Form Data Loss - Page 2

smilemaster

I have recently started experiencing form data loss. Here is an
example:

====test_form1. php====

<form method="POST" action="test_fo rm2.php">
<input name="textboxva lue" type="text" size="20">
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

=============== =======
====test_form2. php====
<?
echo "textboxval ue: ".$textboxvalue ;
?>
=============== =======

(note: these are incomplete examples, I have left out the <html> tags
for example)

After putting in data into the textboxvalue textbox and pressing the
submit button, on the second page only "textboxval ue: " is displayed.
The weird thing is that when I restart my computer, this works fine,
but then stops working again. These pages are encrypted with 128 SSL
encryption (mod_SSL 2.8.15).

This problem has plagued an online app that I am developing and is a
company-wide problem that happens on computers in other offices too.

Here's my info:

SERVER
Apache 1.3.28
PHP 4.3.6
MySQL 3.23.39
mod_SSL 2.8.15
phpMyAdmin 2.50

CLIENT
Windows XP Pro
Internet Explorer 6.0.28

Jul 17 '05

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3182

Pedro Graca

Bathroom_Monkey wrote:

<?
echo "textboxval ue: ".$textboxvalue ;
echo 'textboxvalue: ',
isset($_REQUEST['textboxvalue'])
? $_REQUEST['textboxvalue']
: '(no_textboxval ue)';

/* The array $_REQUEST is a combination of $_COOKIE, $_GET, and $_POST
* in an order determined by your PHP configuration */

/* But I really prefer to treat those arrays separately */
echo "<br><br>";

echo "textboxval ue (Post Array): ".$_POST['textboxvalue'];
echo 'textboxvalue (Post Array): ',
isset($_POST['textboxvalue'])
? $_POST['textboxvalue']
: '(no_POST_textb oxvalue)';
echo "<br>GET textboxvalue: ".$_GET['textboxvalue'];
echo '<br>GET textboxvalue: ',
isset($_GET['textboxvalue'])
? $_GET['textboxvalue']
: '(no_GET_textbo xvalue)';
?>

Jul 17 '05 #11

Michael Austin

Bathroom_Monkey wrote:

Error checking has yielded very little. After adding the GET
statement to the php code, here is what the error message is when this
problem is occuring:

=============== =============== ======
Notice: Undefined variable: textboxvalue in
/ssl/TEST_nb_TEST/test_form2.php on line 39
textboxvalue:
Notice: Undefined index: textboxvalue in
/ssl/TEST_nb_TEST/test_form2.php on line 43
textboxvalue (Post Array):
Notice: Undefined index: textboxvalue in
/ssl/TEST_nb_TEST/test_form2.php on line 44

GET textboxvalue:
=============== =============== ======
In this revision of fixing this problem, here is what my code looks
like in test_form2.php:
=============== =============== ======
<?
// comment the following lines to turn off error messaging
error_reporting (E_ALL);
ini_set('displa y_errors', 1);
if (!empty($_GET))
{
extract($_GET);
}
else if (!empty($HTTP_G ET_VARS))
{
extract($HTTP_G ET_VARS);
}
if (!empty($_POST) )
{
extract($_POST) ;
}
else if (!empty($HTTP_P OST_VARS))
{
extract($HTTP_P OST_VARS);
}

?>

<html>

<head>
<meta name="GENERATOR " content="Micros oft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontP age.Editor.Docu ment">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=windows-1252">
<title>TEST FORM PAGE 2</title>
</head>

<body>
<br><br>
<?
echo "textboxval ue: ".$textboxvalue ;

echo "<br><br>";

echo "textboxval ue (Post Array): ".$_POST['textboxvalue'];
echo "<br>GET textboxvalue: ".$_GET['textboxvalue'];
phpinfo(); // add this to your code - email it directly to me
// as you may not want this viewable to everyone. ?>
</body>

</html>

=============== =============== ======

This has got to be a platform and or php ini problem. I just cut/pasted
your code and it works for me... see the above addition and comments

Again the question: do you have control over setting the environment
variables and/or system/php/mysql configuration variables?

Michael Austin.

Jul 17 '05 #12

smilemaster

I don't have control over the server variables (php.ini, etc.) as the
servers are hosted by Yahoo! Webhosting. I checked the variables that
everyone has talked about however (like the keep alive, etc.) and they
are all set "correctly" already.

-Karl

Jul 17 '05 #13

Michael Austin

smilemaster wrote:

I don't have control over the server variables (php.ini, etc.) as the
servers are hosted by Yahoo! Webhosting. I checked the variables that
everyone has talked about however (like the keep alive, etc.) and they
are all set "correctly" already.

-Karl

is Yahoo! Webhosting willing to make changes to the server to allow you
to execute your code?

Okay, we are going to try this one more time using this code...
basically the same thing only condensed into one php file instead of two.

<?
// comment the following lines to turn off error messaging
error_reporting (E_ALL);
ini_set('displa y_errors',1);
if (!empty($_GET))
{
extract($_GET);
}
else if (!empty($HTTP_G ET_VARS))
{
extract($HTTP_G ET_VARS);
}
if (!empty($_POST) )
{
extract($_POST) ;
}
else if (!empty($HTTP_P OST_VARS))
{
extract($HTTP_P OST_VARS);
}

if (isset($flag) && ($flag > 0))
{
echo "textboxval ue: ".$textboxvalue ."<br>";
echo "<br><br>";
if (isset($_POST['textboxvalue']))
{
echo "textboxval ue (Post Array):
".$_POST['textboxvalue']."<br>";
}
else { echo "POST TEXTBOX VALUE NOT SET<br>";
}
if (isset($_GET['textboxvalue']))
{
echo "textboxvalue:( Get Array)
".$_GET['textboxvalue']."<br>";
}
else { echo "GET TEXTBOX VALUE NOT SET<br>"; }
echo "<form method=post><br ><center>";
echo "<input type=hidden name=flag value=0 >";
echo "<input TYPE=submit value=Back></center>";

echo "</form>";
// phpinfo();

}
else {
echo "<form method=GET>";
echo "<input name=textboxval ue type=text size=20>";
echo "<br>";
echo "<input type=hidden name=flag value=1>";
echo "<input type=submit value=Submit> </form>";
}
?>

if this doesn't work, I suggest bringing up your own server...

Michael Austin.

Jul 17 '05 #14

Bathroom_Monkey

I think I could probably work with them to make some changes, I'd have
to know what to ask for, however. All of the reccommendation s on this
thread already exist it their settings.

is Yahoo! Webhosting willing to make changes to the server to allow you
to execute your code?

Jul 17 '05 #15

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