Form not working when called through Include

[Greg A]

Hi:

I have my index.php page.

For the header, sidebar, and footer, those are separate php pages that I
call into the index.php page.

My sidebar.php page has a form in it, that works fine if I load the page by
itself. However when I try to use it in the index.php page being called by
an include, it doesn't work.

Is there a way to make it so it does work? I think there may be some way to
use $_GET to make this work, but I'm not quite sure how to implement it.

Thanks!

Here is my code just incase it's needed:

<?
$form_block = "
<TABLE border=1><TR><TD align=center>

<FORM METHOD=\"POST\" ACTION=\"$PHP_SELF\">
<span class=\"textmessage\">
<strong>Send To:</strong><br>
<SELECT NAME=\"name_select\" class=\"textbox\">
<option value=\"1111111111 at messaging.nextel.com\">Greg </option>
<option value=\"1111111111 at messaging.nextel.com\">John</option>
<option value=\"1111111111 at messaging.nextel.com\">Fred</option>
</select>

<br>
<strong>Name:</strong><br>
<INPUT type=\"text\" class=\"textbox\" NAME=\"sender_name\" SIZE=18>
<br>
<strong>Message:</strong><br>

<TEXTAREA NAME=\"limitedtextarea\" class=\"textbox\" cols=15
onKeyDown=\"limitText(this.form.limitedtextarea,th is.form.countdown,100);\"
onKeyUp=\"limitText(this.form.limitedtextarea,this .form.countdown,100);\"

</TEXTAREA>
<span class=\"smallfont\">(Max Characters: 100)<br>
You have <input class=\"textbox\" readonly type=\"text\"
name=\"countdown\" size=1 value=\"100\">characters left.</span>

<INPUT type=\"hidden\" name=\"op\" value=\"ds\">
<INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" class=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Send
This Form\">

</span>
</FORM>

</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
";
if ($_POST['op'] != "ds") {
echo "$form_block";

} else if ($_POST['op'] == "ds") {
//check value of $_POST[sender_name]
if ($_POST['sender_name'] == "") {
$name_err = "<font color=red>Please enter your
name!</font><br>";
$send = "no";
}
//check value of $_POST[limitedtextarea]
if ($_POST['limitedtextarea'] == "") {
$message_err = "<font color=red>Please enter your
message!</font><br>";
$send = "no";
}
if ($send != "no") {
//it's okay to send, so build the mail

$msg = "Message: $_POST[limitedtextarea]\n\n";

$to = $_POST['name_select'];
$sender = $_POST['sender_name'];
$subject = "";
$mailheaders = "From: $sender
<text @ web.com>\n";
//send the mail
mail ($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
//display confirmation to user
echo "<p>Mail has been sent!</p>";
} else if ($send =="no") {
//print error messages
echo "$name_err";
echo "$message_err";
echo "$form_block";
}
}

?>

[Micha³ Wo¼niak]

One quick glance of an experienced eye allowed to understand the blurred
and almost unreadable Greg A's handwriting:

Hi:

I have my index.php page.

For the header, sidebar, and footer, those are separate php pages that
I call into the index.php page.

My sidebar.php page has a form in it, that works fine if I load the
page by itself. However when I try to use it in the index.php page
being called by an include, it doesn't work.

Is there a way to make it so it does work? I think there may be some
way to use $_GET to make this work, but I'm not quite sure how to
implement it.

Thanks!

Here is my code just incase it's needed:

<?
$form_block = "
<TABLE border=1><TR><TD align=center>

<FORM METHOD=\"POST\" ACTION=\"$PHP_SELF\">
Something's fishy about the above line... If you want the form to send
the values to the same file that's the form in, you should use
$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], unless of course you have register_globals set to
on in php.ini - which is NOT a good idea.
However, IF you have register_globals on, it SHOULD work. Could you post
what exactly happens - what page get's loaded upon submiting the form,
or that no page is loaded, or watever else actually happens? That could
help to track down the problem.
<snip>

Cheers
Mike

[Alvaro G Vicario]

*** Greg A wrote/escribió (Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:32:23 -0700):

My sidebar.php page has a form in it, that works fine if I load the page by
itself. However when I try to use it in the index.php page being called by
an include, it doesn't work.

I cannot see any include in your sample code. However, if I'm to guess, I'd
say you aren't including the code itself but the result of executing it.
--
-- Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
-- http://bits.demogracia.com - Mi sitio sobre programación web
-- Don't e-mail me your questions, post them to the group
--

[Greg A]

"Michal Wozniak" <mikiwoz_remove_this@yahoo_remove_this.co.uk> wrote in
message news:d4**********@213-238-75-8.adsl.inetia.pl...

One quick glance of an experienced eye allowed to understand the blurred
and almost unreadable Greg A's handwriting:

Hi:

I have my index.php page.

For the header, sidebar, and footer, those are separate php pages that
I call into the index.php page.

My sidebar.php page has a form in it, that works fine if I load the
page by itself. However when I try to use it in the index.php page
being called by an include, it doesn't work.

Is there a way to make it so it does work? I think there may be some
way to use $_GET to make this work, but I'm not quite sure how to
implement it.

Thanks!

Here is my code just incase it's needed:

<?
$form_block = "
<TABLE border=1><TR><TD align=center>

<FORM METHOD=\"POST\" ACTION=\"$PHP_SELF\">

Something's fishy about the above line... If you want the form to send
the values to the same file that's the form in, you should use
$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], unless of course you have register_globals set to
on in php.ini - which is NOT a good idea.
However, IF you have register_globals on, it SHOULD work. Could you post
what exactly happens - what page get's loaded upon submiting the form,
or that no page is loaded, or watever else actually happens? That could
help to track down the problem.

