Question

This function gets the date from the user:

function getCCGraduationDate () {
        ?>
        <form method="post" action="processor.php">
        Graduation Date: <input type="text" name="CCgraduationdate"><br>
        <input type="submit">
        <?php
    }

This function sends the value to a DB and is called on the processor.php page:

function sendCCGraduationDate () {
    $con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","XXXXXX");
    if (!$con)
        {
    die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
        }
        mysql_select_db("user", $con);
        $grad = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['CCGraduationDate'], $con);
        $sql = "UPDATE profile SET CommunityCollegeGraduationDate='$grad' WHERE userid=$this->user_id";
        mysql_query( $sql , $con );

        mysql_close($con);

    }

For some reason the value isn’t populating in the database. I had tested similar functions last night and they worked, not sure what I’m missing here.

Answer 1

Please check this:

FORM CODE:

<input type="text" name="CCgraduationdate"><br>

PHP CODE:

$grad = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['CCGraduationDate'], $con);

Your CCgraduationdate in your form is unequal to CCGraduationDate in your php code

If you’re not getting an error like:

Notice:  Undefined index: CCGraduationDate /* blah blah blah */

Then you can try adding at the top of your PHP code:

error_reporting(E_ALL);

And then see if an error comes out.

Of course, that’s after changing your $sql variable’s data to:

$sql = "UPDATE profile SET CommunityCollegeGraduationDate='$grad' WHERE userid=" . $this->user_id;