Question

have a form that a name has been entered and need to add it to xml file.

index.html

<form name="form" action="insert.php" method="post"> 

<label for="name">Name:</label> <br />  
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" /> <br />

<button type="submit" id="button">Submit</button> 
<br />
<span id="validate"></span>
</form> 

insert.php

    header('Location:index.php'); 

$xmldoc = new DOMDocument(); 
$xmldoc->load('recentUploads.xml'); 

$Name = $_POST['name']; 

$root = $xmldoc->firstChild;

$fileName = $xmldoc->createElement('name'); 

$root->appendChild($fileName); 

$newText1 = $xmldoc->createTextNode($Name);

$fileName->appendChild($newText1); 

$xmldoc->save('recentUploads.xml'); 

but i can not add anything to the xml file?

Help!

Answer 1

You are placing a lot of burden on poor variable $fileName:

$fileName = $_POST['name']; 
$fileName = $xmldoc-> createElement('name'); 

On the other hand, $Name is not defined when you use it in line

$newText1 = $xmldoc->createTextNode($Name);

Me thinks these two incidents are related and one $fileName should actually be a $Name.