FMSite (the first occurence) is the value expected (in <option...>)
node=FMSite is the value sent by the form in his header (name and value
of the select element :
.. Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
.. Content-Length: 10
.. node=FMSite


as Ken said, there is something wrong in your POST array
is your Register Globals ON or OFF ?
what is your version of php ?

is the output (html source) only :
FMSitenode=FMSi te<form action...

or, as you said in a previous post
<Xns959F51B32CB FFmikejwilcoxin telcom@10.7.208 .6> :
FMSitenode=FMSi te end <form action...
............... ...^^^^^

(funny challenge...)
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[Mike Wilcox]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

"Ken Robinson" <kenrbnsn@rbnsn .com> wrote in
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[color=blue]
>
> Mike Wilcox wrote (in part):[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > what happens if you change the name of your <select> ?
>> >[/color]
>>
>> Changed the name of the <select> to "node" and the echo to[/color]
> $_POST["node"][color=green]
>> and now the output is FMSitenode=FMSi te[/color]
>
> Instead of the echo $_POST["node"], try
>
> echo '<pre>';print_r ($_POST);echo '</pre>',"\n";
>
> Which will show you what's in the $_POST array. That may give you a
> hint as to what is going on. If the value is correct there, recheck
> your code.
>
> Ken
>[/color]

PHP version is 4.2.2, Apache is 2.0.40.

Contents of the array is: [node] => FMSitenode=FMSi te

Globals were turned on so I turned them off, no change in the output.

Mike

[Pedro Graca]

Re: Missing something in passing form variables

Mike Wilcox wrote:[color=blue]
> PHP version is 4.2.2, Apache is 2.0.40.
>
> Contents of the array is: [node] => FMSitenode=FMSi te
>
> Globals were turned on so I turned them off, no change in the output.[/color]

Does it also happen with GET method?

Try it!
change the form method to get and print $_GET['node'].

When you POST the GET (lol) what shows up in the address bar of the
browser?

Are you sure you do only have a single script running?
No auto_append_fil e, no auto_prepend_fi le?
No user-defined error_handling function set up?
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