Facing problems with $_POST. Data can not be processed by PHP... - Page 2

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I am new to the world of PHP. Below is my simple PHP file "invite.php " with a form having an image send button (I have to use the image send button because it is the requirement, may be this is causing problem!):

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<html>

 <head><title>Form</title>

 </head>

 <body>

  <script language="javascript" src="validation.js"></script>

   <form action="submit.php" method="POST"> 

    <table border ="0" align="center" cellpadding="9" cellspacing="1">          

     <tr>

      <td colspan="2">Enter Your Friends' E-mail Addresses<br/>Separate multiple addresses with a comma<br/>

       <textarea name="emails" id="emails" class="subheading" value="" rows="5" cols="52" onfocus= "javascript:if (document.getElementById('emails').value=='') { document.getElementById('emails').value=''; }" onblur="javascript:if (document.getElementById('emails').value=='') { document.getElementById('emails').value=''; }"></textarea>

      </td>

     </tr>

     <tr>

      <td>Meeting Date<br/>

       <input type="text" name="inputDate" id="inputDate" class="subheading" value="" maxlength="17" size="32" onfocus= "javascript:if (document.getElementById('inputDate').value=='') { document.getElementById('inputDate').value=''; }" onblur="javascript:if (document.getElementById('inputDate').value=='') { document.getElementById('inputDate').value=''; }" />&nbsp;<img src="calendar.gif" alt="Calendar" name="calendar" width="14" height="14" id="calendar" />

      </td>                                                                        

      <td>Meeting Time<br/>

       <input type="text" name="meettime" id="meettime" class="subheading" value=" Noon to Midnight" maxlength="36" size="36" onfocus= "javascript:if (document.getElementById('meettime').value==' Noon to Midnight') { document.getElementById('meettime').value=''; }" onblur="javascript:if (document.getElementById('meettime').value=='') { document.getElementById('meettime').value=' Noon to Midnight'; }" />

      </td>

     </tr>

     <tr>

      <td>Your Name<br/>

       <input type="text" name="vname" id="vname" class="subheading" value=" Your Name" maxlength="36" size="36" onfocus= "javascript:if (document.getElementById('vname').value==' Your Name') { document.getElementById('vname').value=''; }" onblur="javascript:if (document.getElementById('vname').value=='') { document.getElementById('vname').value=' Your Name'; }" />

      </td>

      <td>Your E-mail Address<br/>

       <input type="text" name="visitormail" id="visitormail" class="subheading" value=" Your E-Mail Address" maxlength="36" size="36" onfocus= "javascript:if (document.getElementById('visitormail').value==' Your E-Mail Address') { document.getElementById('visitormail').value=''; }" onblur="javascript:if (document.getElementById('visitormail').value=='') { document.getElementById('visitormail').value=' Your E-Mail Address'; }" /> 

      </td>

     </tr>

     <tr>

      <td colspan="2">Optional Message<br/>

       <textarea name="message" id="message" class="subheading" value="" rows="5" cols="52" onfocus= "javascript:if (document.getElementById('message').value=='') { document.getElementById('message').value=''; }" onblur="javascript:if (document.getElementById('message').value=='') { document.getElementById('message').value=''; }"></textarea>

        <p align="left"><input type="image" src="send.gif" name="send" alt="Send" value="Send" onclick="fValidateContact(this.form); return false;"  /></p> 

      </td>

     </tr>

    </table>

   </form>

 </body>

</html>
 
The file mentioned in (action="submit.php") is as under:
 
<html>

 <head><title>Success Message</title>

 </head>

 <body>

  <?php

$inputDate = $HTTP_POST_VARS['inputDate'];

$meettime = $HTTP_POST_VARS['meettime'];

$visitormail = $_POST['visitormail'];

   ?>   

  <table border ="0" align="center" cellpadding="9">          

    <tr>

     <td align="center"><p align="center">Success! Your Data has been processed by PHP. Details are: <br />

     Your Email address was: <?php echo $visitormail; ?><br />

     Meeting Date was : <?php echo $inputDate ?><br />

     Meeting Time was : <?php echo $meettime ?><br /></p>

     </td>

    </tr>

 </table> 

 </body>

</html>
 
Finally "validation.js" is as under:
 
function fValidateContact(form)

{

    if(form.emails.value == '')

    {        

            alert("Please enter Your Friend's Email to proceed."); form.emails.focus();

    }

    else if((form.emails.value.indexOf(".") == -1) || (form.emails.value.indexOf("@") == -1))

    {

         alert("Please enter a valid Friend's Email."); form.emails.focus();

    }        

    else if(form.inputDate.value == '')

     {        

 alert("Please choose Meeting Date from the Calendar."); form.inputDate.focus();

     }

    else if(form.meettime.value == '')

     {

 alert("Please enter Meeting Time to proceed."); form.meettime.focus();

     }

    else if(form.vname.value == '')

    {

alert("Please enter Your Name to proceed."); form.vname.focus();

    }

    else if(form.visitormail.value == '')

    {

 alert("Please enter Email Address to proceed."); form.visitormail.focus();

    }

    else if((form.visitormail.value.indexOf(".") == -1) || (form.visitormail.value.indexOf("@") == -1))

    {

alert("Please enter a valid Email Address."); form.visitormail.focus();

    }

    else

    form.submit(); //May be this is the mistake? But what should I do then?

}

[Please use CODE tags when posting source code. Thanks! --pbmods]

I don't understand why PHP is not processing the data provided especially:
$visitormail = $_POST['visitormail'];
Please help me out. Thanks.

Jun 13 '07

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Purple

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Hi sufian,

I am really pleased you got this working.

I look forward to hearing more from you on TSDN.

Regards Purple.

Jun 14 '07 #11

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