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Asked: 2026-06-13T08:50:42+00:00

I have a submit button on the page submitting and it comes back blank

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I have a submit button on the page submitting and it comes back blank and does not update , the echo is also blank.

<?
    if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
        $newtext = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['text']);
        $doTextEdit = "UPDATE `$database_main`.`texts` SET `texts`.`text` = '$newtext' WHERE `texts`.`id` = '$sid' LIMIT 1" or die(mysql_error());

        $retval = mysql_query( $doArtistEdit, $main );
        if(! $retval )
        {
            die('Could not update data: ' . mysql_error());
        }
        header("Location: ".$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
        }
    ?>

This is in the form code

    <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" name="$ID" method="post">
        Song Name : <input type="text" name="title" value="<?php echo $row_song['title']; ?>"> by Artist Name :<input type="text" name="artist" value="<?php echo $row_artist['artist']; ?>"><br><?php echo $sid; ?><?php echo $database_main; ?><?php echo $doTextEdit; ?>
        Lyrics :<br><textarea name="text" cols="72" rows="20"><?php echo str_replace("\n","\n",$row_Recordset1['text']); ?></textarea><br>
        <input type="submit" name="editlyrics" value="Edit"></form>
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  1. Editorial Team

    You are checking if $_POST['submit'] is set – 

    if (isset($_POST['submit']))

    But your submit button name is editlyrics, so it should be – 

    if (isset($_POST['editlyrics']))

    Add a hidden input inside your form – 

    <input type="hidden" name="song_id" value="<?php echo $sid; ?>">

    And now your code would be something like-

    <?
if (isset($_POST['editlyrics'])) {
    $song_id = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['song_id']);
    $newtext = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['text']);
    $doTextEdit = "UPDATE `$database_main`.`texts` SET `texts`.`text` = '$newtext' WHERE `texts`.`id` = '$song_id' LIMIT 1" or die(mysql_error());

    $retval = mysql_query( $doTextEdit, $main );
    if(! $retval )
    {
        die('Could not update data: ' . mysql_error());
    }
    header("Location: ".$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
    }
?>

    Note that you should not be writing code using the outdated mysql_ functions, and learn either mysqli or PDO – php.net/manual/en/mysqlinfo.api.choosing.php

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