I am trying to pass values from an html form to php...

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 <html>

    <head>

  <p>

WELCOME TO THE STUDENT PORTAL

 </p>

</head>

<body>
 
<form action="details.php" method="post"  enctype="multipart/form-data">
 
<label>Student_id</label>

<input type="integer" name="Student_id" id="Student_id">
 
<label>StudentName</label>

<input type="text" name="StudentName" id="StudentName">
 
 <label>Surname</label>

<input type="text" id="Surname"name="Surname">
 
<label>Parent</label>

<input type="text" name="Parent" id="Parent">    

<input type="submit"/>      

 </form>

 </body>

   </HTML>

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 <?php 

  $Student_id = $_REQUEST['Student_id'];

  $StudentName = $_REQUEST['StudentName'];

  $Surname = $_REQUEST['Surname'];

  $Parent = $_REQUEST['Parent'];
 
  echo("Student_id:" . $Student_id);

  echo("Student Name:" . $StudentName);

  echo("Surname:" . $Surname);

  echo("Parent:" . $Parent);
 
  ?>

**ON THE PHP PAGE IT RETURNS THE PHP'coding INSTEAD ON THE VALUES ENTERED**

May 17 '14 #1

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CodeNoobster

you have to check if a value was in fact inserted in the input box itself man. If nothing was entered, there will be not data for you to output.

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<?php

if(isset($_POST["Student_id"])){

$ID = $_POST["Student_id"];
 
//put your output code here
 
}

?>

May 17 '14 #2

Baholo

thanks,what happens is that the ".html page" loads on the browser as intended and shows fields and a button, but the .php page just shows me the code ..

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  <?php

if(isset($_POST["Student_id"])){

$ID = $_POST["Student_id"];
 
 echo("Student_id:" . $ID);

}else

   {

   echo("No student " );
 
}

?>

Is it still missing something? or maybe because both pages are stored in..."file:///C:/Users/Vex/Desktop/website/details.php"...
I am confused.

May 17 '14 #3

CodeNoobster

Hmmmmmm . . . . . now that is interesting.

you might be doing this incorrectly but correct me if i am wrong;
from what you said I assuming that you have two seperate pages or maybe you are not wording correctly but php code has to be embedded into the html code.

its not two seperate pages, remember, html is for the basic structure of the site, whilst PHP is to add dynamic functionality to it. so to clear that up, its one file.

I don't think anything is missing because i ran this on my system and it worked perfectly.

now I have experienced your problem before in internet explorer when I ran php files, but ever since I started using google chrome, i never had the issue. so maybe its your browser.

also what server are you using? is it old? or did you mess around with some options in the configuration that you shouldn't have? I personally use xampp and have not had any issues to date

another possible reason for this is that usually when a html file containing php code is saved accidently as an html file, php code in the browser will be exposed so double check that your files have the right extension.

May 17 '14 #4

Baholo

Yes you are right, here is my situation; I am using Notepad++ and have two separate pages, one named: studentregister.html and details.php. I am using Chrome as my Browser.

I am running widows 7 and don't remember altering my configurations.

when you say:
its not two seperate pages, remember, html is for the basic structure of the site, whilst PHP is to add dynamic functionality to it. so to clear that up, its one file.

..are you suggesting that i put all codes(everything) on 1 and only 1 page? like so..

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<html>

<?php
 
?>

</html>

this does not make sense to me because what I understand is that the "form action=" function sends entered data on/from the ".html page" to the ".php page" specified on the "form action=" function.

so if i put everything on one page the; "studentregister.html"..and save it as so....then the "form action=" function will point to a page that does not exist and hence bring back the same page.

What do you mean they are one file? or do you mean they are just stored in one file maybe?

what i tried different was adding <html> tags on the ".php page" also so that it loads on the browser,like so:

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 <html>

</body>
    <?php

if(isset($_POST["Student_id"])){

$ID = $_POST["Student_id"];

 echo("Student ID:" . $ID);

 }else

   {

   echo("No student " );

 }

?>
 </body>
 
</html>

I thought this was the missing piece, but now When I click submit I see a blank page..

May 18 '14 #5

CodeNoobster

ohk man I understand your problem, sorry for the late reply, i was quite busy.

I said it must be in one file because i assumed that you wanted your output on the same form page.

PHP is a server-side language, so processing for the dynamic page is done on the server side.

what you are trying to do is submit values from an html file to a php file. its not possible my friend. Html is static in its nature. Any process other than displaying stuff would require dynamic functionality. So the solution to your problem is a very simple one. change the file extension of the html file to "php". And it should work.

ignore what i said about embedding the code.

May 18 '14 #6

CodeNoobster

the code for checking if there was a value inserted will come in handy alittle later so keep it at hand. input validation is essential with forms man.

May 18 '14 #7

Rabbit

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If you are accessing the PHP page through a URL starting with file://, then you are not accessing it through the webserver. PHP has to be processed through a webserver to interpret the code.

May 18 '14 #8

Baholo

..But how do I do that Rabbit If I may ask?

On the right side of Nopepad++ it shows: "NppFTP - Connected to Bester Wireless" ...
After saving changes on each page I click on "upload file"..and according to my understanding this saves the pages on the server.

Now I have a file on my desktop which contained duplicate pages, the website file I think that is the reason why I get this :"file:///C:/Users/Vex/Desktop/website/details.php" because like you said it is not being accessed through the web server.

I deleted the file from my desktop, and now when I run the ".html page" on chrome from Note++ it loads but when I click submit it says it gives me a different path:..

"file:///C:/Users/Vex/AppData/Roaming/Notepad++/plugins/config/NppFTP/Cache/bestekef@www.besterwireless.com/bestekef/details.php" ...same with the ".html page"

How do I get it to run on the server because when I click submit it keeps taking me to anywhere else on my pc where the ".php page" is stored instead of on the server??

May 19 '14 #9

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