<snip>

Cheers
Mike

Hi:

Let me start off with the problem I was running into (which I should have
mentioned previously).

Well the error I'm getting is:

Http 405 - Resource not allowed
Internet Information Services.

(I'd rather use Apache, but I don't have a choice)

I saw this page which explained stuff about the error:
http://www.somacon.com/blog/page26.php

However, my settings seem to be fine. And as I mentioned, the sidebar.php
page processes fine if I load it by itself rather than in an include.

If I make the action a separate PHP file, rather than php_self, it also
works fine. But I don't want an entire new page to load. I just wanted the
page to stay where it is.

I looked into what you said, and my register global is set to off.

I tried changing the line to: <FORM METHOD=\"POST\"
ACTION=$_SERVER['$PHP_SELF']>
However when I do that, I get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting
T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\new\sidebar.php
on line 72

Still lost.....

I was also simply using <? include 'sidebar.php'; ?>, perhaps this needs to
be more elaborate?

Thanks!

[Greg A]

"Alvaro G Vicario" <al******************@telecomputeronline.com> wrote in
message news:3d*****************************@40tude.net...

*** Greg A wrote/escribió (Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:32:23 -0700):

My sidebar.php page has a form in it, that works fine if I load the page
by
itself. However when I try to use it in the index.php page being called
by
an include, it doesn't work.

I cannot see any include in your sample code. However, if I'm to guess,
I'd
say you aren't including the code itself but the result of executing it.
--
-- Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
-- http://bits.demogracia.com - Mi sitio sobre programación web
-- Don't e-mail me your questions, post them to the group
--

Alvaro:

Hi, thanks for the response. I was using: <? include 'sidebar.php'; ?>

Should I be using this a little differently? I made another response up
above of the exact problem I am having. The form loads fine and looks good,
just the problem when I submit it.

Thanks!

-Greg

[Micha³ Wo¼niak]

One quick glance of an experienced eye allowed to understand the blurred
and almost unreadable Greg A's handwriting:

Hi:

Let me start off with the problem I was running into (which I should
have mentioned previously).

Well the error I'm getting is:

Http 405 - Resource not allowed
Internet Information Services.

(I'd rather use Apache, but I don't have a choice)

I saw this page which explained stuff about the error:
http://www.somacon.com/blog/page26.php

However, my settings seem to be fine. And as I mentioned, the
sidebar.php page processes fine if I load it by itself rather than in
an include.

If I make the action a separate PHP file, rather than php_self, it also
works fine. But I don't want an entire new page to load. I just wanted
the page to stay where it is.

I looked into what you said, and my register global is set to off.
Well, here's your bug! :]
But...
I tried changing the line to: <FORM METHOD=\"POST\"
ACTION=$_SERVER['$PHP_SELF']>
However when I do that, I get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE,
expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\new\sidebar.php on line 72
Yes, because you forgot about the \"'s :)
<FORM METHOD=\"POST\"> ACTION=\"{$_SERVER['$PHP_SELF']}\">
this should work - at least it won't give you the parse error.
And it should definetely solve your problem, as far as I can see.

If not, you could also check, what is actually being written as an action
- try putting an
echo "Action is: " . $_SERVER['$PHP_SELF'];
somewhere in sidebar.php and check whether it is what you expect it to
be.
I was also simply using <? include 'sidebar.php'; ?>, perhaps this
needs to be more elaborate?
No, that should be just fine.
Thanks!

Cheers
Mike

[Michael Brennan-White]

Stupid Question but if you change the form action to get does the page
load? I am having problems with a page that will not load if I use a
post action but will work with a get action.

[Greg A]

"Michal Wozniak" <mikiwoz_remove_this@yahoo_remove_this.co.uk> wrote in
message news:d4**********@213-238-75-8.adsl.inetia.pl...

One quick glance of an experienced eye allowed to understand the blurred
and almost unreadable Greg A's handwriting:

Hi:

Let me start off with the problem I was running into (which I should
have mentioned previously).

Well the error I'm getting is:

Http 405 - Resource not allowed
Internet Information Services.

(I'd rather use Apache, but I don't have a choice)

I saw this page which explained stuff about the error:
http://www.somacon.com/blog/page26.php

However, my settings seem to be fine. And as I mentioned, the
sidebar.php page processes fine if I load it by itself rather than in
an include.

If I make the action a separate PHP file, rather than php_self, it also
works fine. But I don't want an entire new page to load. I just wanted
the page to stay where it is.

I looked into what you said, and my register global is set to off.

Well, here's your bug! :]
But...

I tried changing the line to: <FORM METHOD=\"POST\"
ACTION=$_SERVER['$PHP_SELF']>
However when I do that, I get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE,
expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\new\sidebar.php on line 72

Yes, because you forgot about the \"'s :)
<FORM METHOD=\"POST\"> ACTION=\"{$_SERVER['$PHP_SELF']}\">
this should work - at least it won't give you the parse error.
And it should definetely solve your problem, as far as I can see.

If not, you could also check, what is actually being written as an action
- try putting an
echo "Action is: " . $_SERVER['$PHP_SELF'];
somewhere in sidebar.php and check whether it is what you expect it to
be.

I was also simply using <? include 'sidebar.php'; ?>, perhaps this
needs to be more elaborate?

No, that should be just fine.

Thanks!

Cheers
Mike

This worked great. Thanks for your help, I appreciate it! =)

[Micha³ Wo¼niak]

One quick glance of an experienced eye allowed to understand the blurred
and almost unreadable Greg A's handwriting:

This worked great. Thanks for your help, I appreciate it! =)

No problem, my pleasure. :)

Cheers
Mike