This question is relating to 2 php scripts.
The first script is called pick_modcontact.php where I choose a contact (from a contact book like phone book), then posts to the script show_modcontact.php When I click the submit button on the form on pick.modcontact.php. As a result of submitting the form I am then taken to show_modcontact.php. As the variables are not present the user is directed back to pick_modcontact.php
I can not work out how to correct the code so that it will show the results of the script show_modcontact.php
This script shows all contacts in a database which is an “address book” this part works fine. please see below.
Name:pick_modcontact.php
if ($_SESSION['valid'] != "yes") {
header( "Location: contact_menu.php");
exit;
}
$db_name = "testDB";
$table_name = "my_contacts";
$connection = @mysql_connect("localhost", "admin", "user") or die(mysql_error());
$db = @mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die(mysql_error());
$sql = "SELECT id, f_name, l_name FROM $table_name ORDER BY f_name";
$result = @mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die(mysql_error());
$num = @mysql_num_rows($result);
if ($num < 1) {
$display_block = "<p><em>Sorry No Results!</em></p>";
} else {
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$id = $row['id'];
$f_name = $row['f_name'];
$l_name = $row['l_name'];
$option_block .= "<option value\"$id\">$f_name, $l_name</option>";
}
$display_block = "<form method=\"POST\" action=\"show_modcontact.php\">
<p><strong>Contact:</strong>
<select name=\"id\">$option_block</select>
<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Select This Contact\"></p>
</form>";
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Modify A Contact</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My Contact Management System</h1>
<h2><em>Modify a Contact</em></h2>
<p>Select a contact from the list below, to modify the contact's record.</p>
<? echo "$display_block"; ?>
<br>
<p><a href="contact_menu.php">Return to Main Menu</a></p>
</body>
</html>
This script is for modifying the contact: named show_modcontact.php
<?php
if (!$_POST['id']) {
header( "Location: pick_modcontact.php");
exit;
} else {
session_start();
}
if ($_SESSION['valid'] != "yes") {
header( "Location: pick_modcontact.php");
exit;
}
$db_name = "testDB";
$table_name = "my_contacts";
$connection = @mysql_connect("localhost", "admin", "pass") or die(mysql_error());
$db = @mysql_select_db($db_name, $connection) or die(mysql_error());
$sql = "SELECT f_name, l_name, address1, address2, address3, postcode, prim_tel, sec_tel, email, birthday FROM $table_name WHERE id = '" . $_POST['id'] . "'";
$result = @mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die(mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$f_name = $row['f_name'];
$l_name = $row['l_name'];
$address1 = $row['address1'];
$address2 = $row['address2'];
$address3 = $row['address3'];
$country = $row['country'];
$prim_tel = $row['prim_tel'];
$sec_tel = $row['sec_tel'];
$email = $row['email'];
$birthday = $row['birthday'];
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Modify A Contact</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="do_modcontact.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="id" value="<? echo $_POST['id']; ?>" />
<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3">
<tr>
<th>Name & Address Information</th>
<th> Other Contact / Personal Information</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="top">
<p><strong>First Name:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$f_name"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /></p>
<p><strong>Last Name:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="l_name" value="<? echo "$l_name"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /></p>
<p><strong>Address1:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$address1"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /></p>
<p><strong>Address2:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$address2"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /></p>
<p><strong>Address3:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$address3"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /> </p>
<p><strong>Postcode:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$postcode"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /></p>
<p><strong>Country:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$country"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /> </p>
<p><strong>First Name:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$f_name"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /></p>
</td>
<td align="top">
<p><strong>Prim Tel:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$prim_tel"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /></p>
<p><strong>Sec Tel:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$sec_tel"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /></p>
<p><strong>Email:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$email;" ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /> </p>
<p><strong>Birthday:</strong><br />
<input type="text" name="f_name" value="<? echo "$birthday"; ?>" size="35" maxlength="75" /> </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Update Contact" /></p>
<br />
<p><a href="contact_menu.php">Retuen To Menu</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
note for site admin, I am re posting this question with the hope of someone else reading over it. older questions seem to go dead after a while.
I think you’re missing an “=” sign on the value attribute here:
Maybe you meant this?