HI Guys
I am a beginner.
I am trying to create a guestbook. I have the code for it and it is in three parts. Part 1 "dp.php" to open database and make connection Part 2 "index.php" which will show the guestbook entries and Part 3 "add.php" to add new entry.
The problems is when i run any of the file nothing happens i.e. no error(s) and no result.
I tired to check the code so many times and couldnt any find any errors. Part 1 -
<?php
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$user="user";
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$host="localhost";
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$password="password";
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$database = "test";
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$connection = mysql_connect($host,$user,$password) //open connection to MySQL
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or die ("couldn't connect to server");
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$db = mysql_select_db($database,$connection) // open session to Database
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or die ("Couldn't select database");
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mysql_select_db("$db", $connection);
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?>
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Part 2 -
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<?php
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****$sql*=*"SELECT text*FROM*guestbook*ORDER*BY*insertdate*DESC";
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****$result*=*mysql_query($sql);
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?>
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<html>
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<body>
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****<a href="add.php">Add*a*comment</a>
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****<h1>Guestbook</h1>
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****<br/><table>****
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<?php*while*($row*=*mysql_fetch_assoc($result))*{*?>
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*********<tr><th><?php*echo*$row['name']."*-*".$row['insertdate'];*?></th></tr>
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*********<tr><td><?php*echo*nl2br($row['text']);*?></td></tr>
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<?php*}*?>
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****</table>****
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</body>
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</html>
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Part 3 -
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<?php
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include 'dp.php';
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if (isset($_POST['submitBtn']))
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{
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$name = (isset($_POST['name'])) ? addslashes(htmlentities($_POST['name'])) : '' ;
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$comment = (isset($_POST['comment'])) ? addslashes(htmlentities($_POST['comment'])) : '' ;
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$actDate = date("d-m-Y H:i:s");
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//Minimum name and comment length.
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if ((strlen($name) > 2) && (strlen($comment) > 5))
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{
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$sql = "INSERT INTO guestbook (name,text,insertdate) VALUES ('$name','$comment','$actDate')";
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mysql_query($sql);
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}
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header("Location: index.php");
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}
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else {
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?>
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<html>
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<body>
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<h1>Add comment</h1>
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<form action= method="post" name="gbook">
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<table>
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<tr><th>Name:</th><td><input type="text" name="name" id="name"/></td></tr>
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<tr><th>Comment:</th>
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<td><textarea name="comment" cols=30 rows=5></textarea></td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" align="center">
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<input type="submit" name="submitBtn" id="submitBtn" value="Add comment"/></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</form>
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</body>
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<?php } ?>
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</html>
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Thanks in Advance
Regards
Zeshan
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First let's make sure your code for connecting to the database works. Put some echo statements to tell us what is happening. Specifically put an echo at the end saying something like "Database connection successful".
First let's make sure your code for connecting to the database works. Put some echo statements to tell us what is happening. Specifically put an echo at the end saying something like "Database connection successful".
Thanks for replying.
Code for connecting to the database works. It echo Database connection successful. Now bit of "index.php" works. I can see a link for Add comment page and heading "Guestbook" . On the same page (index.php) I should be able to see a form as well but i dont see nothing and "add.php" doesnt work at all i.e. no error messages.
Thanks
EDIT: ERROR: UNEXPECTED T_VARIABLE IN LINE 3 (INDEX.PHP)
UNEXPECTED T_VARIABLE ERROR IN LINE 3 (INDEX.PHP) IS SOLVED.
BUT I still dont see the form.
thanks
Atli 5,058
Recognized Expert Expert
Hi.
The second mysql_select_db call in Part1 is most likely causing problems.
You are assigning the boolean return value from the first one to a variable, and then passing that to the second one.
Try removing the second call all together and see what happens.
And btw... what's up with all the * chars in Part2?
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