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Asked: 2026-06-11T00:23:38+00:00

Hi can some one please point out my mistake here. I’ve got two PHP

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Hi can some one please point out my mistake here. I’ve got two PHP files. First view.php goes as follows; and the second as processor.php
I see the if(constant(‘SELECTitem’) == $i) line doesnt capture the desired input to be compared with $i hence straight goes to ‘else’ validation. Please correct me. Thanks.

view.php

<?php
$con=mysql_connect('localhost','root') or die ("Server connection failure!");
$db=mysql_select_db('regional_data',$con) or die ("Couldn't connect the database");
$SQL="SELECT sbstart, sbend FROM newchk";
$run=mysql_query($SQL,$con) or die ("SQL Error");
$nor=mysql_num_rows($run);

define("SELECTitem", form.options.value);
?>
<html>
<head><title></title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function ValidateData(form) 
{
var TextIn = document.getElementById('txtN');
if(form.txtN.value == "")
{
alert("Text field is empty"); 
return false;
}else{
alert ((form.options[form.options.selectedIndex].value) + (form.txtN.value));
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form onsubmit="return ValidateData(this)" method="POST" action="processor.php">
<select STYLE='width:90px' name="options"><?php
while ($rec = mysql_fetch_array($run))
{
    for($i=$rec['sbstart']; $i<=$rec['sbend']; $i++)
    {
    echo "<option id='options' value='$i'>$i<br></option>";
    }
}
?>
</select>
<input type="text" id="txtN">
<input type="submit" name="subN" value="Save">
</form>

</body>
</html>

processor.php

<?php
$con=mysql_connect('localhost','root') or die ("Server connection failure!");
$db=mysql_select_db('regional_data',$con) or die ("Couldn't connect the database");
$SQL="SELECT * FROM newchk";
$run=mysql_query($SQL,$con) or die ("SQL Error");
$nor=mysql_num_rows($run);

while ($rec = mysql_fetch_array($run))
{
for($i=$rec['sbstart']; $i<=$rec['sbend']; $i++)
    {
    if(constant('SELECTitem') == $i)
     {
        if($rec['totsb'] <= "0")
        {
        echo "You have already entred this cheque number."; 
        return false;
        } else {
        echo "You can proceed withi this entry"; 
        return false;
        }
     }
     else 
     { echo "Error: Cant find choosen in the databse"; 
      return false;
     }
    }
}
?>
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  1. Editorial Team

    When you submit to processor.php, the constant you created in the previous page will not be carried over. Also, when you are defining the constant, you cannot access JavaScript in PHP. So the constant you created…

    define("SELECTitem", form.options.value);
echo SELECTitem; // returns "formoptionsvalue" (form concatenated with options and value)

    What you should do is submit form.options.value and access it via $_POST.

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